Buried Beneath the Snow Trial: Day 3 Top Moments / The Abuse Opinion, $500 an Hour, the Video Ruling

Day 3 of the Buried Beneath the Snow Trial belonged to the State's medical expert. Dr. Lori Frasier, a child abuse pediatrician, told the jury that the wood carrying before 7-year-old Ethan Hauschultz's death was abuse. Then the defense went after what she was paid and what she never watched, a whiteboard was allowed and then set aside, and with the jury out the judge decided what the jury will hear from a child's recorded interview. These are the five moments that carried the day. Timothy Hauschultz is presumed innocent, and only the jurors decide. 0:00 What this video is, and a preview 0:19 Video starts: Two hours carrying a 44-pound log was abuse, the State's expert says 14:11 Moment 2: Why minutes mattered 25:28 Moment 3: Her $500 an hour, and the interview she never watched 33:38 Moment 4: The whiteboard, allowed and then stopped 44:38 Moment 5: Jury out, the judge lets in a child's recorded account 1:01:18 Missed Day 2? The logs, the stepson and the three calls in Day 2's Top Moments WHY THESE FIVE MADE THE CUT 1. The opinion. This is the State's case in one witness. A 44-pound log, "two-thirds of his body weight," carried for two hours, and Frasier calls punishments like this "designed to sort of break the will and humiliate the child rather than to guide and discipline the child." Everything else on Day 3 is a fight over this opinion. 2. Why minutes mattered. Her point here is medical. A very cold child can still be brought back, so the time before anyone got help counts. Watch the objection on why care was delayed, then the question the State gets answered. Her last word on it: "Time is of the essence." 3. The cross on her pay and her homework. Defense attorney Donna Kuchler gets her to agree she charges $500 an hour, has been paid twice, never met or examined the children, and wrote her report three and a half years later. Then the answer the defense came for, about the stepson's own interview: "Right, but I didn't watch it." If her opinion rests on summaries, this is where the jury hears it. 4. The whiteboard. This one is about the process, and that is why it is here. Kuchler writes her points on a board, the State objects that she is testifying, and the judge decides to "let it roll for now." The ruling is put on the record with the jury out, the board comes back, and a few minutes later it is set aside: "we'll just have you ask the questions." It lands on the defense theme, that Hauschultz was not home that day. 5. The ruling on the video. The jury never heard this argument. With the jurors out, the State and the defense fight over what the jury may hear from a child's recorded interview: porridge, ear pulling, and whether the porridge was his wife's punishment and not his. The judge calls it contextual evidence, says "that door's open," and lets the video be played. It decides what the jury hears next. Nothing in this video comes from the stretches the court's broadcast carried without sound. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/wi-v-ti... Complete case overview including the charges, the timeline, the key players, and the legal questions this trial raises. State of Wisconsin v. Timothy Hauschultz, the Buried Beneath the Snow Trial. Manitowoc County Circuit Court, Wisconsin, Judge Carey Reed presiding. Timothy Hauschultz faces six charges, including neglecting a child with death as the consequence and intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child resulting in death. He is charged in the death of Ethan Hauschultz, 7, who died on April 20, 2018 in the town of Newton in Manitowoc County. Hauschultz was Ethan's great-uncle and court-appointed guardian. He has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent unless and until the State proves the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Only the jurors decide. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com/coverag... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • WI v. Timothy Hauschultz: Full Trial Live ...   No Breaks Edition:    • WI v. Timothy Hauschultz: No Breaks Edition   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • WI v. Timothy Hauschultz: Case Story Trial...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • WI v. Timothy Hauschultz: Key Moments & Te...   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #TimothyHauschultz #HauschultzTrial