Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Terry :)
I know they do the autopsies, I had a next door neighbor who's daughter
died of SIDS, she was six weeks old, Linda went into her room on Easter
morning and the baby was dead, it was horrendous. Yet they never found
out why she died, they did all known test, the baby just died.
Yet what I am standing on in this case is known fact. A lot of cases
that were ruled SIDS that have been reopened have been discovered to be
murder instead. One of the cases I can think of off the top of my head I
mentioned on here before a mother had a couple of her kids die of
alleged SIDS, when the police decided to reinvestigate they found out
through modern medical technology that she had suffocated the babies.
Now you may wonder how was that missed at first? Well science has made
leaps and bounds in recent years, before they didn't realize the things
to look for in a baby when it suffocates, is bruising on the gums and
inner lip, burst blood vessels in the nose and eyes and so on.
Sure that sounds like common sense to us nowadays, but what is common
sense now days wasn't 30 years ago, no one had compiled the data on what
to look for, it was done and now we have a list of common injuries to
look for in children's deaths. And yes this mother was convicted of
murder.
I don't believe all parent's of SIDS babies are killers, I do think SIDS
is real, but I also realize from what I have seen it is rare to have
more than one child die in a family of SIDS, and it is completely
unheard of having 8 children die of SIDS in one family.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> Hi Kathy,
>
> In fact every case of SIDS is "checked into." Autopsies in cases of such
> deaths are routine.
>
> More "checking into" may be indicated at times no doubt. But considering
> every parent who has a crib death a likely murderer is not a great idea.
> Multiple SIDS deaths are not unknown.
>
> It took a very long time to get over the belief that all parents of such
> infants were killers. It is not great to take a backward step.
--
Kathy E
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