Everything I write here is JMO of course.
I respect your position of wanting facts to rule her out, but I have yet to see any real facts that make her a suspect or person of interest in my mind. I haven't ruled it out completely, but just don't see it right now. She used to be more of a person of interest to me, but it's a sort of combo of little things that have made me focus less on her recently.
Sad recently posted (I'm paraphrasing here so somebody please correct me if I am wrong) about the ongoing divorce/custody hearings, and that ST is beginning phone contact to eventually work up to full visitation if everything goes well.
IMO, I can't see a judge, who knows way more about the facts in this case than any of us, leaving the surviving children in DT's custody if DT, or anyone in the household, was putting the children in danger, either by abuse, neglect, direct or indirect involvement in Somer's murder. Even if DT hasn't been charged criminally yet, the children could still be put in ST's custody but that hasn't been done yet (I'm not giving a judgement or my opinion on this, just it is what it is). For that matter, we have at least four mandated child abuse reporters that at least some of the details of this case are known to: a judge, law enforcement, therapist(s), and teachers. I have a hard time believing that at least one, if not more, of these individuals would report suspected abuse/neglect. I have seen posts here over time that allege substance abuse, mental problems, inadequate supervision of the children, possible physical abuse, possible sexual abuse, etc. IMO, either 1) The people who these children are actually visible to have no reason to suspect these are a current issue (leaving open they may have been in the past). 2) All of the above people are turning a blind eye and failing to report. or 3) These concerns have been reported to child services, and they found no reason to remove the children from her custody. So far, we have nothing reported about child services being involved with the family. There were reports of their involvement in Haleigh and Caley's case. So it could be another one of those things not reported in this case, or it could be they are not involved.
And before everyone turns on me (lol), I know that child services fails, I know that judges fail, and I know there are always those few cases where all the systems in place fail a child. And that child could have been Somer. However, given what has happened to Somer, I can't see all these same people and systems continuing to fail her siblings and not take some action to protect them. Was this household perfect? Probably not, but it probably also isn't as bad as some make it sound.
Another telling fact for me (that I posted a while back) is that law enforcement has been involved in fundraising for the family. I can't believe they would do this unless cleared in their mind.
wife of sheriff's deputy co-organizes carnival fundraiser
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/25/national/main5420298.shtml
FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) and JFRD (Jacksonville Fire Rescue) involved in bike ride
http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/4/b/5/highres_11489877.jpeg
The Sheriff is elected in Clay County. Law enforcement involved in fundraising if DT was involved in any way wouldn't go over well at election time, IMO. Neither would some large scale deception like her body wasn't really found at the dump, or was found on Monday night leading people on a bogus 2 day search. JMO.
There are very few real facts in this case. We don't know at this point if the apparent contradictions are the result of deception/mistakes/some other reason on the part of law enforcement, poor reporting/mistakes by the media, or deception for whatever reason on the part of DT/other family members/witnesses. Or a little of all of the above. Again, JMO.
