By Ryan Pilon

Man on trial for toddler’s death

Nov 29, 2010 | 3:19 PM

The Prince Albert man charged with allegedly killing a three-year-old boy, is on trial for second degree murder.

Dillon Donald died on Dec. 23, 2007 from trauma to his head. The accused, Jordan Henry Crowe, was 28-years-old at the time.

Today at Court of Queen’s Bench, Crown Prosecutor Jennifer Claxton-Viczko called upon three witnesses – Const. Paul Clouatre, Const. Kevin Keith, and Const. Brad Grolla – all with the Prince Albert Police Service.

Const. Clouatre was with the police service’s Identification Section at the time of the incident, meaning he specialized in forensic work, such as photographing the evidence.

Const. Clouatre showed to the jury photographs he took of the child’s body at the Victoria Hospital, the residence on the 600 block 17th St. W., and of the autopsy performed on the child in Saskatoon.

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Const. Keith testified he secured the residence, meaning he made sure no one went inside the home before officers arrived. This was to prevent anyone tampering with the evidence. After making sure all the doors and windows were locked, Const. Keith sat in his patrol car outside the residence until

Const. Clouatre and Sgt. McLean arrived. Together, all three of them entered the building.

Const. Grolla testified he transported the deceased from the Victoria Hospital to Saskatoon’s City Hospital in a van for an autopsy.

Claxton-Viczko said some of her other witnesses will be a pathologist, who will testify that the injuries Donald suffered couldn’t have been caused by accident or have been self-inflicted, as well as the child’s mother.

The trial resumes tomorrow morning.

rpilon@panow.com