Personal Restraint Petition Of Heidi Charlene Fero

¶1 Heidi Charlene Fero was convicted of first degree assault of a child in 2003 for the injuries suffered by Brynn Ackley. The evidence that linked Fero to Brynn’s injuries was that (1) Brynn had fallen unconscious while under Fero’s care and had presented at the hospital with subdural hemorrhaging (brain bruising or bleeding), cerebral edema (brain swelling), and retinal hemorrhaging (retina bruising or bleeding); and (2) all of the doctors who testified on the topic stated that children suffering those injuries become unconscious almost immediately and those injuries can only be caused by…