Christian Blewitt
Three year old Christian was placed with along with his 2 younger siblings with inexperienced parents Angela and Ian Gay in Nov 2002. Six weeks after placement, Christian was admitted to a hospital then died. He had head injuries and a significant amount of salt in his bloodstream. The initial autopsy listed the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
Gays were initially found guilty of manslaughter. This verdict was overturned based on new medical evidence. At the second trial, they were found not guilty.
News reports of the second trial mention hydrocephalus and "salt diabetes" (Diabetes insipidus). Christian was alleged to have been diagnosed with hydrocephalus at 7 months. The condition was not monitored or disclosed to the Gays or the prior foster parents.
It is unclear if a medical condition, forced salt ingestion, physical abuse, or some combination of the three caused his death.
Date: 2002-12-07
Placement type: To be adopted
Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Death by unknown cause
Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother, Undetermined
Placement
Organizations: Sandwell Social Services
Location
Bromsgrove, WorcestershireUnited Kingdom
| Document | Date |
|---|---|
| Debate over cause of boy's death | 2007-03-27 |
| Salt death pair 'felt abandoned' | 2007-03-07 |
| Man called salt boy 'a vegetable' | 2007-01-22 |
| Couple 'forced boy to eat salt' | 2007-01-19 |
| Salt case 'may mean more appeals' | 2006-04-12 |
| Salt poison couple's court appeal | 2006-03-21 |
| Diabetes theory over salt death | 2005-11-29 |
| Salt death could not be predicted | 2005-10-21 |
| Salt death killer in report call | 2005-09-25 |
| Leading QC represents salt pair | 2005-04-30 |
| Salt poison couple's letter plea | 2005-03-14 |
| Salt case couple 'wrongly jailed' | 2005-01-20 |
| Salt poison case couple convicted | 2005-01-13 |
| Fears were raised over killer couple | 2005-01-13 |
| Boy murder 'no more than theory' | 2005-01-10 |
| Accused regrets 'vegetable' slur | 2004-12-17 |
| Boy, three, was 'near to death' | 2004-11-24 |
| Pair 'had second thoughts on boy' | 2004-11-23 |
| Couple 'poisoned boy with salt' | 2004-11-22 |
| Couple in court over toddler death | 2003-08-01 |
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