#361 Jason Flom with Audrey Edmunds

Wrongful Conviction

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🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On October 16, 1995, in Waunakee, WI, 34-year-old Audrey Edmunds, a stay-at-home mother who often babysat for neighborhood families, was watching a neighbor’s 7-month-old daughter, Natalie, when Natalie became unresponsive. Audrey immediately ran to her neighbor’s house and called 911. The paramedics found Natalie with fixed and dilated pupils and taking short breaths. She passed away at the hospital that night. Natalie’s autopsy revealed extensive brain damage and a forensic pathologist determined that she died due to Shaken Baby Syndrome. Based on the theory of SBS, and because Audrey was Natalie’s caregiver in the hours prior to her death, Audrey was convicted of Natalie’s murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Jason talks to Audrey Edmunds and Keith Findley, Audrey's attorney.

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0:00.0	In the fall of 1995 Audrey Edmonds was running a small in-home daycare center in Wannake, Wisconsin.
0:10.0	One of the children she cared for was a seven-month-old girl named Natalie Beard who had a troubling
0:16.3	health history, both known and unknown, in addition to fussiness when it came to feeding.
0:23.0	On the morning of October 16, 1985, as per usual, Natalie was set up in a car seat in a quiet
0:29.1	room with a bottle to help her focus while feeding. According to Audrey, she had soon found
0:34.8	Natalie unresponsive as formula ran from her nose and mouth and Audrey, some in paramedics,
0:41.2	who noticed Natalie's pupils were fixed and dilated, and she was only taking short breaths.
0:48.0	Tragically, Natalie died that later on that night at the hospital, and her autopsy revealed
0:53.5	retinal and brain-hemmerging, as well as bruising on her scalp. Doctors ruled these findings to be
0:59.2	evidence of shaken baby syndrome. At trial, medical experts testified with certainty that Natalie's
1:05.6	death was not the result of an accident, but rather recent, intentional, forceful conduct,
1:11.3	and the most recent caregiver was Audrey Edmonds. With the stresses of child care, it's easy to
1:16.9	believe that something inside Audrey could have snapped, but this is wrongful conviction.
1:35.3	Welcome back to wrongful conviction. Today, we're going to unpack the case of Audrey Edmonds,
1:39.5	who was convicted of a crime that simply never happened, and she was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
1:47.1	Audrey, I'm so sorry for what happened to you, but I'm super grateful that you're here now
1:52.8	to share your story with us. Good morning. Likewise, and you know, we've covered
1:57.8	shaken baby syndrome or SPS, not only on this show, but also in depth on wrongful conviction
2:03.0	jug science. When our host, Josh Dubin, spoke with Kate Judson, the executive director of the
2:08.1	Center for Integrity and Forensic Sciences, and we've been asking her to join us when we cover a
2:12.6	case like yours, but since the co-founder of that organization, Keith Inley, was your post-conviction
2:17.8	attorney, we're going to give Kate the day off today. Keith, you also co-founded the Wisconsin
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