When he looked onto the table, he was swept by a feeling of sadness and revulsion. He had been told in advance that the deceased had gone to bed in his home, and the next morning was unresponsive. Rigor mortis is present. . . .
Lividity is posterior and fixed, and the body temperature is cold.
The words referred to P.J. Bourgeois, the child about whom we have been reporting. And it did not take long for Dr. Fardal to realize with absolute certainty that this little boy had not simply been put to bed and then failed to awaken in the morning. It was a homicide by child abuse. There was never a word of courtroom testimony in this case, so it is difficult to conceive of a basis for Judge Miller to come to such a conclusion. We have been seeking out people who, had they ever been asked to testify, would have been able to give a realistic account of what happened to that child.