Josh Summers
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There was bruising kind of throughout or all over his head. So you didn't have one focal point of bruising. You had bruising in different places. which would indicate that he was struck several times, which would cut against Billy's story that the child had simply fallen in a bathtub. That didn't make any sense because you wouldn't have multiple impact sites from just one fall.
There was bruising kind of throughout or all over his head. So you didn't have one focal point of bruising. You had bruising in different places. which would indicate that he was struck several times, which would cut against Billy's story that the child had simply fallen in a bathtub. That didn't make any sense because you wouldn't have multiple impact sites from just one fall.
And in the course of that autopsy, the medical examiner observes contusions to the head, observes that Logan has suffered a skull fracture, and observes hemorrhages to the brain.
And in the course of that autopsy, the medical examiner observes contusions to the head, observes that Logan has suffered a skull fracture, and observes hemorrhages to the brain.
When you have hemorrhages to the brain in an infant, there are a limited number of mechanisms that can cause those types of things. A fall from a great height, a high-speed motor vehicle collision, or what we call inflicted trauma or non-accidental trauma, which is simply trauma. fancy words for child abuse.
When you have hemorrhages to the brain in an infant, there are a limited number of mechanisms that can cause those types of things. A fall from a great height, a high-speed motor vehicle collision, or what we call inflicted trauma or non-accidental trauma, which is simply trauma. fancy words for child abuse.
And so obviously there was nothing to indicate Logan had fallen from a great height or was in a car crash. And when you start eliminating those other possibilities, you're really left with only one conclusion.
And so obviously there was nothing to indicate Logan had fallen from a great height or was in a car crash. And when you start eliminating those other possibilities, you're really left with only one conclusion.
it becomes more and more apparent that this isn't just a household accident, that this is a homicide.
it becomes more and more apparent that this isn't just a household accident, that this is a homicide.
Children, you know, they bump their heads, they fall down, and that happens. And normally a child, you would expect them to cry for a little bit, but then they're okay. And for injuries like this to be sustained by a child, a certain amount of force is required.
Children, you know, they bump their heads, they fall down, and that happens. And normally a child, you would expect them to cry for a little bit, but then they're okay. And for injuries like this to be sustained by a child, a certain amount of force is required.
And the type of force that would result from a bathtub fall, it's just it wouldn't cause the degree, the severity of injuries that Logan had. Only inflicted trauma could do that.
And the type of force that would result from a bathtub fall, it's just it wouldn't cause the degree, the severity of injuries that Logan had. Only inflicted trauma could do that.
One of the challenges is determining whether the adult caretaker that was alone with the child inflicted the injuries or whether or not someone else inflicted those injuries. And that child was having what medical professionals might call a lucid interval.
One of the challenges is determining whether the adult caretaker that was alone with the child inflicted the injuries or whether or not someone else inflicted those injuries. And that child was having what medical professionals might call a lucid interval.
In other words, whether the child had been hurt sometime prior to being alone with Billy Palaszczuk, but didn't become symptomatic until he was alone with Billy Palaszczuk.
In other words, whether the child had been hurt sometime prior to being alone with Billy Palaszczuk, but didn't become symptomatic until he was alone with Billy Palaszczuk.
And so when you talk about the types of injuries that Logan sustained, they could have been inflicted within 24 hours. They could have been inflicted within an hour. And so you've got to look at all of the conduct and behavior and circumstances of other potential suspects.
And so when you talk about the types of injuries that Logan sustained, they could have been inflicted within 24 hours. They could have been inflicted within an hour. And so you've got to look at all of the conduct and behavior and circumstances of other potential suspects.