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Did infant cody have so many bone fractures? more than 1,000 miles away in springfield, illinois, radiologist dr. david ayub researches metabolic bone disease. the family believes he has the explanation of what happened to cody. >> the healing had already started at this point. >> reporter: the doctor is one of the main authors of a 2014 study. in the peer-reviewed paper ayoub and his colleagues looked at previous studies of infant fractures determined to be from abuse. their findings? those fractures very likely came from bone disease. these are the x-rays of cody's fractures from 1993. can y...

Properly. >> that's the exact description of fractures in children with compromised bone strength. many of their bones are weak. they're not fragile for a day or two. they're fragile over a period of time. >> reporter: he says babies with the disease have bones so fragile that even regular handling can cause a break. and those fractures, he says, are often misdiagnosed as abuse. this is a case of a wrongfully convicted man. no victim, no crime. this florida defense attorney is working to get jim's conviction overturned. she says dr. ayoub's research is new science and will prove cody fractures...