Hi everyone. Been following along in this case, many strange twists and turns.
Was just rereading early news reports, something the father 'reportedly' said was bothering me and I couldn't figure out what.
Well.. here tis:
On the 17th.....
(snipped from link below, underlined and bolded by me)
He said his son is a good kid who’s
never left home alone, and he’s worried about his safety. “As far as sneaking out at night, you know and bring gone for nights…nothing like this,” the elder Bothuell said.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/12-year-old-detroit-boy-disappears-while-exercising/
And then... on the 25th......
(snipped from link below, underlined and bolded by me)
Charlie's father also mentioned that
his son had run away before, but only for a couple of hours.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-po...ld-charlie-bothuell-alive-in-fathers-basement
-------
Could just be 'sloppy' reporting/quoting by the media... could be the father bending the truth just a tad.
At any rate, it just adds to all the rest of the 'strangeness' about the father, IMO.
And I'd love to hear his definition of "discipline". Hitting a child with anything that draws blood IMO, has nothing to do with discipline, and everything to do with child abuse.
.