Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 49
Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 49
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STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES
SECOND EDITION
Earl Wayne Bowen
was a thirty-one-month-old child who had been in excellent health except for an
occasional ear infection. On Friday afternoon January 23, 1981, he was found
with a package of rodent poison. Although he had some on his hands and mouth,
it was not clear if he had ingested any. He was treated and released from the
emergency room in satisfactory condition. However, according to his parents, he
suffered seizures from that point on, lasting from a few minutes to hours. None
of these seizures appeared to be witnessed by medical personnel. Despite the
fact that the active ingredient in the poison did not cause seizures, the child
was started on medication. While being taken to the hospital on February 12
during a seizure episode, he suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. He was resuscitated
after two hours and placed on life support. Subsequent therapy was ineffective;
he was pronounced brain-dead, and life support was removed on February 15.
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