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2 unusual facts about Christine Maggiore


Christine Maggiore

After graduating with honors from Reseda High, she worked in advertising and marketing in Los Angeles until 1984.

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An autopsy revealed that Eliza Jane was markedly underweight and underheight, consistent with a chronic illness, exhibited a pronounced atrophy of her thymus and other lymphatic organs, and that her lungs were infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii, a common opportunistic pathogen in people with AIDS and the leading cause of pediatric AIDS deaths.


Mohammed Al-Bayati

After Scovill died on May 16, 2005 of an HIV/AIDS-related infection of Pneumocystis pneumonia, her mother, Christine Maggiore, had the autopsy reviewed by Al-Bayati, who came to a different conclusion: that Scovill had died of an allergic reaction to amoxicillin, a conclusion Maggiore agreed with.


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