Chapter 4 - THE CHILDREN IN THE NOTEBOOK
Detective Boyd identified the remaining initials.
R.S. belonged to Ruby Shaw, age six.
T.J. belonged to Thomas Jensen, age eleven.
Both had been Michael’s patients.
Ruby’s mother reported unexplained sleeping episodes after appointments.
Thomas developed seizures after Michael changed his medication.
Neither family knew Michael kept private observation notes.
The medical-crimes unit contacted them quietly.
Ruby was alive.
Thomas had suffered permanent neurological injury.
Caleb Morris had died.
Three families.
Two daughters.
One doctor.
Michael’s defense attorney called the notebook part of informal clinical research.
No approved study existed.
No parental consent.
No ethics board.
No pharmacy authorization.
Michael had used prescriptions issued under patient names, then administered doses in his home.
Why?
His emails revealed a product-development plan.
He wanted to create a pediatric calming compound for children with severe behavioral distress.
A private investor offered funding if Michael produced early tolerance data.
He had no laboratory.
No approval.
No subjects.
So he used children who trusted him.
Some were patients.
Two were his daughters.
Sarah discovered the plan before her death.
Her laptop backup contained a draft letter to the state medical board.
Michael is dosing children outside clinical settings. He says he is helping them. I believe someone will die.
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The letter had never been sent.
It was saved the night before her crash.
