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Patricia Stallings (born 1964 or 1965) is an American woman who was wrongfully convicted of murder after the death of her son Ryan on September 7, 1989. Because testing seemed to indicate an elevated level of ethylene glycol in Ryan's blood, authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning, and arrested Stallings the next day. She was convicted of murder in early 1991, and sentenced to life in prison.
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- Forensic Files : CNNW : June 27, 2015 10:30pm-11:01pm PDTVideo · 2015
- Forensic Files : CNNW : January 3, 2015 11:00pm-11:31pm PSTVideo · 2015
- When Forensics Fail : MSNBCW : December 18, 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm PSTVideo · 2011
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