Another suspicious case opens the investigation file for the Patras Forensic Service that has come under scrutiny by authorities for both the cases of Roula Pispirigou and Eirini Mourtzoukou, as well as for a new case that has just emerged involving the death of a 2.5-month-old infant. Specifically, shocking revelations about the death of the 2.5-month-old baby in Patras in 2013 have emerged, with authorities examining the possibility of criminal activity, while it appears the child was growing up in an abusive environment. The baby boy met a tragic death after eight days in the ICU of the University Hospital of Rio. On December 30, 2012, the infant had been transferred from Ioannina Hospital to Patras bearing extremely serious abuse injuries. A few days later, on January 8, 2013, the child died, but his case was closed in a very unexpected way.
Patras forensic service: The mysterious death of the 2.5-month-old infant
Initially, the child was transported by ambulance to the hospital for breathing problems. However, doctors very quickly discovered that the infant bore injuries that clearly indicated abuse, and they notified police and prosecutors to investigate the case.
In the three-page death certificate of the child, according to Mega, it states that there is definite abuse. According to the first examination of the child, the following were found:
– Bruising on the buttocks
– Bruises on the right side of the forehead
– Abrasions on the left side of the nose
From the ophthalmoscopy the following emerged:
– Retinal hemorrhage
– Image suggesting shaken baby syndrome
– From the brain MRI:
– Subdural hematomas in multiple locations
– Subarachnoid hemorrhage
– Cephalohematomas on the back and side of the head on both sides
While from the chest X-ray:
– Old rib fractures
However, the forensic report attributed the infant’s death to pathological causes. Forensic examiner Gotsis, known for his findings in the Pispirigou case, despite the extremely serious injuries, wrote in his report that the cause of death was viral meningoencephalitis.
A trial was held for the case where hospital doctors presented photographs as evidence to prove that the child was murdered. However, based on the forensic examination by Andreas Gotsis, the child’s parents were acquitted, since the cause of death had been attributed to pathological causes.
Meanwhile, investigations by the General Directorate of Forensic Services of the Ministry of Justice continue at full pace for death cases from the last five years, specifically from 1.1.2020, which bear the indication “Natural causes” and for which related certificates have been issued by the Patras Forensic Service.
This is the extensive investigation that began after the revelations about the murders of children in Amaliada and while a temporary “closure” had been announced for the Patras Forensic Service, where forensic reports had been issued for both two of the infants that Eirini Mourtzoukou confessed to murdering as well as for the deaths of Roula Pispirigou’s children.
Within the framework of the investigation – according to Mega – conducted at the specific service, files concerning children where the forensic examiner’s opinion was pathological causes were first examined.
The file of the infant who died in 2012 is with Internal Affairs, with evidence pointing to criminal activity, however forensic examiner Andreas Gotsis had diagnosed meningoencephalitis.
Evidence pointing to criminal activity
According to the report, the infant had been admitted in late 2012 to the ICU of the University Hospital of Rio, and died in January 2013.
The doctors who monitored the infant in the ICU presented notes recording conversations with family members. These reveal that the child’s father had suspicious behavior, the mother appeared frightened, and generally the environment in which the child lived was abusive.
Doctor Andreas Iliadis and other hospital doctors handed over to authorities a file with evidence showing that ultimately the infant did not lose its life from meningitis, but everything indicates it was a criminal act.
It should be noted that in the forensic examiner’s report, which was also based on pathology reports, the death is attributed to viral meningoencephalitis.
This finding led to the case being closed and the acquittal of the infant’s parents, since despite the fact that there were initial indications of abuse, the forensic examination showed there was no criminal activity.
Serious questions arise from the death case of the 2.5-month-old infant since 2 years later the child’s sibling was also taken to hospital with horrific injuries, and fortunately survived because he was slightly older.
