Pediatrics expert Dr. Janice Ophoven testified Tuesday in the defense of Amy Dierks. Daycase provider Dierks is charged with aggravated assault on a six month old boy. The expert argued against the prosecution’s case, stating that
child was having a stroke with preexisting conditions with symptoms for
nearly a week.
“I don’t know why this case is even
here” she said on the stand, and also points out that the scientific
information is not adequate. She also stated that
recent studies show that in “shaken baby syndrome” it is slamming that does the injury, not shaking. She said
that Henry was “stroking” and she can say “for certain he was not” a
healthy baby and had “abnormal bones”.
Excerpted from KSFY.com.
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