By Chuck Hustmyre
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When Louisville police Officer Mike Haley arrived at the emergency room 15 minutes later, Dr. Stephen Fries, a 54-year-old pediatrician, told the officer that a CT scan had shown that Jason Midyette was suffering from significant brain swelling as a result of a skull fracture.
The scan had also disclosed partially healed fractures of Jason's left arm, right collarbone, and both legs. What the CT scan didn't show, and what Dr. Fries didn't know at the time, was that Jason's right arm had also been broken, as had nine of his ribs, and several bones in both feet and in his right hand.
Beneath his fractured skull, Jason's brain was bruised and bleeding.
All of the injuries, Dr. Fries said, were "trauma induced."
Another doctor who examined Jason later told police that the baby's injuries "were caused by non-accidental trauma."
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| Alex Midyette |
When Officer Haley tried to speak to Jason's parents, Alex and Molly Midyette, who had gathered with a large group of family members in the emergency room waiting area, about what had happened to their son, his questions were ignored.
Alex's brother Jason, whom the critically injured infant had been named after, told the Louisville policeman to leave the hospital. Jason said his brother and sister-in-law had an attorney on the way and that they were not going to answer any questions.
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