Here are my notes from the documents covered in the Grey Hughes videos posted upthread (of the things I found important).
Wow! Thank you,
@cujenn81 for doing this!!! GREAT work! I'll be shortening most of it for focus on a few items.
Jennifer’s 2nd Statement to the Police (1st Digitally Recorded) - 2/27/2024
She said Maddie had a “makeshift room” in the living room that she only used to hang out in but never slept in. [Detectives described this room as a portion of the living room turned into a bedroom with a folding divider between the bedroom space and the kitchen/dining room.]
I'm venturing a guess that was because the spare bedrooms were all taken by roommates so this was her "room" (I read upthread where it had a dresser, etc.), but when she slept, it appears she slept a lot with the 3 of them in JS's bed, or shared a bed with SS. That surprises me that she didn't just sleep in the living room. Perhaps it was too noisy down there with so many people in the house?
Which bring me to my first question... with that many people all living under the same roof, in a small condo (1470 SF according to
Zillow, which is small for up to 4 adults and 1 preteen IMO (I live alone in the same SF so can't even imagine that many people all living here!) how could not one of them be suspicious of what SS was doing?!? They had to hear things one would think! smh
She said sleeping arrangements depended on everyone’s schedule the next day. Sometimes they all slept in her king bed, other times SS slept upstairs alone and she and Maddie slept in her bed, and other times she would send Maddie and SS to sleep in the upstairs bedroom if she needed a good night’s sleep.
Oh, she sent Maddie to sleep with SS so
JS could get a good night's sleep?!?!? What about Maddie getting a good night's sleep?!?!? That for sure wasn't happening with the 2 of them sharing a bed behind closed doors!!! Apparently JS came first to JS.
After Stephan heard Maddie hadn’t shown up at school, JS says he met her at her mother’s office, where they waited for LE to arrive. She said she’d brought Maddie’s phone with her when she went to pick her up from school.
That seems like an odd thing to do IMO. I can't see a reason a child would need her "forgotten" phone between being picked up and the short ride home. If Maddie didn't have it all day (if she was alive) surely it could wait till she arrived back home. It takes 15 minutes or so to get there. Since that makes no sense to me I'm thinking JS had another reason to bring Maddie's phone with her to "pick her up".
When asked if they went back out that night, she said Stephan had gone back out in the middle of the night in her car.
Why not his car or his dad's car? And where was Maddie at this time? Dead in SS's bedroom? In JS's car? In whatever car she was seen in video in. Perhaps he was going to discard her that night but couldn't find a suitable place.
7:35 AM - SS is spotted on surveillance at the trash compactor in his father’s Lincoln; he throws a white trash bag filled with items (Maddie’s laptop, backpack, a white Croc) into the compactor
I am still puzzled over what he could have been thinking to bag up and throw away only ONE croc.
[Maddie is visible in the front passenger seat of the vehicle with her head tilted on her left shoulder, mouth open, and belted into the seat.]
Safety first! </end sarcasm>
10:18 AM - SS calls JS to let her know he & MS did not go to McDonald’s
Why? For what reason would he feel the need to do this? Was it code if JS knew he was off to dispose of her body? Is "Didn't go to McDonald's" code for "I couldn't leave her behind the school"? (too many people at that hour is my guess)
11:00 - 11:15 AM - JS returns home from her doctor’s appointment
12:45 PM - SS leaves the house to run errands; he stops at Coliseum of Comics and a couple of Target stores
So 90ish minutes of conversation between the 2 before SS needs to "run errands".
4:10 PM - JS leaves the school when she doesn’t see Maddie right away because she’s holding up the pickup line and drives to her mother’s office
Something that FINALLY makes sense!
6:53 PM - Orange County SO receives a call for service in reference to a missing juvenile
So almost 3 hrs after JS "noticed" she was missing she makes the call.
EVIDENCE
- 2022 Nissan sedan towed from TownePlace Suites at Flamingo Crossings, 2/28/2024 at 8:30 PM
Do we know whose car this is? I searched this thread for
Nissan and didn't find it. 2022 is pretty new so wouldn't be considered a hooptie. Google was clueless too.
MA, 2/29/2024
- SS told her that he was separated from JS but still slept at her house, specifically in the bed with Maddie; he explained this by saying he needed to cuddle with Maddie so she could fall asleep
- SS one day revealed to her that he’d woken up in the bed with Maddie with an erection; MA felt his comments were inappropriate and stopped talking to him soon after
Welp. That sure confirmed my suspicion that he was looking for a replacement as Maddie would no longer be in his preferred age range. <insert barf emoji here>
Maddie’s Best Friend - 2/27/2024
- MS has only briefly mentioned her biological father but is always on the phone with SS, texting or talking, usually in the afternoon or at night
- JS or Maddie’s grandparents usually bring Maddie to school; she doesn’t recall SS ever bringing her
As all, or most of us thought.
- MS talks to her dad and sister who live in Washington DC and she believes Maddie is close with her sister
Maddie has a sister? I thought Maddie's dad lives in TX. I'm confused. Can someone shed some light on who lives in DC and whose sister this was? Her dad's sister (so Maddie's aunt?).
- JS called her (the best friend) on the evening of 2/26/2024 to ask if Maddie was with her; JS told her she’d last seen Maddie at 8:45 that morning when she dropped her off at the church near the school; the friend said this was unusual because Maddie was typically dropped off in the car line
No longer "we". Now it was "she" who dropped her off at the church. That's.... odd.
7th Grade School Counselor - 2/29/2024
- she was told MS has ADHD and has a hard time focusing; Maddie also has anxiety and panic attacks
- MS typically comes to see her when she’s feeling panicked or overwhelmed; Maddie has also said she’s dealing with things at home including fighting with her mom
- MS reported that her mom’s boyfriend lived with them and she didn’t like him because he was weird; when Maddie was pressed about why she thinks he’s weird, she said it was because he ate all their food, hangs out in the living room, and makes her feel uncomfortable; MS reported in December that he was moving out and that made her happy
- JS told her that Maddie was seeing a therapist weekly
All of the above SHOULD raise red flags IMO, especially with a counselor. I hope changes are made to protect other children with similar experiences.
Also, "Including" fighting with her mom should raise a red flag when told by a child that "she's dealing with things at home". "Including" to me means
things other than her fighting with her mom.
7th Period English Teacher - 2/29/2024
- he described Maddie as “quieter”; she sometimes does her work but has a lot of “sleepy days” where she comes in and puts her head down and does nothing
- he saw that MS was “fatigued” which he believes may have been a sign of depression, but he didn’t see anything more overt
- Maddie’s grades were rough but then she brought them up; she went through phases where she wouldn’t turn anything in
- MS seemed normal but quiet and tired
More red flags.
Friend of Maddie - 2/29/2024
- she didn’t notice MS going through a depressive phase but MS said she was going through one earlier in the year
I wonder if her depressive phases revolved around when SS lived with them and when he didn't.
- she never saw any bruises on Maddie but noted that MS occasionally came to school wearing red makeup that made it look like she’d been crying
I have never heard of red makeup. Is it a thing? Or was she really crying and said it was red makeup?