Amid setbacks to shaken-baby cases, one mother waits
WOBURN — Lindsey Keane takes some comfort in knowing that her baby boy’s death has, in very real ways, helped others. His transplanted heart helped revive a critically ill infant boy, and his liver went to another infant who has been thriving.
Still, overwhelming feelings of grief and anger dominate Keane’s day-to-day life six months after her 1-year-old son, Noah Larson, died of traumatic head injuries while he and his twin sister, Emelia, were being cared for by a baby sitter.
No charges have been filed, even as a state document shows that doctors also detected old skull fractures on both children and a judge has preliminarily found that the twins’ injuries likely occurred at the baby sitter’s home.
Keane fears her son’s case — and perhaps other infant murder investigations in Massachusetts — are languishing because prosecutors and assistant medical examiners may be hesitant to pursue child-abuse cases after recent courtroom setbacks.
“I’m worried that politics comes before the needs of our family,” said Keane, 24, while in her living room in Woburn. “Six months is a long time to have zero information.”
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