The Night Killer

Bill und Madolyn Estes sind stolze Eltern von fünf Monate alten Zwillingen. Als eines der Babys am plötzlichen Kindstod verstirbt, gerät die Mutter durch die Untersuchung eines ehrgeizigen jungen Arztes unter einen schrecklichen Verdacht. Sie soll ihr Baby misshandelt und umgebracht haben. Wieder einmal ist der Gerichtsmediziner Quincy gefragt, um die Sache aufzuklären ...

Mr. & Mrs. Estes have baby twins and with Bill Estes working all day Madeline is finding it harder and harder to look after the two boys. One night one of the twins dies suddenly in its sleep. All the medical and police personnel involved thinks that the baby died from SID (Sudden Infant Death) Syndrome, but a new, young and ambitious ME, Dr. Gauge, thinks that it was battered and calls in Lt. Monahan. Bill, remembering how his wife was getting angry with the workload of looking after both babies begins to think that she could have killed their son.

Uno dei due gemelli di Madolyn Estes muore. Dapprima si suppone che il decesso sia dovuto a una causa accidentale, ma quando il giudice istruttore trova dei lividi sul corpo del bambino, Madolyn viene accusata di percossione. L'autopsia di Quincy stabilisce che la morte è stata accidentale e che i lividi non furono procurati dalla madre...