Tuesday, November 16, 2004
No Outside Review in Child Death Inquiry
The naval homicide investigator urged officials more than a year ago to consult a national child-abuse expert to help resolve whether the 1 1/2-year-old Bremerton-area boy died as a result of accidental choking or an inflicted head injury preceded by other abuse. ...
... the injuries suffered by Alijah in the weeks and hours before his September 1997 death, including a fractured leg, possible spinal fractures, bruises and a subdural hemorrhage, or bleeding on the brain, the report said. Such a pattern of injuries would mean "the possibility of this child's death being a homicide becomes a very good possibility," said the report ...
All of Alijah's injuries occurred after his mother moved in with her boyfriend, the naval review noted. The day of Alijah's death, his mother left him in the care of her boyfriend and went to work at noon, according to police records. That evening, the boyfriend said, he fed Alijah takeout chicken and mashed potatoes, then put him to bed. When he checked on him a few minutes later, he heard a "gurgling sound" and picked him up and took him down to the bathroom, where the toddler began vomiting.
Alijah's mother refused to comment. She married her boyfriend after Alijah's death, and they have a daughter. A year ago, she filed for a domestic violence protection order against him. He pleaded guilty in May to violating that order.
The naval homicide investigator urged officials more than a year ago to consult a national child-abuse expert to help resolve whether the 1 1/2-year-old Bremerton-area boy died as a result of accidental choking or an inflicted head injury preceded by other abuse. ...
... the injuries suffered by Alijah in the weeks and hours before his September 1997 death, including a fractured leg, possible spinal fractures, bruises and a subdural hemorrhage, or bleeding on the brain, the report said. Such a pattern of injuries would mean "the possibility of this child's death being a homicide becomes a very good possibility," said the report ...
All of Alijah's injuries occurred after his mother moved in with her boyfriend, the naval review noted. The day of Alijah's death, his mother left him in the care of her boyfriend and went to work at noon, according to police records. That evening, the boyfriend said, he fed Alijah takeout chicken and mashed potatoes, then put him to bed. When he checked on him a few minutes later, he heard a "gurgling sound" and picked him up and took him down to the bathroom, where the toddler began vomiting.
Alijah's mother refused to comment. She married her boyfriend after Alijah's death, and they have a daughter. A year ago, she filed for a domestic violence protection order against him. He pleaded guilty in May to violating that order.
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