Cause of girl's death disputed

Two-year-old Maria Ostlund died July 15 because she had been shaken so hard that her brain was damaged, a Hennepin County medical examiner testified Wednesday in the trial of her mother, Janet.

"It is inconceivable that these injuries could have occurred from a fall off a couch," Dr. Lindsey Thomas said. Janet Ostlund of Robbinsdale is charged with second-degree murder - unintentionally killing someone during an assault. She maintains that the adopted...