the next day mcelroy held a news conference. the state of missouri is dismissing all pending charges against patricia stallings based upon the death of her child, ryan. and i m satisfied, i m convinced that patricia stallings did not poison her child. dr. rinaldo believes that ryan stallings died of mma. the same genetic illness his brother d.j. was born with. he also believes that the inaccurate lab reports led doctors to administer the wrong treatment, the ethanol drip, which possibly contributed to ryan s death. the ethanol drip was also the suspected cause of the calcium oxalate crystals found during ryan s autopsy. and not ethylene glycol. scientists also suspect that the process of washing ryan s baby bottle caused the false readings
against patricia stallings based upon the death of her child, ryan. and i m satisfied, i m convinced that patricia stallings did not poison her child. dr. rinaldo believes that ryan stallings died of mma. the same genetic illness his brother d.j. was born with. he also believes that the inaccurate lab reports led doctors to administer the wrong treatment, the ethanol drip, which possibly contributed to ryan s death. the ethanol drip was also the suspected cause of the calcium oxalate crystals found during ryan s autopsy. and not ethylene glycol. scientists also suspect that the process of washing ryan s baby bottle caused the false readings of ethylene glycol when the
it s summer 1989, and patricia and david stallings are beginning their lives as a married couple. they have recently had their first child, named ryan. but in july, 3-month-old ryan falls ill. he is vomiting and listless and seems to have difficulty breathing. patricia stallings rushes her son to the hospital. serum and blood samples are taken from ryan and sent to an outside laboratory. the results from the lab are shocking. blood tests reveal an elevated level of ethylene glycol, an ingredient found in antifreeze. the hospital immediately starts ryan on an ethanol drip to counteract the poison. the diagnosis would begin a medical and forensics mystery that will take years to unravel. the people at the hospital determined pretty readily that they believed that the baby had been poisoned with ethylene glycol, the common ingredient in
but in july, 3-month-old ryan falls ill. he is vomiting and listless and seems to have difficulty breathing. patricia stallings rushes her son to the hospital. serum and blood samples are taken from ryan and sent to an outside laboratory. the results from the lab are shocking. blood tests reveal an elevated level of ethylene glycol, an ingredient found in antifreeze. the hospital immediately starts ryan on an ethanol drip to counteract the poison. the diagnosis would begin a medical and forensics mystery that will take years to unravel. the people at the hospital determined pretty readily that they believed that the baby had been poisoned with ethylene glycol, the common ingredient in antifreeze. st. louis detectives search the stallings home, and in the basement they find an open container of antifreeze. antifreeze they believe this mother may have used to poison her own child.
it s summer 1989, and patricia and david stallings are beginning their lives as a married couple. they have recently had their first child, named ryan. but in july, 3-month-old ryan falls ill. he is vomiting and listless and seems to have difficulty breathing. patricia stallings rushes her son to the hospital. serum and blood samples are taken from ryan and sent to an outside laboratory. the results from the lab are shocking. blood tests reveal an elevated level of ethylene glycol, an ingredient found in antifreeze. the hospital immediately starts ryan on an ethanol drip to counteract the poison. the diagnosis would begin a medical and forensics mystery that will take years to unravel.