The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide.

The defense rested Thursday in the trial of Mark Wilson Jr., a man convicted in the killings of two young Putnam County brothers in 2020.

Even if someone with severe heart disease died of a heart attack during a purse-snatching, wed still call it a homicide, he said. Floyds death has sparked international protests about mistreatment of black people by police. Bystander video showed officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyds neck, ignoring Floyds I cant breathe cries until he eventually stopped moving. The experts who spoke with The Associated Press read the full government autopsy report but had no involvement with Floyds case. HEART DISEASESeveral of Floyds key heart arteries were severely narrowed evidence of serious heart disease.