Found Safe GA - Blaise Barnett, 1, sitting in car when stolen, later found abandoned, Clarkston, 10 Nov 2021

[PigPong]

I was way more trusting of people before I went to law school. Now I have a horrible tendency to assume everyone is lying. I would cross-examine my own husband if he claimed he left our dog in the car alone and she went missing. It's awful, I know, but these things never seem to end well.

Same.

Have certs as a paralegal and advanced legal research from UGA

You learn a lot about the depths people will sink when you get any kind of legal education. And the depths some police will go to in order to get a conviction... justified or not.

@PigPong Consent Searches

“In order to conduct a consent search, the person whose property is being searched must voluntarily waive his or her Fourth Amendment rights. In most cases, the person may refuse to give consent; however, the law enforcement agent does not have to tell the person that consent is voluntary. Should any of the evidence obtained result in a criminal trial, the prosecution must prove that the consent search was entirely voluntary and the person granting consent was not coerced.

The courts have decided that the person who conducts a consent search does not have to identify himself or herself as a law enforcement agent, and that the person who grants consent does not have to be the person who is charged with the crime. In cases such as Hoffa v. United States, the courts have ruled that if an undercover office finds evidence based on a consent search, the evidence may be used in the criminal case.

Third parties may give consent in limited cases. The person granting consent must have common authority over the premises in order for the search to be valid. This typically applies to hotel management giving consent to perform a search. It does not, however, apply to a landlord giving consent to search a person's apartment.

Once a consent search has started, the person whose property is being searched may, at any time, revoke his or her consent. Consent may be revoked by comments or actions; for example, saying 'I want you to stop,' or attempting to retrieve property from the officer has been found by the courts to be a valid withdrawal of consent.”

Appreciate it.

I was thinking more of the scope of the search with a consented search though vs. a search warrant. Long story but I have memory issues and not able to look it up at the moment.

 

[LauraAnne]

I don't know how much info we can post that we've discovered on the net, as to where the car was parked related to their apartment, but I'll just say I don't see why they were parked there in the main entrance gate to the complex. I may be wrong about some logistics. You can tell where they parked, in the interview with her posted upthread.

 

[PigPong]

It hasn't been 24 hours since this little one went missing, so maybe the lack of details is expected. Maybe they're hoping that any moment he'll be located at a fire station or convenience store.

But as time goes on, usually a family member gets appointed spokesman and they inform the public of the details surrounding the incident.

As it is, these two appear to be working fairly hard not to give away any details, and not to get pinned down as to what they were doing that evening or what they took in "bags" - although maybe that's their typical demeanor. The dad Xavier seems especially practiced at not saying anything.

But then again the reporter wasn't asking any questions.

Cops find stolen SUV, but Clarkston 1-year-old still missing

I don't know how to say this tactfully, but if you've ever had a bad experience with police, you become skilled at not saying anything more than you need to. I don't see it as a sign of guilt one way or the other.

"Anything you say can be used against you" literally means anything you say. And you better believe if you told police one thing and say something else in a news interview, it's coming up later.

Or the man could be in shock.

Or he cod be someone who doesn't like attention or can't handle it. It could be a combo of all of it.

 

[LauraAnne]

I don't know how to say this tactfully, but if you've ever had a bad experience with police, you become skilled at not saying anything more than you need to. I don't see it as a sign of guilt one way or the other.

"Anything you say can be used against you" literally means anything you say. And you better believe if you told police one thing and say something else in a news interview, it's coming up later.

Or the man could be in shock.

Or he cod be someone who doesn't like attention or can't handle it. It could be a combo of all of it.

I completely agree; and understand some people just won't give any more information than the person already knows. Won't correct a detail like "bags", etc.

 

[PigPong]

I don't know how much info we can post that we've discovered on the net, as to where the car was parked related to their apartment, but I'll just say I don't see why they were parked there in the main entrance gate to the complex. I may be wrong about some logistics. You can tell where they parked, in the interview with her posted upthread.

I haven't looked into where their unit is actually located but I noticed where she pointed out they were parked... and it did seem odd.

 

[SAMS]

Rewatched the video and honestly I’m torn. Mom had clearly been crying, she’s not well rehearsed IMO and breaks down when asking for his safe return. Has someone intentionally taken Blaise? Were they being followed? I’m all over the place on this one. Hope he is okay. MOO

 

[Knox]

I don't know how much info we can post that we've discovered on the net, as to where the car was parked related to their apartment, but I'll just say I don't see why they were parked there in the main entrance gate to the complex. I may be wrong about some logistics. You can tell where they parked, in the interview with her posted upthread.

I thought so too, but if you look at the proximity to the two apartments to the left, which face the street. It makes sense, it would be the closest way to carry things into the apartment. There are stairs and a sidewalk right there. In the Google shot, I also pointed out there is an Explorer parked to the right. Unsure if that's their vehicle, its from April 2021 so it may be.
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x88f5a8440120df5f:0x2acc24fcb8977a8b!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/parc+1000/@33.8128709,-84.242847,3a,75y,261.27h,90t/data=*213m4*211e1*213m2*211s44f-TGGOvWHYuExr2DABhQ*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x88f5a8440120df5f:0x2acc24fcb8977a8b?sa=X!5sparc 1000 - Google Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2s44f-TGGOvWHYuExr2DABhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCvo2JqY70AhULJzQIHXXTCiEQpx96BAhVEAg

 

[PigPong]

I thought so too, but if you look at the proximity to the two apartments to the left, which face the street. It makes sense, it would be the closest way to carry things into the apartment. There are stairs and a sidewalk right there. In the Google shot, I also pointed out there is an Explorer parked to the right. Unsure if that's their vehicle, its from April 2021 so it may be.
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x88f5a8440120df5f:0x2acc24fcb8977a8b!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/parc+1000/@33.8128709,-84.242847,3a,75y,261.27h,90t/data=*213m4*211e1*213m2*211s44f-TGGOvWHYuExr2DABhQ*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x88f5a8440120df5f:0x2acc24fcb8977a8b?sa=X!5sparc 1000 - Google Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2s44f-TGGOvWHYuExr2DABhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCvo2JqY70AhULJzQIHXXTCiEQpx96BAhVEAg

Just got the car in September.

 

[PigPong]

Rewatched the video and honestly I’m torn. Mom had clearly been crying, she’s not well rehearsed IMO and breaks down when asking for his safe return. Has someone intentionally taken Blaise? Were they being followed? I’m all over the place on this one. Hope he is okay. MOO

I'm just going to say I think she loves her son very much, and I don't think she did anything to him.

And leave it at that for now.

*edit - was supposed to say I don't think she would do anything to intentionally harm him. Thought I changed it before posting

 

[Mistree]

Wish we could hear from the dad.

 

[LauraAnne]

Wish we could hear from the dad.

He's in this video interview.

Cops find stolen SUV, but Clarkston 1-year-old still missing

 

[LauraAnne]

I'm confused about the car seat. Every resource, including this article updated an hour ago, state that the car seat was still in the vehicle.

Only the press conference held this afternoon say the car seat is missing.

Wonder which one it is.

Cops find stolen SUV, but Clarkston 1-year-old still missing

 

[beatrixpotter]

Correct, but don’t all infant seats have a base? (I don’t know). I don’t use the all-in-one infant/toddler/booster seats, but my guess is that even those use a base when rear-facing. JMO.

Most kids are in a convertible car seat at 12 months rather than in the infant seats that pop in and out of the secured base. I was thinking about that reading through this thread. It would be really unusual for a baby that age to be in an infant seat that secures to a base.

I just got on Amazon to compare and it seems the infant seats do go up to like 35 lbs. But I honestly don't know anyone who would keep a toddler in an infant seat that long. The kids usually outgrow it height wise by then.

 

[SAMS]

https://twitter.com/meghanpacker/status/1458490155396907017?s=21
I just spoke with Blaise’s mother. This is her plea to whoever has her one-year-old son. @cbs46

Not sure if this video was posted.

 

[beatrixpotter]

Same. Has been since I heard the details. When my wife woke up and I told her about everything with the alert that woke us up... her first response was, "who the hell leaves their keys in the car on Montreal Road... And with their kid in it?"

She is 100% correct.

Yep. It makes no sense. Leaving your keys in the car is a good cover for explaining how a car might have been stolen that quickly though.

 

[LauraAnne]

https://twitter.com/meghanpacker/status/1458490155396907017?s=21
I just spoke with Blaise’s mother. This is her plea to whoever has her one-year-old son. @cbs46

Not sure if this video was posted.

They certainly look believable.

 

[Allabouttrial]

Interview with Blaise's mum.

"Yeah, so Blaise's dad seen the boy walking right here in front of like the bus stop, or something right there, and you know he didn't think nothing of it. It's just a lot of kids walking around here. Sometimes they walk late and stuff like that, so he didn't think nothing of it, but you know, he just kinda put 2 and 2 together and knew like at the moment he seen that boy and now the car's gone so, you know.

Probably yeah, 15...16 years old. He had on like black pants, a black jacket with yellow and green squares and black shoes.

That's a hell of a lot of details he took in considering he didn't think anything of it. Not forgetting it would have been quite dark. Who notices black shoes when it's dark?

 

[beatrixpotter]

Interview with Blaise's mum.

"Yeah, so Blaise's dad seen the boy walking right here in front of like the bus stop, or something right there, and you know he didn't think nothing of it. It's just a lot of kids walking around here. Sometimes they walk late and stuff like that, so he didn't think nothing of it, but you know, he just kinda put 2 and 2 together and knew like at the moment he seen that boy and now the car's gone so, you know.

Probably yeah, 15...16 years old. He had on like black pants, a black jacket with yellow and green squares and black shoes.

That's a hell of a lot of details he took in considering he didn't think anything of it. Not forgetting it would have been quite dark. Who notices black shoes when it's dark?

I remember thinking similar. How close is this bus stop that you can see the color of someone's shoes at it in the middle of the night? How can you remember that level of detail from a single glance? And if you have a bus stop so close to the car you can make out that level of detail at night it makes it even crazier to me to leave a baby in the car with the keys in it.

 

[Cubby]

First thing that comes to mind is Bianca Jones case.

Second thing that comes to mind is Delano Wilson's case.

Back to reading.

 

[sk716]

Two points.

We don't know when the grocery shopping happened. If it was non perishable stuff, it could have easily been that morning. We just know they supposedly got home and unloaded at 1 a.m.

Second, completely honest. When my girls were young (we had 2 under 2)... there were plenty of times grocery shopping happened late at night. Not all the time... but between both being crappy sleepers, work schedules, helping care for other family members... we got it done when we could.

It's not the 1 a.m. grocery trip that bothers me. It's all the rest of it, together.

Not to mention shopping late at night can often be a lot easier than during the day.

Same, maybe it's a southern thing, but if the baby is asleep, you let the baby sleep in the running car (AC/Heat/lullaby channel) while you unload the groceries.

Everything about this is hinky, though. Red. Flags. Everywhere.