<![CDATA[Washtenaw Watchdogs - Link-Missoulian: “Pathologist with problematic record \'un-appointed\' as associate state medical examiner”]]>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:22:32 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Link-Missoulian: “Pathologist with problematic record 'un-appointed' as associate state medical examiner”]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:53:42 GMThttp://www.washtenawwatchdogs.com/link-missoulian-ldquopathologist-with-problematic-record-un-appointed-as-associate-state-medical-examinerrdquo/link-missoulian-pathologist-with-problematic-record-un-appointed-as-associate-state-medical-examiner
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However, correspondence that is part of a court record shows that Dale repeatedly demanded Bennett refrain from doing autopsies on children. In a letter from 2000, Dale said he had reviewed three deaths Bennett "opined were ... due to 'shaken-slammed baby syndrome.' "

"It is my opinion that your continuing to conduct postmortem examinations of unexplained deaths of infants unnecessarily risks both wrongful prosecution of a caretaker and jeopardizes prosecution of the perpetrator if you are to encounter a truly injured child," Dale said in the letter.

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