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David and Collet Stephan are taking a break during their appeal trial in Calgary, Alberta on Thursday, March 9, 2017. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Ezekiel Stephan, 19 months old, told the court that There was no doubt that the toddler had died of bacterial meningitis. . Dr. Bamidele Adeagbo testified by video from Indiana during a voir dire during the trial of David and Collet Stephan, who face a new trial for failing to provide the necessary for the survival of their son.
Todd Korol / THE CANADIAN PRESS
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The medical examiner who performed the autopsy of a 19-month-old boy stated that it was not badumed that the lack of oxygen was related to the child's death.
David and Collet Stephan are on trial in Lethbridge, Alberta on charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their son Ezekiel.
Dr. Bamidele Adeagbo said Monday in court that Ezekiel was clearly dead from bacterial meningitis and a lung infection in March 2012.
David Stephan, who represents himself, pointed out today that the first ambulance that took care of his son lacked essential equipment, so that his son was without oxygen for almost nine minutes.
Adeagbo claimed to have tested the brain tissue of the child and nothing indicated that it was without oxygen.
The defense challenges the pathologist's qualifications to testify as an expert witness.
This is the second trial for the Stephans. A jury found them guilty in 2016, but the Supreme Court overturned the convictions last year and ordered a new trial. This one is before a judge alone.
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