Stopped reading at page 30 to do this, so apologies if someone has already done one. Here's a rough timeline that I've been able to pull together from the news conferences (and articles, where they agree):
TIMELINE
TUESDAY
4:48 PM Hailey abducted from 3200 blk W. Lombard
A couple witnesses give chase on foot (including Carlos Edwards) and one witness chases by car (Ricky Riggins). Multiple 911 calls are made. Carlos calls Haileys mother also to report the kidnapping.
5:00-5:10 PM LE arrive and get descriptions.
6:00 PM LE puts out info on local and social media; also to MO Hwy Patrol.
LE track the drivers license number to trucks owner (Jim Woods, the suspects father), and learn CMW has borrowed the truck. They go to CMWs home. Finding no one at home, they stake it out.
7:00 PM Ambert Alert is put out via protocol by the MO Hwy Patrol.
8:30 PM LE are still watching the home when CMW drives up.
LE confront CMW in the driveway, and he agrees to go to the station for questioning. Once there, he refuses to talk, asking for an attorney.
11:30 PM CMW is arrested and booked in to Greene County Jail.
Anywhere from 30-100 LE (including FBI) continue to search for Hailey. About 30 Springfield LE search around CMWs residence and find evidence of foul play, prompting them to seek a search warrant for the home.
WEDNESDAY
2:15 AM (per 6:30 AM presser/news story) The search warrant is obtained for the home (though at this point in time they are not sure if she/her body is in there.)
2:40-2:50 AM - a body is discovered in the home
Early Morning a Mobile Crime Unit is parked outside the home, and family is notified that a body has been found, though not confirmed to be female or Haileys.
3:00 AM 10:30 AM The Dutch Maid Laundromat is searched by FBI and other LE
6:30 AM 1st News Conference (with no confirmation a body has been found)
8:30 AM (per 2nd presser) Search warrant executed for home (???)
9:00 AM The light gold/tan Ranger with tags 1YF 454 is towed away
10:30 AM Evidence gathering at Laundromat is complete and its open for business
10:45 AM LE confirms a young female body has been found inside the home
11:00 AM 2nd News Conference: Chief Paul Williams confirms LE has found inside the home the body of a young female they think is probably Hailey, but the identity and cause of death will remain unconfirmed until after autopsy
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ETA: Ah, Knox, I see you did one of these, too!
A younger cousin and I walked 2 miles to a grocery store (we lived in the country) while my aunt and uncle came to visit for a week in the summer.
She and I would take our own "shortcut" through several backyards , and before that ----- we walked along a divided highway.
We were given some change (this was back in the very old days of the 70's) from my mom and allowed to buy candy. My mom would say, "Have fun, girls. Lunch is at noon, don't forget ."
Hard to believe --As protective as my parents have been , (back then) ,they never thought this was dangerous !
Of course we kids thought it was great fun.
My mom says now she'd never let a kid walk around like that, but back then she says she thought it was a safer time.
I think things happened "back then", too. I just think we were lucky.
There is something wrong in this nation with our justice system. Criminals aren't afraid anymore.
My friend says we have the best justice system in the world.
Maybe she's right; but I'm getting the feeling that perps like the monster who ended Hailey's life is not afraid of prison or anything else.
Something has to change . If there is a vote for stiffer punishment , I'm all for it.
Sick ....I hope LE takes a really good look into his past because he is way to old for this to be his first offense against a child IMOCharges in girl's death could bring death penalty; witnesses tried to keep her from being abducted
Authorities said Owens, 10, who was abducted yesterday, was found dead in the basement of Woods home, in plastic bags, smelling of bleach.
I hate to assume it but what other reason would he have for using bleach on her body.
he RAN after the car!!! His wife got the lp # and called 911.. for all we know he did yell.
Charges in girl's death could bring death penalty; witnesses tried to keep her from being abducted
Authorities said Owens, 10, who was abducted yesterday, was found dead in the basement of Woods home, in plastic bags, smelling of bleach.
I hate to assume it but what other reason would he have for using bleach on her body.
If this guy was that daring to grab a child in broad daylight, does anyone seriously think he would have been deterred by someone yelling and running after him?? Please. By the time the yell left their throat, he was speeding off.
http://www.news-leader.com/graphics/haileyPCandCharging.PDFProsecutor handed out "probable cause" statement at news conference. Is that public accessible?
You don't say how old you were when you walked to the store, but if you were older than about 7, that's really not dangerous. Of course, kids younger than that don't have enough navigation skills and ability to cross intersections safely so obviously they shouldn't be walking a few blocks to a convenience store.
Being hit by a car would be the greatest danger you could expect to reasonably face, or having an older kid steal your money.
What happened to this dear girl is SO VERY RARE. I hate it that we don't allow our children reasonable freedom. That child walking a few blocks isn't statistically dangerous. We've jus become so very focused on the minute number of times some evil monster shows up.
Thank you for this time line!
I think things happened "back then", too. I just think we were lucky.
A lesson that keeps coming to mind, and I taught my kids this, is to back off and run the very moment you suspect something is amiss. Kids who do manage to escape being kidnapped after being grabbed admit they knew something was creepy about the abductor, and felt the urge to run, but didn't want to be rude or look silly. The MOMENT you feel concern, RUN and scream, and don't be afraid of being considered disrespectful to adults or acting like a ninny.
I was going by this article posted a couple of pages ago, which shows he had convictions that should have shown up, plus his own statements that he worried about his drinking. Yes, he had no convictions recently, but this would have kept him away from children in our area. I realize that may not be the case elsewhere.