I bought Fuhrman's "Silent Witness," not expecting much and not getting much, but I did want to say "thanks" to him for the effort. We can also appreciate that this is a trained detective looking at the mystery of Terri's collapse -- a view sorely missing. A Columbo is just what we needed. The local corruptos wouldn't even consider that Terri's injuries were caused by an assault (by far the #1 cause of such injuries). Michael is a good boy, y'know. His mom said so before he pulled her tube.
Terri is the title's silent witness. The book was rushed into print and actually appeared before the autopsy report was released. Thus, it could not report whatever witness the autopsy offered.
Now, the autopsy per se didn't find anything much new, but it did cough up some medical records that had been tucked away in a lawyer's office. Since Felos, Schiavo and Greer were at pains to seal Terri's medical records, a criminal investigation of how she collapsed was stymied. But the old records from the lawyer did add some info.
Fuhrman did have one intuition that is worth close attention. Schiavo's accounts of what happened the night of 2/25/90 changed every time he told the story. But there was one constant -- the "thud" of Terri's body collapsing. Fuhrman deduces that MS saw her fall. He didn't just hear her fall. The sound didn't wake him up. He wasn't asleep. He saw it. And of course, he may well have caused her collapse.
Notice that if you or I heard a loud, strange thud sound in the night, we'd immediately suspect there was an intruder in the house. The idea of one's young, healthy spouse collapsing would be so foreign it would never occur to anyone. But Michael's various accounts of things referred only to her collapsing, not to an intruder or anything more ordinary. He knew, didn't he? He knew because he was there when it happened. Think about it.
Oh, I have NO DOUBT that "loving husband" Michael Schiavo had a lot to do with Terri's collapse and with her condition. Too bad he will never admit to it, because he knows he can still be prosecuted.