By Chuck Hustmyre
November 3, 2006
BOULDER, Colo. (Crime Library) — Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy is dragging her feet in the case of the brutal beating death of 10-week-old Jason Midyette, and, worse still, her hesitation may make any future prosecution of the case more difficult, according to two experts.
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| Mary Lacy |
THE MEDICAL CASE
"This case falls into the typical battered child syndrome," said Dr. Michael Baden, considered by many to be one of the top forensic pathologists in the country. "Why the district attorney doesn't do anything about it is of concern because she did so much with nothing on (John Mark) Karr, and now she has so much and she's doing nothing on this child."
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| Dr. Michael Baden |
Dr. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for New York City and now the chief of forensic pathology for the New York State Police, has performed more than 20,000 forensic autopsies. He has consulted on many high-profile cases, including the examination of the medical evidence in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the re-examination of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the O.J. Simpson case, the Lindbergh kidnapping, TWA flight 800, and the Claus von Bulow murder case.
In an exclusive interview, Crime Library spoke with Dr. Baden after he had a chance to review the Boulder County coroner's autopsy report on the death of Jason Midyette and the findings of the four outside medical experts with whom the coroner consulted.
"I was very impressed with the material I reviewed," Baden said. "They had a lot of different laboratories test DNA and test the bone microscopically and chemically to be certain as to whether or not there was going to be any genetic or non-traumatic reason for the injuries."
The results of those tests were clear, according to Baden's review. "Multiple blunt-force trauma with fractures of 27 bones, skull fractures, and subdural hemorrhage — they all added together to cause the baby's death," he said.
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