The surveillance footage from Peltz’s estate does show his car, so that, combined with his absence, doesn’t look good. Of course, in criminal trials it must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that an assault committed by Bubaris (seems likely, due to the autopsy results) caused Perez to ultimately die. Proving it in the legal realm is harder than it is in the realm of public opinion and speculation.
“But a lawyer for Officer Bubaris, Eddie Hayes, said in a telephone interview after the indictment was unsealed that prosecutors could not “prove that anything my client did caused” Mr. Perez’s death.”
IMO this quote is like the lawyer may be conceding that something may have happened (beating?)????