The defense brought their first medical expert to
the stand on Tuesday in the trial of Paul Hill. Hill is the Sioux City man charged with child
endangerment resulting in the death of his 4-month-old daughter Tryniti
Hill. The defense called forensic neuropathology expert Dr. Jan who described the differences in the several
hemorrhages found by medical examiners in Tryniti's brain during her
autopsy.
When a hemorrhage occurs in the brain, Leestma says, "scavenger cells" take over to try and clean it up. Leetsma says its difficult to say how long each have been there. "Those cells can be present for years or longer they seem to get trapped there and that's the end," says Dr. Jan Leestma, forensic neuropathology consultant. Leestma also says many people both adults and children, don't know they have hemorrhages right away.
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