FORT RUCKER - One by one, military prosecution and defense attorneys questioned witnesses on Wednesday about how baby Dedrick Fisher Jr. might have suffered head trauma that led to his death in February.
His father, Spec. Dedrick Fisher, was charged in February after federal authorities alleged he shook his crying son three months before his death and caused the trauma.
Authorities said Fisher Sr. went from claiming he was feeding his 7-week-old son when the child choked on milk, to claiming he had shaked baby Dedrick after frustrations associated with a return from war and family sickness.
Authorities said Fisher Sr.'s wife, Elanna, claimed she was in a laundry room when her son started crying and then stopped crying while in a room with his father.
Childrens Hospital Dr. Melissa Peters testified on Wednesday that Mrs. Fisher had claimed to have been feeding the baby herself when the baby allegedly choked.
Still, Peters said choking alone would not have caused the combination of bleeding baby Dedrick suffered in his head.
Nor were the injuries small enough to have been caused by a bump in the road while riding in a truck, she said. Authorities said Fisher Sr. mentioned the bump as a possibility for the injuries during an initial statement
Peters said it was possible that baby Dedrick may have been shaken. His injuries were similar to those a toddler would have suffered if a television had landed on the head, she said.
"(Baby Dedrick's) birth records show standard, normal, healthy birth records ... There was no evidence of any pre-existing condition," Peters said.
Testimony in the case is expected to continue Thursday.
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