Tuesday (10/20) was the final day of testimony in Kelsie Thomas’ retrial for first degree murder.  The Ottumwa woman is accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter Cloe Chandler in July 2018.  Thomas is facing trial again after her first trial in March ended with a hung jury on a first degree murder charge.  On Tuesday, Thomas’ defense team called just one witness—a forensic pathologist who claimed Chandler’s death was an accident.  Last week, the medical examiner who performed Chandler’s autopsy said the girl died from manual strangulation.  Both sides now have until November 3 to turn in written closing arguments.  Judge Lucy Gamon will then decide Thomas’ fate, as Thomas asked for a bench trial for her retrial.