Chapter 4: The Medical Horror
While the house was processed, I met Dr. Elaine Foster at the hospital to receive the toxicology results from the blue cup. The findings were devastating; the substance was not a simple food contaminant, but a rare, slow-acting compound engineered to mimic chronic digestive distress.
Dr. Foster explained the grim reality of the situation:
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Celeste was utilizing a textbook case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, intentionally poisoning Noah to maintain his total dependency on her.
Every time the boy showed signs of recovery, she would deliberately increase the dosage to keep him trapped in a cycle of illness, effectively manufacturing his suffering for the sake of her own control and the attention it brought her.
