Nurse, Microwave expert and Dr. take the stand

DAYTON (WDTN) - Day two of the China Arnold murder trial resumed with more testimony from the State's first witness, Dr. Russell Uptegrove.

Arnold is accused of killing her baby, Paris Talley, in a microwave oven back in 2005.

Dr. Uptegrove, a forensic pathologist with the Montgomery County Coroner's Office, testified that baby Paris spent at least two minutes in the microwave and died sometime between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m on August 30, 2005.

During cross examination, Arnold's attorney Jon Paul Rion, disputed the timeline and said that Paris could have been killed as early as 11 p.m. the night before.

On Wednesday, after several hours on the stand, Dr. Uptegrove was released.

The State called it's second witness, Dr. Marcella Fierro, the retired Chief Medical Examiner for Virgina. Virginia is the only other state on record to have a case where a child was killed in a microwave.

"She died because she was overheated, she was cooked," Dr. Fierro told the jury.

Later in the day, the microwave oven from Arnold's Parkside apartment was wheeled into the courtroom.

Robert Schiffmann and expert on the appliance testified that compared to other ovens, Arnold's was smaller and had a unique heating pattern.

Arnold's attorney did not have any questions for Schiffmann during cross examination.

Day two ended with Kimberly Snider, a trauma nurse at Dayton Childrens. She was working on August 30, 2005 when Arnold brought her 28-day old daughter in for help.

"She was just yelling that her baby was not burned that her skin was peeling off," said Snider.

This is the third trial for Arnold. Her first trial ended in a mistrial.

She was found guilty during a second trial, but the verdict was thrown out due to prosecution misconduct.

During previous trials, Arnold's attorney's argued the real suspect is a child.

The trial was scheduled to last four weeks, including a week of jury selection. However, jury selection took a day and a half longer than expected.

If found guilty during this trial, Arnold could be sentenced to death.