Prosecution medical expert Dr. Walter
Edge of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Albany Medical Center testified Monday that four-month-old baby Matthew Thomas was close to
brain dead when he arrived from Samaritan Hospital and that trauma
played a role in his death. The
defense argues baby Matthew died from the sepsis, not at the hands of
his father Adrian Thomas. Defense attorney Ingrid Effman says the baby tested positive for
bacteria when admitted to the hopsital, and believes his injuries were
related to the infection, not trauma.
"The doctor testified that by the time he wrote his report he wasn't aware of the results from Samaritan Hospital and didn't wait to make his finding until that blood culture came back. And that's important," Effman says. Later in the day, two Troy police officers took the stand. Both testified to the details of Thomas' alleged taped confession. They told the jury that Thomas was fully coherent when he admitted to slamming his son onto a mattress several times.
Excerpted from www.fox23news.com.
"The doctor testified that by the time he wrote his report he wasn't aware of the results from Samaritan Hospital and didn't wait to make his finding until that blood culture came back. And that's important," Effman says. Later in the day, two Troy police officers took the stand. Both testified to the details of Thomas' alleged taped confession. They told the jury that Thomas was fully coherent when he admitted to slamming his son onto a mattress several times.
Excerpted from www.fox23news.com.
