Testimony in the retrial of Clayton Allison was heard from the physician who treated Jocelynn Allison for a subdural hematoma.
Clayton Allison, the Wasilla man accused of killing his 15-month-old daughter. State prosecutors called Dr. Elizabeth Galloway to the stand to testify in front of the jury.
She testified that Jocelynn came in as a Trauma 1 patient presenting with a brain injury after her pupils were unresponsive to light. The child was intubated and given a CT scan before being taken to the intensive care unit and given medication to try to reduce the swelling in her brain. Galloway admitted that the decision to take her to surgery was risky, but Jocelynn was responsive enough to take the necessary proactive steps.
Jocelynn’s official cause of death was from a subdural hematoma, but according to Galloway’s testimony, the CT scan showed that the child had “two different types of subdurals,” one of which had a different appearance leading doctors to believe that she had sustained a similar injury in the recent past.
“My conclusion was that this was not an accidental event, that this was an abusive situation,” Galloway said before clarifying that while she had suspicions early on, she did not come to that conclusion until after further information came from the medical examiner.
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