American criminal case of baby death by British au pair
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Louise Woodward case" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(July 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Killing of Matthew Eappen
Location
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Date
9 February 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-09)
Attack type
Child homicide by blunt trauma, infanticide
Victim
Matthew Eappen, age eight months
Convicted
Louise Woodward
Verdict
Guilty on the lesser offense of second-degree murder
Conviction reduced to involuntary manslaughter by trial judge
Convictions
Involuntary manslaughter
Charges
First-degree murder
Sentence
9 months and 9 days in prison; reduced from life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 15 years
Judge
Hiller B. Zobel
Louise Woodward, born in 1978 (age 45–46), is a British former au pair, who at the age of 18 was charged with murder, but was subsequently convicted of the involuntary manslaughter (reduced from the jury trial verdict) of eight-month-old baby Matthew Eappen, in Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America.[1]
The baby had died from a fractured skull and subdural hematoma, and had a previously unnoticed fractured wrist. Although, initially found guilty of second-degree murder, Judge Hiller B. Zobel reduced Woodward's conviction to involuntary manslaughter during a post-conviction relief hearing, leading to her release after serving 279 days.
After her return to the United Kingdom, she began a career in law, and later ballroom and Latin dance teaching. In 2022, a Channel 4 documentary revisited the case, with a civil rights lawyer questioning the validity of the 'shaken baby syndrome' accusation.[2]
^"New love, new life, new Louise". Cheshire Live. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^"The Killer Nanny: Did She Do It?". Channel4.com. Channel 4. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
and 24 Related for: Louise Woodward case information
LouiseWoodward, born in 1978 (age 45–46), is a British former au pair, who at the age of 18 was charged with murder, but was subsequently convicted of...
EF Au Pair, seeking an equivalent of 60 million British pounds. LouiseWoodwardcase Murder of Krim siblings, in which a nanny was convicted of killing...
concerning the LouiseWoodwardcase. In it, civil rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith stated, "shaken baby syndrome is bullshit". LouiseWoodwardcase Shaahinfar...
achieve similar success in the United States. Death of Kristie Fischer LouiseWoodwardcase, concerning an au pair convicted in 1997 of the involuntary manslaughter...
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American retired actress. She made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem...
kill him, or to shake him like a British nanny, a reference to the LouiseWoodwardcase. In his 2008 flashback review, Ahsan Haque of IGN praised the episode...
named after Louise Brooks, though in a play on Brooks's name the dinner guests apparently mistake Brooks for Debbie Flood or LouiseWoodward. In her 2011...
Nora Louise Kuzma (born May 7, 1968), known professionally as Traci Lords, is an American actress, singer, and former pornographic actress. She entered...
Stanley Gardner novels — "The Case of the Silent Partner" (episode 1–6), "The Case of the Baited Hook" (episode 1–14), "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (episode...
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Known for her versatility and accent adaptability, she has been described as "the...
Gertrude Willey, Nina Kellogg, Felice Jung, Mary Louise Hand, and Shirley Irvine. In 1918, Woodward and her "Forty Whistling Girls" entertained at a Red...
1086/244854. Wood, Amy Louise. Lynching and Spectacle. The University of North Carolina Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8078-3254-7. Woodward, Comer Vann. Tom Watson:...
Historic Places in 1984. Some sources give Darwell's birth name as Patti Woodward. Darwell studied voice culture and the piano, followed by dramatics. At...
The search for justice in a media age: reading Stephen Lawrence and LouiseWoodward. Ashgate Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7546-4380-7. Retrieved 3 January...
Louise Nevelson (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor...
Dame Esther Louise Rantzen DBE (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, who presented the BBC television series That's Life...
Nicholas Opolski, Rebecca Hobbs, Robyn Gibbes, Scott McGregor, Lawrence Woodward, John Walton, Johnny Raaen, Tim Jones. Note: Aired back to back with episode...
Wood, Amy Louise and Natalie J. Ring (eds.), Crime and Punishment in the Jim Crow South. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019. Woodward, C. Vann...
Production Systems" (PDF). IPCC AR5 WG2 A 2014. pp. 485–533. Smith, K. R.; Woodward, A.; Campbell-Lendrum, D.; Chadee, D. D.; et al. (2014). "Chapter 11: Human...
film 2012 Shell Young Mother 2014 Lilting Margaret 2014 Between Places Liv Short film 2022 The Road Dance Mairi Macleod 2022 Floodlights Jean Woodward...
a long-term storyline, Sergeant Dale Smith embarking on an affair with Louise Larson (Rosie Marcel), wife of a notorious criminal; the plot did not conclude...
Sarah Louise Palin (/ˈpeɪlɪn/ ; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who...
from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023. Kelly, Mary Louise; Acovino, Vincent; Ermyas, Tinbete (20 June 2023). "A former passenger details...
1984 Out of the Shadows Mizar Computing Robert W. Walker, Richard M.R. Woodward 1984 Trashman New Generation Software Malcolm E. Evans 1984 Trashman New...
Global Information