New-born son ‘killed’
NZPA-Reuter Chicago A veterinary surgeon has been arrested for allegedly battering his son to death on the delivery room floor just 30 minutes after he was born with birth defects. Daniel McKay, aged 35, of Beecher, Chicago> killed the baby after he apparently lost control on seeing the infant had a cleft* palate and deformed hands, said a local medical examiner, Dr
Robert Stein. The doctor said that both defects were correctable. “I think this is a fine example of the faults of having a father present at childbirth,” he added. At the bail hearing for McKay, who has a daughter, aged six, assistant state attorney, Mr J. Scott Arthur, said that the veterinarian told the attending doctor, “I killed it (the baby).” According to Dr Stein, the
doctor and a nurse heard thumping after they briefly left the delivery room. They returned to find McKay pounding the child’s head on the floor. A neighbour said that McKay had a heart of gold. “I had to put my dog to sleep last week, but he worked for two days trying to save her before he would do it. He cared about animals and he cared about people,” said the neighbour.
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Press, 30 June 1983, Page 10
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