MOO but I feel that somehow family dynamics or an acquaintance of the mother could be responsible for this tragedy. Early on in the case LE said that some family members weren’t cooperating with investigators.
I've wondered this same thing, but also I've seen in other cases where the family didn't cooperate but ended up being totally innocent. Usually they had a criminal background, or something, and were either scared of legal problems, or untrusting of police.
Yes, and the ex moved to TX. I recall LE saying they had gone to other states to speak with people...
Thank you for clarifying that for me. Yes, it does sound like they are referring to the girls' family. It's all very stange...
Hi - Any chance you can recall where you've read this? I've researched this case a ton and haven't seen this anywhere. TIA
There's a lot of information on the Indiana courts website. I don't think direct links work, but he's the general website.
Right, Carter definitely sounds as though he is insinuating that the mom is stonewalling, and that there were people in her life/the girls were exposed to in the home who have not been named.
This is my EXACT problem. I am trying to write up this case and the police and some articles say that the K's and Gaylin lived in the downstairs apartment... but then other articles say that Gaylin was downstairs and the girl were upstairs (which makes a lot more sense in why they couldn't get to them) and Gaylin herself said in an interview "I pretty much tried to save my babies by running up the steps. I got halfway and I couldn’t breathe. And I just ran out the house to try to get help.”
Found it! Thanks!!
I don't know if this will help us determine where everyone was, but it does show the layout at the bottom of the page.
Court records show he was the petitioner.
Well he pretty quickly moved to Texas. The question is, where was he the night of the fire? Surely a man who had been until very recently living with the family and who was in the midst of a divorce from Gaylin would be suspect #1. I find it very odd that literally not a single article about the case even addresses his existence. If you were to read them, you'd assume she was a single mom (some of the articles even say that). Also I noticed that the 5 year old, Kionnie, had no father listed in her obit - the other three girls all did. And her last name - Welch - is the same last name as the maternal grandmother listed for one of the other girls. I don't know what to make of that.
I did note on the court records that paperwork was returned to the court, unsigned, by GR only a day or two before the fire.
