article_snippet: But defense lawyers are expected to argue that the third-grader's death wasn't Gerrard's fault .
article_snippet: Authorities said her granddaughter sat by without intervening while her granddaughter forced the girl to run until her granddaughter dropped.
article_snippet: A defense expert said in dramatic testimony Tuesday that A defense expert wouldn't classify the death of a young girl as a homicide even though her granddaughter grandmother is accused of running her grandmother to death, yet A defense expert agreed the child wouldn't have died without exhausting physical exertion.
article_snippet: Knowing what I know I would not have called this a homicide, I would have called this indeterminate,' said Lauridson.
article_snippet: Lauridson also disagreed with autopsy findings that concluded the girl suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration.
article_snippet: Lauridson — using water, dye and a plastic skull to demonstrate sodium deficiency — said the girl was actually over-hydrated and had no signs of heat illness.
article_snippet: the girl was rushed to a nearby hospital, where the girl later died from dehydration and low sodium .
article_snippet: Neighbors have testified Neighbors saw the girl forcing the girl to keep running even after the girl was vomiting and begging to stop, and Reid drove home the point to jurors. '
article_snippet: It was running that killed the girl.
article_snippet: Run to death: Savannah (pictured) suffered from unspecified medical issues that resulted in frequent doctors visits, court documents state.
article_snippet: Defense attorneys have said it was she medical condition that caused she .