Josh Summers

And I would also say another key challenge we faced is we had to be able to eliminate mom or prove to the jury that mom didn't do this, that it had to have been Billy Palaszczuk.

And I would also say another key challenge we faced is we had to be able to eliminate mom or prove to the jury that mom didn't do this, that it had to have been Billy Palaszczuk.

Child abuse cases are inherently circumstantial. And we can never say exactly how that child was struck. We can never say how many times, what type of blunt force instrument was used to cause those injuries. All we're ever really able to say is that this child sustained these blunt force injuries and that these injuries were caused by inflicted or non-accidental trauma.

Child abuse cases are inherently circumstantial. And we can never say exactly how that child was struck. We can never say how many times, what type of blunt force instrument was used to cause those injuries. All we're ever really able to say is that this child sustained these blunt force injuries and that these injuries were caused by inflicted or non-accidental trauma.

What we believe happened to Logan was that at some point that morning, after Billy had taken Logan to his mom's, when he was alone with Logan for about 30 minutes or so, for whatever reason, maybe he got upset with the child, maybe he was mad about something else, but for some reason, whatever that may be,

What we believe happened to Logan was that at some point that morning, after Billy had taken Logan to his mom's, when he was alone with Logan for about 30 minutes or so, for whatever reason, maybe he got upset with the child, maybe he was mad about something else, but for some reason, whatever that may be,

Billy did the worst thing anyone can imagine and inflicted blunt force trauma, struck that child repeatedly again and again and again, and caused all those contusions, fractured a skull, and caused those injuries to Logan's brain, and that the combination of those things obviously led to his death.

Billy did the worst thing anyone can imagine and inflicted blunt force trauma, struck that child repeatedly again and again and again, and caused all those contusions, fractured a skull, and caused those injuries to Logan's brain, and that the combination of those things obviously led to his death.

Billy must have been angry for some reason, whether at Logan or at something else, took that anger out on Logan, caused those catastrophic injuries in that moment of anger. And then realized what he had done, tried to cover up the crime scene, called Nicole, tried to take Logan to the hospital. But none of those things excuse his intent or what have you to harm this child.

Billy must have been angry for some reason, whether at Logan or at something else, took that anger out on Logan, caused those catastrophic injuries in that moment of anger. And then realized what he had done, tried to cover up the crime scene, called Nicole, tried to take Logan to the hospital. But none of those things excuse his intent or what have you to harm this child.

He doesn't get a free pass just because he lost his temper, realized what he had done, and then tried to take the child to the hospital. He's still legally responsible for what he did, for his actions.

He doesn't get a free pass just because he lost his temper, realized what he had done, and then tried to take the child to the hospital. He's still legally responsible for what he did, for his actions.

So the defense in this case was that Logan had suffered these injuries sometime prior, either through several accidental falls or that his mother, Nicole, had inflicted these injuries.

So the defense in this case was that Logan had suffered these injuries sometime prior, either through several accidental falls or that his mother, Nicole, had inflicted these injuries.

But it was also important to show that in June, just a month prior to his death, he had been in for a wellness visit. He was a healthy, normal baby, and there were no parental concerns. In other words, there was nothing to indicate that his mother, Nicole, had been neglecting him or abusing him in any way.

But it was also important to show that in June, just a month prior to his death, he had been in for a wellness visit. He was a healthy, normal baby, and there were no parental concerns. In other words, there was nothing to indicate that his mother, Nicole, had been neglecting him or abusing him in any way.

In layman's terms, a lucid interval would be where a child suffers catastrophic injuries like the one Logan has, but doesn't present, doesn't become symptomatic until sometime later. And so one of the defensive theories advanced was that these injuries had been inflicted sometime prior to that child being alone with Billy. that he was experiencing a lucid interval.

In layman's terms, a lucid interval would be where a child suffers catastrophic injuries like the one Logan has, but doesn't present, doesn't become symptomatic until sometime later. And so one of the defensive theories advanced was that these injuries had been inflicted sometime prior to that child being alone with Billy. that he was experiencing a lucid interval.

In other words, he was acting normally and then became symptomatic, presented when he was alone with Billy after Nicole had left the morning that he passed away.

In other words, he was acting normally and then became symptomatic, presented when he was alone with Billy after Nicole had left the morning that he passed away.