A Laramie police officer went to the house July 12 and noticed pry marks "consistent with someone prying open the back door," according to the affidavit.
Court documents say she died of respiratory depression -- a reduced urge to breathe, brought on in this case by the combined effects of drinking alcohol and taking hydrocodone.
Donnell said Monday that Eitniear likely would have walked out of the courtroom on probation, had he been present for sentencing at the originally scheduled hearing.