Prosecutors said Matthew died in 1997 of injuries consistent with shaking impact syndrome. Dr Floyd Gilles, a neuropathologist, and Dr Marvin Nelson, a radiologist, reviewed the medical records of eight month-old Matthew at the request of 60 Minutes. Dr Gilles concluded that Matthew's neck injuries suggested he had been strangled. He said a neck artery may have been squeezed as much as 48 hours before the child collapsed, causing his brain to swell slowly. But Dr Douglas Miller, chief of the Neuropathological Unit at New York University Medical Center has rejected this theory.
Legal action is always a possibility.
Innocence claim Woodward was convicted in October 1997 of second-degree murder. She appealed and the judge reduced her conviction to involuntary manslaughter and released her from prison. She is now a law student in London. And I will always do everything I possibly can to state that again and again and hopefully one day to prove it. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.