WEBVTT - S1: Ep 4 - The Body Keeps the Score 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.800 Hi all, we have some exciting news to share. Paramount 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:07.560 Plus has turned Burden of Guilt into a docuseries. You 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:10.840 will get to meet the people involved, You'll hear from 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:13.840 the people who have never spoken before, and you get 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:17.079 to see where the story took place. We are so 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.600 proud and excited to share it with you. You can 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:30.080 stream it right now on Paramount Plus. Nearly two decades 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:34.640 after her baby brother's death, Tracy Riquel Burns had finally 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.960 captured the attention of law enforcement. Her fight was now 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:47.280 their fight. And despite medical records that stated mother says 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.640 two year old threw baby out of crib and that's 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.000 what led to his death, Decab County officials did not 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.480 think Tercy Riquel killed the four month old baby. In fact, 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.760 in December nineteen ninety six, they felt they had enough 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:11.039 evidence to indict Tracy Riquel's father, Jan Barry Sandlin. They 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:15.200 unearthed Matthew's tiny casket from the grave twenty six years 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:21.280 after his death. They dug into the ground, expecting dust. Instead, 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:28.479 they struck gold. I'm Nancy Glass. This is Burden of Guilt. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:39.920 Episode four, The body keeps the score. After four month 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.800 old Matthew's casket was exzoomed from the cemetery. It was 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:47.920 driven to the Medical Examiner's office in Birmingham, Alabama, where 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:53.080 a new autopsy would be performed. Medical Examiner doctor Burton, 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:58.280 his team, and the prosecutors were present. Former Assistant District 0:01:58.280 --> 0:01:59.960 Attorney Lee and Mangone. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:05.600 I remember doctor Burton talking about Matthew using his name, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.720 and that really stuck with me that there was a 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.800 level of compassion about the experience and not just looking 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.080 at what we were doing is exhooming a body, but 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:16.760 looking at it as trying to find out the truth 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:17.800 of what happened to Matthew. 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.040 Former Decab County District Attorney Jay Tom Morgan. 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:26.359 Our protocol requires that when there's a death of a child, 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.799 a prosecutor be present for the autopsy. It helps us 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.720 understand what the doctor is going to testify to you later. 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.079 When the casket was opened, that putrid smell came out, 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.000 and I distinctly remember. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:43.000 It, and everyone was surprised by that smell because it 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:48.480 indicated that human remains still existed. Because of that, there 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:52.600 was hope that the exhumation would pay off. Lead Assistant 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.000 District Attorney Jeff Brickman was there. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:05.040 I remember doctor Burton carefully opening the casket and remember seeing. 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.720 A little boy completely intact. 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.240 Medical examiner doctor Stephen Duntan. 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.720 There was still hair on his scalp, and he was 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.119 dressed as an infant would be. 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:28.040 It was an unforgettable, horrible, unimaginable moment. I had to 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.359 step away. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.280 Doctor Burton gently lift the child out of the casket, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.680 took him to the hypopsy table and cut the clothes 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:39.760 off with the parisers. 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.920 The room was equipped to record the evidence. 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:48.000 The medical Issama has anes ray unlike the ones in 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.880 an emergency room because it's on an autopsy table. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.680 And as much as you wanted the evidence to be 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:57.600 there and this was good news, you can only imagine 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.400 that for everybody in the room, it was just awful. 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.840 He still looked like a baby frozen in time. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.280 So there's this little infant on the autopsy table with 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.520 a camera from the S ray machine looking down on 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:21.159 its rays are being taken. We can see on a 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:26.279 large screen while those s rays are projecting. I had 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:30.960 seen multiple skull fractures and babies before, and the first 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.760 thing I noticed was bilateral fractures on each side of 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:35.520 the child's skull. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:37.880 There was one on the left and one on the right, 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:40.600 and it was a very complex fracture. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.359 Part of it looked like the backwards question mark. 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:50.000 Someone may have hit this child with his fist which 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.360 could have caused the question mark skull fracture. 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.800 Then they took a closer look at Matthew's foot. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.960 Doctor Burton pointed out that there had been a burn 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:04.719 on the left foot of the child. The discoloration was 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.839 still there. Held us, a four and a half month 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.520 old in a crib get a burn inside the foot 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.280 unless it's put there by an adult, either by a 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:20.600 cigarette cigar or maybe even a lighter. After the autopsy, 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.560 we were all ready to go forward with the prosecution. 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:28.239 Not only were we one hundred percent, but this child 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.320 had been tortured before he had been violently killed. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.320 Based on the physical evidence and the fact that really 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.560 this had to have been committed by an adult, and 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.080 Jan Berry Sandlin was the only adult that was left 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:43.680 with matt. 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.200 The original indictment of Chan was for the murder of 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:53.600 Matthew Golder, but after the investigation, exhumation, and autopsy, the 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:55.760 prosecution expanded the charges. 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.000 Jan Sandlin was charged with malice murder, felony murder, crew 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.080 to children and aggravated assault, and we felt really good. 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:07.000 About it, and now little Matthew would return to his 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:07.880 place of rest. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:12.279 Matt was taken back to the cemetery and got to 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.039 go back to sleep, and then we went back to 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:16.839 Atlanta and got ready for trial. 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.599 And while the prosecutor's office went to work, Matthew's father, 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.800 Cathy's first husband, appeared. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.400 Someone in my life at the time had sought ted 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.279 Golder out thinking it would be beneficial to me. 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.760 Now, ted Golder was listed on Tracy Raquel's birth certificate 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.240 as her father, but Kathy was having an affair with 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:43.160 Jan when Tracy Raquel was conceived, so she didn't know 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:47.640 who her biological father really was. And frankly, she didn't 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.720 even care that much. But she had taken ted Golder's 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.360 name because she didn't want to be associated with Jan 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.240 Barry Sandlin. So tell me about Ted Golder. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:04.240 Ted Gulder was a very nice man. He really wanted 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.520 to know if I was his daughter. He asked if 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:12.280 I would do a paternity test, which I sure, you know, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.720 he was in Atlanta, I was in Savannah, and we 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.520 did that. Now while we were waiting for the results 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:23.600 to come back and we talked daily, just about things 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:30.520 and life and people. It was a nice thing. The 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.160 paternity test came back and he called and he said, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:39.400 you're not my daughter. And he said, you know what, 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:43.240 you're a really nice woman. I wish the best for you, 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.160 but I don't want anything else to do with you. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.400 What was that like for you? 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.640 This is where it gets really hard to feel like 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:55.200 there's not something wrong with you. And I had his name, 0:07:55.920 --> 0:08:01.120 so yeah, he said, you know, i'd appreciate it if 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.680 you don't. He's my name, Golder. You're not my child. 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.160 And that was it. I never heard from him again. 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:13.160 The situation with Ted Golder was another heartbreak, but Tracy 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.360 Riquel could not let this latest disappointment deter her. She 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.240 had to focus on getting justice for Matthew. She knew 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:24.760 even with the trial set, nothing about this would be easy. 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:34.320 There were no guarantees. The second autopsy of Matthew Golder 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.359 had been a revelation. What they found out amazed everyone, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.640 and one of the things they learned was that there 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.200 had been a first autopsy. When they exhumed the body, 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:49.520 they saw the markings. So where did that report go? Well, 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:53.440 apparently in nineteen seventy one. It went home with the coroner. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.960 But this was still a very old case and there 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.600 were no witnesses, so that created a lot of challenges 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:06.240 for the prosecution. Former Assistant District Attorney Jeff Brickman. 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:10.080 While we had prosecuted some cold cases, this was the coldest. 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:14.960 This was frigid, and we knew when I say we 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.920 Leanne and I and doctor Burton and j Tom Morgan, 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:22.400 our boss, knew there was going to be a hefty 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:23.960 fight in front of us at trial. 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.120 I was pretty unwavering in my belief that there were 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.800 only two people, two adults, who could have been involved 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.000 in Matthew's murder, and it didn't make any logical sense 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.680 that it would be Kathy. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.880 We were going to have to recreate history. We were 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.560 going to have to put that crime scene back together. 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.960 It was not by any stretch of slam dunk, and 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:45.920 we knew that. 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.880 Putting the crime scene back together started with Matthew's crib. 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.120 We contacted Series and Robot. They did not have that crib, 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.520 but they had the dimensions of the model, and we 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:59.040 hired a carpenter to rebuild a crib just like that one, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:05.520 so the jury could see how just unlikely, not impossible 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.000 for a two year old to climb over in and 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:10.600 then throw a four month all out. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.600 It was critically important that the crib was on the 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.640 second floor of their apartment, which doctor Burton told me 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.520 meant that there would have been some give to the 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.720 floor because it would have been on a wood and 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.120 a subfloor as opposed to being on concrete on a 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.640 concrete slab, and so there just was no way for 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:29.840 the amount of force that would have been required for 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.680 those injuries to have been generated by a fall onto 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.360 a floor of that type. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.400 There were several witnesses that had to be prepared for 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.960 the trial, including Tracy Riquel's mother, Kathy Almond. She would 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.480 turn out to be one of the state's key witnesses. 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.640 Lee and Mangum was the person who prepared Kathy, and 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.199 she had a lot of time to observe her behavior. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:57.040 I remember that Kathy was quiet and passive. It was 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.160 clear that Kathy was still scared of jam. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.880 And Kathy was sticking to her story. 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:07.320 She was very clear on the timeline of what happened 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.400 to the day that Matthew died. 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.760 She said that when she came home from running errands, 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.200 She took Tracy Raquel into the apartment, and then Jan 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.240 instructed her to get the laundry out of the car. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.720 When she came back upstairs, she found Matthew on the 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.160 floor unresponsive. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:29.360 I remember Kathy seemingly knowing what really had happened, but 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.679 not being willing to admit that to herself. But I 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.200 suspect on some level, Kathy always knew that that story 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.040 didn't make any sense. 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.439 Jeff Brickman said earlier that the case wasn't a slam dunk. 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.600 One reason for that was Sandland's lawyer. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:51.280 Krin Mall was Jan Barry Sandlin's defense attorney. Corin Mall 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:55.599 was an incredibly effective advocate in every trial where I faced. 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.200 Her, Leanne and I knew karenn we had had cases 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.680 against her. She was very calm, durable. In this particular courtroom, 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.200 she and Judge Fuller got along well. He respected her, 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.520 as did other judges, but that was sort of like 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.840 her home turf, and Karen was a bulldog. 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.640 The media and the public were fascinated by the case. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.880 A little girl, a two year old who had been 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.640 framed for her brother's death, grows up and realizes it's 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:27.520 all a lie. The courthouse opened its doors on July ninth, 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:28.760 nineteen ninety seven. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:30.480 Everybody gets your sixth place. 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.960 Tracy Raquel sat in the District Attorney's office waiting to 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:35.640 be sworn in. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:37.560 All right, all. 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:40.920 Get happenning me see you please. 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.080 Facing the bench was Jan Barry Sandlin and a white 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.920 Oxford shirt and pattern tie. He rocked back and forth 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.280 in his chair with a wad of gum in his 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:52.040 right cheek. 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:54.880 Counsel Great proceed with his. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:59.280 Attorney seated next to him. Jan's appearance was confident, cocky, 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:03.240 making direct eye contact with anyone who spoke to him 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:09.200 or about him. So how do we know all those details? Well, 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:13.240 the trial was recorded. Today we're used to seeing court 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.439 cases on television, but back in nineteen ninety seven it 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:21.280 was still relatively new. Judge Hilton Fuller Junior felt the 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.319 public should be able to see the court proceedings in 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:28.000 real time. The presence of a TV camera would have 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:32.080 a major impact on the case. Because Judge Fuller gave 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.200 clear instructions during the trial. 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.400 Art the real sequestration has been in Boca. I expect 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.679 that the attorneys to make sure that all witnesses understand 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.719 that they're not to discuss the case with each other. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:49.240 Sequestration also meant that a witness could not watch the 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:50.520 trial on television. 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.240 We're now ready for opening statements, mister, when you wish 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:55.520 to make an opening statement. 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.319 Yes, sir, thank you may perceived thank you. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:02.679 N Stephen Golder was on death's doorstep when he arrived 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.120 at the Decab General Hospital on the evening of December 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.920 twenty seventh, nineteen hundred and seventy one. 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:12.240 Jeff Brickman opened the day by describing the injuries Matthew 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.040 sustained on the day of his death and the efforts 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.760 the medical team made to save him. He shared details 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:23.760 about Matthew's original autopsy and original death certificate that had 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.280 categorized the baby's death as an accident. 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:32.760 Jan Barry Sandlin while alone and while in immediate control 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:38.240 over Matthew Stephen Golder, a four month old child who 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:47.440 literally was depended completely on an adult forcibly and intentionally 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:49.040 killed him. 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.760 He credited Tracy Raquel with being the one person who 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.640 didn't believe the story that her mother told officials when 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:56.440 Matthew died. 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.920 The evidence will show you, ladies and gentlemen, that Tracy 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:04.920 ram as she gets older, starts asking questions, trying to 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.720 find out what really happened. Trying to find out the truth. 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.600 Brickman had to be explicit that there wasn't a witness 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.880 or a smoking gun in a case like this. Instead, 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.320 he previewed the expert and family witnesses the prosecution will present, 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:21.360 and then wrapped up with this, and. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.560 I'm confident and submit to you, ladies and gentlemen, that 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:27.960 at the conclusion of this evidence, one verdict will be 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:32.200 consistent with the evidence. One verdict will be consistent with 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:32.720 the truth. 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:37.600 And then he directed his attention to Jan Barry Sandlin. 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.360 And that is, ladies and gentlemen, that on December twenty seventh, 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:46.960 nineteen seventy one, Matthew Stephen Golder was killed by that man. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:58.800 Then Jan Sandlin's defense attorney, Carin Maul made her opening statement. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.800 Gentlemen, the only thing that is true that we do 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:08.680 know is that indeed that baby did not fall out 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.440 of that bed, did not get pushed out of that bed, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.840 did not get stumbled in the night and dropped on 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:15.360 the floor. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.360 So if the defense was saying that Tracy Raquel was 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.360 not responsible for Matthew's debt, where were they going. 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:28.400 Listen, ladies and gentlemen, for the story about Kathy Alman, 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.880 who was so distressed that she told her daughter, I 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.600 can't go talk to the police, I can't go talk 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.320 to the DA I can't do this all by herself. 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:43.280 Twenty six years of line is what you will hear 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:47.440 about in the next few days. It is the best 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:52.560 example of how a lie begins and how it will 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:58.360 come to an end in this courtroom, missus Almond, I 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:03.000 believe the evidence will show this is probably her worst 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:04.280 nightmare come true. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.960 It is going to be difficult for her to testify 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:09.400 it's true. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.919 Kathy did tell different stories over the years to Tracy Raquel, 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:18.840 to social workers, to doctors, maybe even to herself. The 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.399 defense would use that to so doubt. 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:26.840 You will hear State's version of events is but one 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:32.679 of many. You'll be asked to reconcile all these different 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:37.240 stories and to determine which, if any, you believe. 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:42.760 And then the state called their first witness, neurosurgeon doctor 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:48.080 Ellis Keener. Jeff Brickman conducted the questioning. Doctor Keener walked 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.720 the jury through Matthew's injuries and the treatment he gave 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.640 him that winter night twenty six years earlier. 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.240 I recommended they go right to the operating room where 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:04.000 he to be prepared for surgical expiration. Though the situation 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:05.600 looked very bad. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:10.720 Doctor Keener explained that Matthew continued to decline even after surgery. 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:16.080 According to the notes, he had become terminal and an 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.560 effort was made in the intensive care to give him 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:23.399 artificial respiration, and there was also a note that he 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.840 had cardiac massage, both unsuccessful. 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:31.000 Brickmann asked doctor Keener how Matthew got those injuries. 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:36.960 I was told that the child had been I believe 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.960 thrown out of the crib by sibling. 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:46.000 But that wasn't the entire story. We did some research 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:49.960 and learned that doctor Keener didn't really believe the story 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.720 that he was told in the hospital. When Matthew was 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:57.520 brought in, missus Camilla Taylor, a social worker for Decab 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:02.040 Family and Child Services, meanted an interview with doctor Keener. 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.560 This conversation took place about fifteen days after Matthew died. 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:09.879 When asked if he thought that the damage could have 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:12.879 been caused by a fall from a baby bed, doctor 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:13.920 Keener said no. 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:15.400 More. 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:20.080 Notably, the social worker explicitly writes in her letter. He 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:24.680 made the above statement after being assured that this report 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:29.680 is confidential. Why would a doctor require his conversation to 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.520 be confidential? Was it for hip hop compliance? No, that 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.800 wasn't even a thing until decades later. Was it out 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:40.760 of fear for his own safety? That important detail would 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:46.000 never come to light? In the courtroom, Brickman continued, as. 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:48.440 Far as you know, doctor Keener, were the police notified? 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:53.119 As far as I know, yes, the defense was up 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:58.359 at bat carin Mal asked doctor Keener about something else 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:04.560 found in the autopsy, bruising on Matthew's clavical Isn't it true? 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:09.680 Doctor keino that that bruising could have occurred at North 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:14.200 Side Hospital in an effort to resuscitate the child. 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:17.840 I think your statement is not correct. 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:18.920 Okay, correct me? 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:19.440 Then correct. 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:23.680 Doctor Keener explained that the placement of the bruising was 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:27.440 right around the collarbone, which would not be because of 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:34.920 resuscitation efforts. Maul then turned to the burn on Matthew's foot. 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:36.960 You called it an. 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:40.119 Old, dry, ulcerated area, that's correct. 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.119 Then she asked if anyone would have noticed the burn 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:48.840 if they weren't a physician He responded that it was 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:51.520 obvious enough for him to put it in the record. 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:55.119 All that you can tell us is that it was 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:59.320 old and that it could have been a burn, it 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.600 could have been a blister. It's not quite clear. Correct, 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:04.040 that's correct. 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:09.680 Maul is trying hard to minimize Matthew's injuries. The bruising, 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.040 the burn mark, It was all evidence that Matthew was 0:21:13.119 --> 0:21:17.679 abused and tortured. It implied a pattern of harm, something 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:22.920 Mull wanted jurors to lose sight of. And here's a 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:24.520 really stunning question. 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:29.399 Now, you didn't do anything to that burn or blister. 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:32.119 You didn't put anything on it or tend to it 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:34.760 in any way, did you. There's no record that I. 0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:36.840 Did anything to there was? 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.480 She implying that the burn wasn't significant because doctor Keener 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:45.520 didn't put neosporin on it. Matthew's skull had multiple fractures 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:49.200 and a brain bleed. Life saving measures were being taken. 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:53.119 It went without saying the priority was to save the child. 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.840 The prosecution had to hope jurors were sensible enough to 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:57.680 understand that. 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:02.600 Ki next witness Stay called Tracy Rain. 0:22:03.080 --> 0:22:06.600 In nineteen ninety seven. Tracy Raquel Burns was going by 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:10.919 Tracy Rain. Rain was the last name of her husband 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:11.520 at the time. 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:12.760 You raise your right hand. 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:15.040 If you saw me swear from the testimony you give 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:16.800 the court durald dishpan, it would be the truth, the 0:22:16.840 --> 0:22:18.080 whole truth, and nothing but truth. 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:19.240 Say you got yes, I did. 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:23.840 This moment was a culmination of years of heartache and 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:29.159 misery and pure tenacity. You're twenty seven years old, you 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:33.000 get called to the stand. What was it like for 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:35.159 you after you worked so hard. 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:36.000 To get to this place? 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:41.879 It was overwhelming and terrifying. And then, of course I 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:46.480 hadn't seen Jan since I was nine or ten years old, 0:22:46.520 --> 0:22:47.960 so this was going to be the first time I 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:50.800 was going to see him face to face in all 0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:53.639 those years. So it was pretty intimidating. 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:56.320 Did you interact with Jan in any way? 0:22:57.320 --> 0:23:01.719 I made a very conscious decision to look over at 0:23:01.800 --> 0:23:05.760 him just long enough to acknowledge that he was there, 0:23:06.520 --> 0:23:09.080 and just honestly so I didn't throw up because I 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:10.760 was just so terrified. 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.280 Leeann Mangone questioned Tracy Riquel. 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:17.880 Tercy, why did you work so hard to have Matthew's 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:18.719 death reexaminer. 0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:22.760 Well, initially it was a search for truth, There was 0:23:22.840 --> 0:23:26.520 so many inconsistencies in the story. And then later I 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:29.800 realized as I was older, that something bad had happened, 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:34.000 and it was to correct that bad thing. And then 0:23:34.040 --> 0:23:37.720 obviously I realized just several years ago that it had 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:39.760 been placed on me. So that's who is part of 0:23:39.840 --> 0:23:40.320 it as well. 0:23:41.000 --> 0:23:45.240 Lee Anne Mangone asked Tracy Riquel why she wanted to 0:23:45.359 --> 0:23:50.159 record conversations between her and her mother, Kathy Allman, you 0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:51.040 said that you've spoken with. 0:23:51.040 --> 0:23:52.800 Your mother on a number of occasions to try to 0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:56.560 get information about what happened to Matthew. Yes, at some 0:23:56.800 --> 0:24:00.560 point did you record a conversation between yourself your mother? 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:01.520 Yes? I did? 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:05.400 And why did you take reported phone conversation between yourself. 0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:05.520 And your mother? 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:09.560 Several days prior to that, Actually, the night before she 0:24:09.720 --> 0:24:13.760 had said to me that it was easier to say 0:24:13.800 --> 0:24:18.680 that I was responsible for excuse me for Matt's injuries 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:22.560 than it was to say that the man she loved 0:24:22.840 --> 0:24:24.120 was and watch him go to jail. 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:28.280 Leanne Mangun also asked about the push and pull between 0:24:28.440 --> 0:24:29.840 Terca Raquel and her mother. 0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:33.600 How old were you if you remember when you first 0:24:33.680 --> 0:24:35.360 asked your mother what had happened. 0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:35.840 To your baby birth. 0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:39.879