Case Study #6. Cassandra Killpack 3 After a 3 '/2-week trial, a jury found Jennete Killpack, 29, guilty of killing her 4-year-old adopted daughter Cassandra by forcing approximately a zllon of
water down the girl's throat in an attempt to discipline her. A few hours after the
"hydro-discipline," the Killpacks called the paramedics because Cassandra was unresponsive.
The paramedics delivered her to the hospital, where she died later that day. Medical
investigation found that Cassandra's brain was swollen and the concentration of sodium in her
blood and tissues was far below normal.
1. What happened to Cassandra's brain cells? Why?
2. If you were Cassandra's doctor, how would you have treated her? Why?