Topic - Senses Fail

Medical examiners view sedatives as safe treatments to control patients and wouldn’t question their use unless there was a grievous error, said Dr. James Gill, the chief medical examiner of Connecticut and past president of the National Association of Medical Examiners.

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But he said a 3-year-old child from Manchester who died the same day had blunt head injuries and the death was ruled a homicide.

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