Pathology Expert Testifies In Brain Injury Case

Pathology expert Dr. Shaku Teas testified this week in the case against teacher’s aide Melissa Calusinski, 25, who is charged with the death of 16-month-old  Benjamin Kingan.  The River Forest, IL, medical expert said that the brain injury was between two to three days and several weeks old at the time of his death.  Teas also testified in the 2010 trial of Joe Mendez who was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of 3-year-old Logan Bratton.

To obtain a court transcript: http://19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/services/Pages/crt_transcripts.aspx.