Adams refused to repeat anything he couldn’t support.

The digital records showed Kyle had accessed the disputed inspection files shortly before Rachel raised concerns.

Financial records connected his department to payments associated with those inspections.

Security footage and witness accounts placed him in contact with people involved in Rachel’s final days before the collapse.

Laboratory evidence supported the presence of an unauthorized medication, although the precise sequence of exposure and subsequent physiological effects remained contested by independent experts.

“There’s a difference between a supported allegation and a complete reconstruction,” Adams reminded us.