Michael Snyder

Michael Snyder testified for the prosecution on Day 5 about treating five-year-old Cora at Beth Israel on January 24, 2023. During Shanan Buckingham's direct examination, he distinguished EMS reports of cardiac arrest and resuscitation from his own observations: Cora was not breathing, had no heartbeat, and had blue skin, bruising, petechiae, and fixed, enlarged pupils.

Snyder described an anesthesiologist inserting a breathing tube while the team continued CPR and medications and consulted intensive care physicians from Children's by telephone. He said emergency-room resuscitation efforts lasted roughly 30 minutes and confirmed that he declared Cora deceased at approximately 7:28 p.m.

Snyder qualified his recollection of blood coming from Cora's nose and explained that either epinephrine or brain injury could cause enlarged pupils. His testimony addressed her condition and unsuccessful treatment, without offering an opinion about who caused her condition. Defense counsel Kevin Reddington stated that he had no questions.