I finally got a chance to listen to EG's 911 call. Not sure if this has been discussed, but I found it interesting she kept repeating that she needed to call JH. Why wouldn't she have called JH first? Some might find that suspicious too but if I were watching my stepson and he disappeared I would call his dad first (after checking around the house and with the neighbors) so he could check if other relatives had possibly come to get him. But the topic of Lucas possibly being with another family member never even came up (likely because she knew where he really was but I digress...) I think she didn't call JH first because she thought it would be a quick call to 911 and planned to use that "I need to call his father" line as a reason to get off the phone. She might have even had plans on what she would tell JH on the phone. But the dispatcher kept her on the line answering questions. The 911 operator is really to be commended for that, IMO. EG had no time to call anyone else or change anything at the house. She was forced to stick with the story she told the 911 operator-- right down to the clothing description. Some have long wondered why she kept repeating the part about the Pull-Up in other stories and what the significance of that was. I wonder if she repeated that part so often because it was a lie she first told the 911 operator. The operator seemed unsure why a 5 year old would have on a pull up or what was meant by pull up so she questioned it. EG might have realized her error when it was questioned but she had to keep right on repeating it, justifying it and explaining it. JMO.
EG was a proficiently effective teller of untruths. I don’t think it made much difference that she was scared to come forward with her truth.
She allowed hundreds of people in Wichita to search for Lucas for 96days. Taxpayer dollars and personal funds were spent looking for him for 96 long expensive days. Emotionally scores of people experienced frustration and stress over Lucas disappearance.
Had she elected to live and face punishment, exactly how would she have been punished for those moral and ethical crimes alone? Emotional damages are difficult to quantify, and the stress to Lucas family alone is unconscionable.
I’m a positive person, and I believe her attorney meant well with her statement. And the words approach an understanding of motive, but it will never rise to a level for forgiveness. Perhaps had her story explaining Lucas disappearance lasted a couple days, I could have been compassionate, but it went on far to long.
She made her choice to live a violent abusive life, she alone picked up the phone, dialed 911 and fabricated the lie about Lucas. By that time she had taken his body 18 miles away and had to reflect about hiding his remains. It was the ultimate act of disrespect to Lucas and especially to those who loved him. She was aware his little body would rot and she most likely thought it would never be found.
Most damaging was the immeasurable damage she did to people she knew. From his class at school to the searchers and LE. the 5 year olds in Lucas class voiced the terror they felt when they thought a bad person would make them disappear too. Each officer who searched the first few hours for Lucas knew her story didn’t fit, and probably realized he would be found dead.
An earlier post shared that an outside profiler thought EG had been the source of an anonymous tip where he could be found. It would not be surprising to believe she called and gave his location. She might have believed she was much more intelligent than LE during and after informing in herself. The result was massive and repeated searches of the wrong intersection of Woodlawn and 96th. Further expending taxpayer funds better spent in a number of other things.
For over 3 months she made the conscious decision to know/watch people and LE Search. And she alone will have the legacy of having done so.
