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Child abuse-related homicides in New Mexico: a 6-year retrospective review.
[child syndrome]
We
retrospectively
reviewed
autopsy
records
at
a
statewide
medical
examiner
's
office
in
order
to
identify
and
characterize
deaths
due
to
child
abuse
.
In
a
6
-
year
period
in
New
Mexico
,
the
medical
examiner
investigated
45
deaths
determined
to
be
child
abuse-related
.
Decedents
were
predominantly
male
(
68
.
9
%
)
,
Hispanic
White
(
53
.
3
%
)
,
and
all
were
5
years
of
age
or
younger
,
with
a
median
age
of
1
year
.
Head
injuries
were
the
most
common
cause
of
death
(
44
.
4
%
)
,
followed
by
battered
baby
syndrome
(
15
.
6
%
)
.
Relatives
were
involved
as
alleged
perpetrators
in
80
%
of
the
cases
,
with
the
father
most
often
implicated
(
36
.
1
%
of
cases
)
,
and
88
.
9
%
of
child
abuse
injuries
resulting
in
death
occurred
in
the
family
's
residence
.
Toxicology
was
positive
in
26
.
7
%
of
cases
,
but
only
two
cases
had
substances
of
abuse
present
.
Information
on
risk
factors
such
as
prematurity
,
parental
age
,
and
history
of
abuse
was
also
collected
.
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"with the father most often implicated"
symptom
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