both found ethylene glycol in ryan s system. and the autopsy revealed calcium oxalate crystals in ryan s brian, consistent with ethylene glycol poisoning. tests on ryan s baby bottle also found trace amounts of ethylene glycol. everyone was saying there was ethylene glycol in the body. tests from different laboratories showed that. and everyone agreed if there s ethylene glycol in the body, it wasn t mma that killed the child. so the murder case against patricia stallings went to trial. prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. despite the genetic illness diagnosed in d.j., patricia stallings defense attorney could not produce one medical expert to testify that it was mma and not antifreeze poisoning that caused ryan s death. i put on my witnesses. all of them said ethylene glycol. all of them said it had to be ingested.
his blood has been tested at two independent laboratories. both found ethylene glycol in ryan s system. and the autopsy revealed calcium oxalate crystals in ryan s brian, consistent with ethylene glycol poisoning. tests on ryan s baby bottle also found trace amounts of ethylene glycol. everyone was saying there was ethylene glycol in the body. tests from different laboratories showed that. and everyone agreed if there s ethylene glycol in the body, it wasn t mma that killed the child. so the murder case against patricia stallings went to trial. prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. despite the genetic illness diagnosed in d.j., patricia stallings defense attorney could not produce one medical expert to testify that it was mma and not antifreeze poisoning that caused ryan s death.
and the lab discovered they made a mathematical error. i immediately realized i made an error in calculating the initial concentration in randy thompson s blood and it was off by a factor of ten. when we made the appropriate correction for the mathematical error that i made, it suddenly became a lethal level. i ve been doing this for almost 20 years now. this is the first time that such a mistake has ever been brought to my attention. the medical examiner now knew that randy thompson s death was a homicide. based on the corrected toxicology report, it was quite obvious that mr. thompson died as a consequence of an acute intoxication or poisoning. when i found out randy died from antifreeze poisoning, i knew when they exhumed glen s