The findings of the autopsy on the 2-month-old infant who "expired" last Saturday are shocking and led the authorities to arrest the two parents.
As determined by the autopsy performed on the unfortunate infant's body by forensic experts Angeliki Papetta and Orthodox, his death was caused by malicious traumatic craniocerebral injury from an act, or acts involving violent shaking of the infant, with or without impact on a blunt surface. Known as Shaken Impact Syndrome.
The findings of the forensic examination were revealed in court by the investigator of the Limassol CID requesting the detention of the two parents, against whom a homicide case is being investigated.
- Violent shaking revealed by autopsy. "I didn't do such a thing" said the infant's mother
[*]Shocking findings from the infant's autopsy. Parents deny manslaughter - Before Court
[*]The claims of the parents of the unfortunate infant and how they are refuted by the forensic examination
What is Shaken Impact Syndrome...
Asked to explain to the Cyprus Times what is this syndrome that can cause death in infants, the Director of the Pediatric Clinic of Makarios Hospital Dr. Abraham Ilias, explains that, it is when one takes the child and with violent shaking one swings the head.
"This violent shaking can cause cerebral hemorrhage, or fracture of a vertebra in the child or its ribs or even cause hemorrhage in the retina of the eye and bring about death," he said. "This violent shaking can cause cerebral hemorrhage, or fracture of a vertebra in the child or its ribs or even cause hemorrhage in the retina of the eye and bring about death," he said.
According to Dr. Elias, there are also cases where parents throw children for example, due to prolonged crying, resulting in fractures in various parts of the body, the skull and chest.
Usually, he explained, these acts are done after the child presents prolonged crying.
Asked whether similar incidents had come to his attention in Cyprus, he said that in the past there had been some suspicions, but it had not - to his knowledge - been proven.
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