FILE - Melvin L. Morse is seen in an undated file photo provided by the Delaware State Police. Morse, 58, of Georgetown, Del., and his wife, Pauline Morse, were arrested Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 by Delaware State Police and charged with recklessly endangering their two daughters, including the use of a form of discipline that police say the man called ?waterboarding.? Morse says he is being persecuted by authorities because of a 2009 doctor abuse scandal in the state. Dr. Melvin Morse tells The Associated Press that he is the victim of what he called hysteria following the prosecution of pediatrician Earl Bradley. Bradley is serving 14 life sentences for abusing scores of his young patients over more than a decade. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police, File)
FILE - Melvin L. Morse is seen in an undated file photo provided by the Delaware State Police. Morse, 58, of Georgetown, Del., and his wife, Pauline Morse, were arrested Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 by Delaware State Police and charged with recklessly endangering their two daughters, including the use of a form of discipline that police say the man called ?waterboarding.? Morse says he is being persecuted by authorities because of a 2009 doctor abuse scandal in the state. Dr. Melvin Morse tells The Associated Press that he is the victim of what he called hysteria following the prosecution of pediatrician Earl Bradley. Bradley is serving 14 life sentences for abusing scores of his young patients over more than a decade. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police, File)
DOVER, Del. (AP) ? Police say a Delaware pediatrician who has researched near-death experiences may have been experimenting on his 11-year-old stepdaughter by waterboarding her.
In documents obtained by The Associated Press Tuesday, police said Dr. Melvin Morse brought the girl "to a possible near-death state from the simulation of drowning."
In an affidavit seeking permission to search Morse's computers, police say the waterboarding would fall into his area of study. Morse has received nationwide attention for his research into near-death experiences involving children.
Joe Hurley is an attorney for Morse. He says the idea that Morse was experimenting on his own daughter is "the sheerest of speculation."
Morse faces a preliminary hearing Thursday on felony child endangerment charges. Morse has said the charges against him stem from an overreaction by authorities.
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