Jason Gedzius was a one-year-old boy who died on September 5, 1980, six days after his first birthday. His mother was Deborah Anne Booe Narbone Gedzius, later known as Debbie Fornuto. Debbie reported she had been napping with Jason when she discovered he was no longer breathing, and the death was initially attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Jason’s death became part of a wider pattern that alarmed family members. A former brother-in-law, Harry Gedzius, told authorities in 1980 that three of Debbie’s previous children had also died under mysterious circumstances. At the time no action was taken by the medical examiner’s office; the children’s death certificates were reviewed only years later and a grand jury investigation was convened to examine possible foul play.

Debbie Gedzius later remarried and used the name Debbie Fornuto. She was never formally charged in connection with the children’s deaths and died in a car accident in Las Vegas in 2002. Does anyone have information about Jason, the family’s history, or the grand jury review that followed?