child fatalit ynotes
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CHILD FATALITY
Lt. Kenneth LandwehrWichita Police Department
Homicide Section
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Multidisciplinary Team• Homicide Unit• EMCU• SRS• District Attorneys Office
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Child Fatalities
• Natural Deaths• Accidents• Suicides• Homicides• Undetermined
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Causes of Fatalities
Distinguishing between accidental and inflicted injuries
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Definitions An accident is an event that occurs
incidentally, casually or by chance An abusive inflicted injury is one
that occurs voluntarily and under conscious control
Inflicted injuries may be intentional or unintentional
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Accidental or NOT• Motor Vehicle• Drowning• Poisoning• Fire• Firearms
• Exposure• Falls• Choking• Suffocation• Strangulation
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Abusive Inflicted Injury
• Intentional• Reckless• Negligent/Neglectful• Acute or Chronic
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Law Enforcement Protocol
Homicide Unit responds to all child deaths with victims under the age of 6
Homicide also responds to victims with serious/ life threatening injuries
Traffic cases excluded All cases reported to State Child Death
Review Board
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Law Enforcement Response
To a hospital To the scene Separate Witnesses Notification of Detectives Neighborhood Special problems due to dynamics
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Detective Response
Identify and Secure potential scenes (could be multiple)
Physical exam of baby Processing of scene(s)/Consent or
Search Warrant Interviews with medical staff/EMS
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Detective Response Obtain Family and medical history of child-
Releases or Subpoenas Obtain DNA samples /Consent or Search
Warrant Interviews with parents/caregivers Interview witnesses Interview siblings / family
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Detective Response
• Attend Autopsy• Suspect Interrogation • Review Investigation with District
Attorney Felony Review Team• Follow up Investigation
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CSI Response Boundaries of Scene Preservation of Scene and Evidence Documentation of Scene and Body Photographs, Measurements, Diagrams Collection of Evidence Chain of Custody
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Evidence Last Meal dishes
bottles Meds,drugs poison Bedding Clothing/diaper Blood,saliva,vomit,
urine,feces Hair, fiber 911 tape
Latents Pattern
Instruments Weapons Documents Photos or videos
of child School records Phone records
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Knowledge about Child Development
Essential in Distinguishing Accidental from Inflicted
injuries
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Developmental Milestones Sitting up alone Rolls over Crawling/Up Walking alone Runs Toilet training 4-10 words
5-7 months 6-7 months 7-9 months 8-13 months 12-15 months 22-36 months 15-18 months
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Fatal Falls You don’t CRUISE -You don’t BRUISE No significant injury-Fall < than 3
feet Fatal Outcome-Fall > than 2-3 stories Stairways do not usually result in life
threatening injuries
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Separating Accidental from Inflicted
• Age of victim?• Is the history plausible?• Does history change with changing
information given to caretaker?• Does history change when related in
subsequent accounts by other family members?
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More Questions• Are there non-familial witnesses to the event?• Is the caretaker defensive, belligerent, hostile,
passive or unconcerned?• Is the social situation in which the event
occurred a high-risk environment?• Most importantly, what else could have
caused the observed injuries?
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Histories Suspicious for Abuse
Delay in seeking medical attention Discrepant history Fractures in varying stages of healing Extremity plus skull fracture Intracranial injuries plus skull fracture
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Head Injury• Impulsive loading without impact
whiplash• Struck by moving object causing head
acceleration • Moving head strikes object• Head compression vise• Penetrating
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SYMPTOMS• Decreased
responsiveness• Irritability• Lethargy • Limpness• Convulsions• Vomiting
• Low body temperature
• Low heart rate• Increased
breathing rate• Coma with fixed
and dilated pupils• Death
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Shaken Baby SyndromeShaken Impact Syndrome
Commonest cause of mortality and long term disability due to physical abuse
Age range-newborn to 4 years Most occur before babies first
birthday Average age: 3-8 months of age
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SBS/ SIS Inconsolable crying is usual trigger
mechanism Perpetrator grabs infant by the thorax,
upper arms or neck, and violently shakes the baby
Time of shaking-- 5-20 seconds
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Shaken Baby Intracranial Injury
• Bridging veins from the brain to the dura tear open and bleed, creating subdural hemotoma and subarachnoid hemorrhages
• Brain strikes the inner skull, causing direct trauma to the brain and swelling
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Other Injuries of SBS• Most significant are the retinal and
petechial hemorrhages• Skull fractures with sufficient impact• Posterior rib fractures reflect chest
compression during shaking• Bruising of the head, face, chest, and
other areas or other fractures
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Head Trauma History
Symptoms will begin immediately LUCID INTERVAL –A period of
unconsciousness followed by a period of apparent recovery (0nly in adults and adolescents, Never documented in a child)
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Abdominal Injuries Organs most Frequently injured
Small Intestine, Liver, Pancreas May not produce dramatic signs or
symptoms Quickly Liver damage most likely Blunt
Uppercut
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Thoracic Injuries Rib cage Internal Organs-heart,lungs, blood
vessels,nerves,esophagus, trachea, diaphragm
Types of Force: Direct impact Penetration,Compressions
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Likely Inflicted Thoracic Injury
• Posterior Rib Fracture• Perforation of the posterior
pharynx or upper esophagus• Chylothorax-Allows Milky Chyle to
leak into thoracic cavity
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Skeletal Injury• Humeral – common in abuse• Femoral-if accidental either motor
vehicle crash or major blunt trauma• Clavicular –uncommon under 3yrs,can
result from shaking• Vertebral-due to compression of
vertebral bodies during shaking
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Suspicious Fractures• Metaphyseal in children
under 2yrs(disc like or bucket handle)
• Posterior rib • Medial or lateral
clavicular• Scapular• Sternum
• Skull• Multiple• Bilateral(longbones
on both sides)• Repetitive(in same
child)• Fractures in hands or
feet
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Suffocation• Hypoxia-lack of oxygen• Minimal or no external or internal
trauma Petechial hemorrhages may or may not be present• Overlaying • Wedging
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Poisonings
• Administration of Toxic agents • Salt Poisoning• Most Toxic screens miss
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Strangulation Manual may have some external marks,
fingerpad bruises,crescent abrasions Ligature may see marks,abrasions, or
bruises from instrument Broken Hyoid, Thyroid,Crioids bone and
cartilage Internal bleeding Petechial hemorrhages
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BURNS
• IMMERSION BURNS• DRY CONTACT BURNS• CHEMICAL BURNS
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IMMERSION BURNS Uniformity of the burn Sparing of skin surface by skin folds Sharply demarcated margins of the burn Most often involve the upper and lower
extremities and the buttocks
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DRY CONTACT BURNS
• Uniform in degree• Often involve exposed surfaces
of the body (arms, legs, hands, and feet)• Associated with discrepant
histories
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CHEMICAL BURNS
Associated with acid or alkali substances
May involve the skin or the internal organs, particularly the mouth, throat, esophagus.
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Pattern Burns• Conforms to heating elements (Irons,
grills, curling irons, cigarette lighters, or stove heating elements)• May be accidental or inflicted• Factors: age of child, location of
burn, history
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Neglect
Failure to meet child’s needs food, shelter,clothing,
medical care,safekeeping
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Prosecution• Negligent Supervision• Medical Neglect• Reckless Acts• Intentional Acts
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Criminal Charges 1ST Pre-meditated or Felony Murder 2ND Intentional or Reckless Voluntary Manslaughter Involuntary Manslaughter- reckless or
commission of Misdemeanor Abuse of Child, Endangering a Child
Abandonment or other persons crimes
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Prosecution Problems Parent as Killer Invisible Trauma Establishing Mens
Rea (State of Mind)
Multiple Killers
Time of Injury Mechanism of
Injury Poor Investigation Public Perception
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Successful Investigation and Prosecution
• Timely Response• Coordinated Response• Careful and Complete
Documentation• Well trained investigators and
prosecutors
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Toshua A Pool 3mo 5-17-2004 Multiple closed head wounds
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Anthony Melton 18 W\M
Boyfriend of Mom not the father
Plead to 2nd Intentional and two Aggravated batteries
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Left Skate South at 8:00 PM on June 9, 2006
Chelsea Brooks 14
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Everett Gentry 17
Gentry will Plead Guilty to first degree murder
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Theodore Burnett 49
Burnett will be found guilty of Capital Murder sentenced to 50 years
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Elgin Ray Robinson 20
Robinson found guilty of Capital Murder sentenced to 50 years