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Jack Kowalski认为Beata自杀是因为医院阻止Beata与Maya拥抱，导致Beata精神痛苦不堪，无法承受失去女儿的痛苦。他的说法在Netflix纪录片《Take Care of Maya》中得到了体现，但纪录片对事件的描述不完整。 Gregory Anderson作为Kowalski家族律师，认为Maya被错误地监禁和殴打，被剥夺了与家人和外界的联系，Beata自杀事件是影片《Take Care of Maya》的高潮。 Deborah Salisbury作为Kowalski家族律师，认为Beata的遗书表明她希望女儿摆脱医院的束缚，并担心女儿的治疗。 Andrea Dunlop作为播客主持人，梳理了警方报告、证词和相关文件，指出Netflix纪录片对Beata自杀前几天和几小时发生的事情的描述不完整，并提出了许多疑问，例如Beata自杀现场的细节与警方报告和电影描述不符，存在输液袋里的液体没有进行检测等疑点。Beata曾开具氯胺酮处方，以及其他一些来源不明的处方，增加了案件的复杂性。 Detective Mike Weber认为Jack和Beata的关系破裂，这解释了为什么Jack和Kyle回家后没有关心Beata的下落。他还指出，在医学儿童虐待案件中逮捕嫌疑人后，通常会对其进行自杀监视，因为这会对嫌疑人造成巨大的心理冲击。 Elliot J. Crane医生认为Beata的死因可能是过量服用某种物质，而不是上吊自杀，并且认为Beata伪造了自杀现场以及Maya的疾病。 Tina作为制作人，参与了对法官释放决定的分析，指出Maya在Beata死后才被释放回Jack的监护，并且对她的医疗治疗施加了限制。 Dr. Laura Voss和Dr. Beatriz Tepe Sanchez的短信被断章取义，用来塑造医生冷酷无情的形象，但实际上其中一些是职业玩笑，也有一些是为了保护患者隐私而使用的代号。 Florida医生指出Beata的药物清单与她的心理评估报告存在矛盾。 Dr. Chopra是Kowalski一方选择的专家，而非法院指定的独立专家，他的诊断并非最终结论。 Dr. Desai的报告显示Maya在入院后一段时间内的整体健康状况有所改善。 并非所有医生都认为Maya患有CRPS，这与一些医生之前的预测相矛盾。 Piotr作为Beata的兄弟，他的证词也为事件增加了复杂性。

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Note: This episode contains sensitive content related to child abuse and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. 

 

Beata Kowalski’s tragic death by suicide in January of 2016 is at the center of the $220 million lawsuit Jack Kowalski has filed against Johns Hopkins All Childrens hospital. But did Beata really take her own life to free her daughter from the hospital keeping her captive as the plaintiff claims? As with everything in this story, the truth is much more complicated. The narrative told in the Netflix film “Take Care of Maya” is far from a complete picture of the harrowing series of events that led to Beata’s death.   

In this episode we go through the police reports of the incident and various testimonies of those who were present to fill in the gaps of the days and hours leading up to Beata’s death. We also examine the final court hearing Beata attended, which gives us a glimpse into where the case stood at the time of her death.  

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