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Ashley Saucier

Feb 4, 2026

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Here to explain is Dr. Ashley Saucier, a physician in Louisiana, board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine.
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In 2009, the AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics, released a statement that said, you know, we're not gonna use the term shaken baby anymore.
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We're gonna use the term abusive head trauma.
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But Dr. Saucier reviewed Cody's hospital records obtained by Dateline and found other possible explanations for his death, possibilities like a bleeding abnormality or an infection that triggered sepsis.
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I find it, um, upsetting that only one diagnosis was made, and that was shaking, so that this intracranial bleed was only the result of shaking.

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