Well...what do you guys all think???
He sounded really sincere to me. Seems like an intelligent, well spoken, handsome young man who truly loves his daughter. He isn't a violent criminal, that we know of, is he? I know his story sounds outrageous, he failed a LDT, etc...
I have such a hard time with these things. I see someone like DB or Dandre and I just can't see them harming their child. I don't know. Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.
Where are you precious BeBe?
Has the girlfriend talked yet? Has anyone heard from her? I would hope she'd be able to refute the beating accusation from the night prior and verify that B got into the car alive and well (and not 1/2 dead).
MOO
Mel
Respectfully, the vast majority of parents who commit filicide have no criminal record at all, let alone a violent one.Well...what do you guys all think???
He sounded really sincere to me. Seems like an intelligent, well spoken, handsome young man who truly loves his daughter. He isn't a violent criminal, that we know of, is he? I know his story sounds outrageous, he failed a LDT, etc...
I have such a hard time with these things. I see someone like DB or Dandre and I just can't see them harming their child. I don't know. Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.
Where are you precious BeBe?
Sources tell us a child who was in the home Thursday evening, the day before all of this happened, told police that she saw Lane beating Bianca and the two-year-old may have been unresponsive following the incident.
Lane has admitted to police that he did discipline the child, but it's what happened next that sources believe he's lying about. He says carjackers took off with his daughter still in his vehicle Friday morning, but police have found no evidence to support the story.
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"I don't know anything about his story. My thoughts are all on my daughter. My thoughts are all on getting Bianca back," said Banika Jones, Bianca's mother.
Her mother told FOX 2 that as of Monday afternoon, Lane had not tried to contact her.
Right now, for the Jones family, he doesn't matter. All that matter is finding Bianca. The question is could the father hold the key to finding her.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news...ys-20111205-ms
ETA: He admits that he did 'discipline' the child. She had just turned two yrs old. What does a 24 month old child do that deserves 'discipline.'?
Gosh now I'm really going to sound jaded...but any man who would beat a young child like that...would beat a girlfriend. Girlfriends who are beaten...don't always come clean about such events, imho. Especially if they think they risk their own child being taken away or lack of support (from daddy going to jail) being at risk.
I'd love to be wrong. But I would believe another little child from the house before I'd believe a gf in a matter such as that.
I wish we knew exactly who lives at the Mitchell Street house and who besides Lane's two daughters were there on Friday morning. Has there been any mention about the girlfriend having children of her own who also live in the house? It's quite common for folks in Detroit to have extended family/friends staying in a home at one time or another. Media keep saying that it's D'Andre Lane's house, but he isn't documented as the current owner; someone posted this info yesterday.
Last Updated: December 06. 2011 1:52PM.
Dad of missing girl threatened to kill son, ex-wife claimed in court filing
George Hunter and Mike Martindale/ The Detroit News
Detroit D'Andre Lane, father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, was barred from contacting his ex-wife after she accused him of trying to kill their 2-year-old son, according to a personal protection order filed in Oakland Circuit Court earlier this year...
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111206...ex-wife-claimed-in-court-filing#ixzz1fmqrVUhZ
Last Updated: December 06. 2011 1:52PM.
Dad of missing girl threatened to kill son, ex-wife claimed in court filing
George Hunter and Mike Martindale/ The Detroit News
Detroit D'Andre Lane, father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, was barred from contacting his ex-wife after she accused him of trying to kill their 2-year-old son, according to a personal protection order filed in Oakland Circuit Court earlier this year...
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111206...ex-wife-claimed-in-court-filing#ixzz1fmqrVUhZ
Since he took his nephew to school that morning it made me wonder if it was maybe his brother or sister's house.
Johnson said Mitchell's accusation should be taken with a grain of salt. "Remember, these are allegations made by his ex-wife," he said.
:banghead:
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111206...ex-wife-claimed-in-court-filing#ixzz1fmrhaHqZ
Last Updated: December 06. 2011 1:52PM.
Dad of missing girl threatened to kill son, ex-wife claimed in court filing
George Hunter and Mike Martindale/ The Detroit News
Detroit D'Andre Lane, father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, was barred from contacting his ex-wife after she accused him of trying to kill their 2-year-old son, according to a personal protection order filed in Oakland Circuit Court earlier this year...
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111206...ex-wife-claimed-in-court-filing#ixzz1fmqrVUhZ
The protection order filed March 10, 2011, by Lane's ex-wife, Rakiba Mitchell, claimed that Lane threatened to kill their 2-year-old son. A box was checked off on the protection form indicating that Lane "threatened to kill or injure" their son.
Mitchell also claimed Lane tried to kidnap the boy, and that he stalked her with constant phone calls, text messages and Facebook postings.
The protection order was to remain in effect until March 31, 2012 -- it was unclear how he violated it.
She may be the link to DPS