The revelation this week that bathtub-drowning victim Sarah Widmer had a heart condition has further muddied the case against Sarah Widmer's husband, Ryan, says a juror who deliberated in his murder retrial.

And Mike Allen, now a defense lawyer and former Hamilton County prosecutor, says the newly disclosed medical condition is "problematic" for the prosecution as Warren County Common Pleas Judge Neal Bronson considers whether to acquit Ryan Widmer

The heart-condition information was filed Thursday in defense lawyers' motion to acquit.

"It's just another chink in the armor of the state's case. But having said that, the jury in both trials, and especially in the second trial, didn't really seem too impressed with all of the issues that the defense raised," Allen said. "Still, it certainly does throw a monkey wrench in the prosecution's case."