Medical Examiner Testifies Girl's Death Was a Homicide

State medical examiner William Cox testifies that bruising to the chest, neck and under the eyelids proves continued manual strangulation killed Camden Fry.

Camden Fry’s death was no accident but instead homicide, according to testimony from medical examiner William Cox who performed the 8-year-old girl’s autopsy. Cox testified that the girl died as a result of manual strangulation, the pressure from which was applied to her neck over an extended period of time. Compression must have been applied to the 8-year-old girl's neck for at least four to six minutes in order for death or even serious injury to occur, Cox testified in Kimberly Fry's second-degree murder trial. She is accused of strangling her daughter on Aug. 10, 2009 during a temper tantrum over the girl's refusal to take a bath. Cox noted several injuries on Camden Fry's body during the autopsy he performed on Aug. 12, 2009, …

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Husband: Kimberly Fry Said She Wished Daughter 'Wasn't Around'

In emotional testimony Monday, Timothy Fry recalls the events surrounding his daughter's death in August 2009.

Kimberly Fry blamed her daughter for her depression, and frequently expressed her wish that the young girl wasn't around so she and her husband could be alone the way it used to be, according to emotional testimony from her husband, Timothy Fry, Monday afternoon. Fry broke down briefly Monday when describing the last time he saw his daughter, on the evening of Aug. 10, 2009, as he was leaving the family's North Kingstown home for a hockey game. The next morning, Tim Fry found his daughter dead in her bed, a victim of strangulation, according to a state medical examiner. Kimberly Fry is on trial for second-degree murder, charged with strangling her 8-year-old daughter after a temper tantrum over taking a bath. The couple for years had been …

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Five Things To Know Today

5 Things: Special Election, Murder Trial & School Committee

Five things to know for Sept. 13.

North Kingstown voters will go to the polls today to vote on three questions to determine the fate of two bonds. One bond, for $3.85 million, would covert Wickford Elementary School into a joint town hall and school administrative building. Another question would authorize the town to sell the now-vacant school if the aforementioned bond is not approved. Lastly, another question would approve $850,000 to install artificial turf at McGinn Park. Voting will take place at Davisville Middle School and Cold Spring Community Center from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The murder trial of Kimberly Fry starts today down at Washington County Superior Court. Fry is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of her eight-year-old daughter Camden back in 2009…

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