Chapter 16 - THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE
Avery Collins testified later about the magnets.
She did not say:
These were definitely forced.
Medicine could not.
She said:
Eleven neodymium magnetic spheres were removed.
Multiple magnets were attached across separate bowel segments.
One small-bowel perforation required repair.
A second area showed significant pressure injury.
Pattern was consistent with multiple-magnet ingestion.
Symptoms could develop over hours to days.
Untreated perforation could lead to peritonitis, sepsis, death.
Could a child swallow them intentionally?
Yes.
Could they be hidden in food?
Yes.
Could Derek know exactly what injury would occur?
Not medically provable.
Then toxicology?
None.
No sedation.
No poisoning.
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Important.
This was abuse through coercion, not chemical incapacitation.
