Child Death Review Team
Does your office have a SIDS Child Death Review Team?
William Fitzpatrick offers his help to your office in developing a SIDS child death review team. Mr. Fitzpatrick, NDAA Board Member and past President of the New York State District Attorneys’ Association has served in Onondaga County's District Attorney's Office for 28 years. He is a nationally recognized expert on the subject of infanticide, was personally responsible for bringing to justice a Tioga County woman responsible for the deaths of her 5 children.
Waneta Hoyt, who was sentenced to 75 years to Life for smothering her 5 children over 20 years ago, was originally thought to be the mother of 5 babies who had succumbed to SIDS. Pursuing the case in 1992, Fitzpatrick's dogged detective work led to her arrest, trial and conviction. This case gained national notoriety, had been featured on Eye to Eye with Connie Chung and is the subject of two books "Goodbye My Little Ones" and "The Death of Innocents", the latter winning the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe award for "Best Fact Crime Book".
On related cases, he has appeared on 20/20, Dateline, 60 Minutes, Cold Case Files and Women Behind Bars. The resultant publicity from the Hoyt case has led to increasing national awareness in the medical and legal communities regarding infant homicide and SIDS prevention.
William Fitzpatrick on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
For more information about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, please contact:
William Fitzpatrick
Onondaga County District Attorney
505 South State Street 4th Floor
Syracuse, NY 13202
phone: (315) 435-2470
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NAS Forensic Science Report
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WIN Interactive NDAA Page
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