Pediatrician diagnoses abuse, torture in death of five year old boy

Testimony given during Timothy Erks trial, in Gage County District Court

October 29, 2026Updated: October 29, 2026

By Doug Kennedy

Pediatrician diagnoses abuse, torture in death of five year old boy

Dr, Julie Killough, Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri

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