Jane Turner

Jury deliberating in first-degree murder trial; Barnard says Wiley, doctor met at 'the intersection of deceit and desperation'

November 17, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — After dismissing the medical theories of Dr. Jane Turner as “a house of cards” and saying Travis Wiley belonged on the cover of “Bad Luck Magazine” if his story was to be believed, Special Prosecutor Jon Barnard showed a photo of Airyana Hoffman to an Adams County jury. “She will not see a…

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Who do you believe? Dueling experts offer different theories for cause of death in Wiley first-degree murder trial

November 17, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

Video testimony from Thursday included QUINCY — “Her severe head injuries were due to abusive head trauma and led to her death.” That was the opinion of Dr. Channing Petrak, a child abuse pediatrician from Peoria, as to how 2-month-old Airyana Hoffman died on Jan. 22, 2018, after being found unresponsive in her mother’s apartment…

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