By  Seamus McGraw

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Autopsy report could offer critical insight

Authorities immediately launched an investigation. A warrant was issued and a search was conducted at the Midyette's home during which computer records, Jason Midyette's medical records, and, according to published reports at the time, drug paraphernalia were seized. What, if any, significant evidence that search yielded remains a closely guarded secret.

The investigation, as with all cases involving possible child abuse involving very young victims, focused in large measure on those close to the child, particularly the infants' parents, and authorities thus far have declined to say whether they have identified any other people who might have been in a position to inflict the fatal injuries on Jason.

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Authorities have been collecting information on the couple, and have acknowledged that Alex Midyette had at least one prior scrape with the law, though the details and outcome of that incident could not immediately be obtained. And though the couple has retained lawyers, the authorities have never publicly identified them as suspects nor ruled them out.

But five months after Jason Midyette's death, authorities did pass one significant milestone in the probe when the coroner at last released the autopsy report. The report, which concluded that Jason's death was a homicide, also all but ruled out one possible explanation for his death. Several experts were asked to review the case, and reported that they found no evidence that the child might have suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta, or so-called "brittle bone disease," a comparatively common disease, often afflicting infants, in which even minor trauma can result in severe fractures. The disease is often cited by defense attorneys in suspected child abuse cases.

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