The Ashville paper had this in it today:
He said Devin was happy staying in his mothers car. He pointed to the cars manual locks, her decision to crack the windows when he told her he was hot, and her frequent visits to the car that day with drinks and snacks as indications that she did not mean for her son to die. He said Devin was never locked in the trunk and could move freely in the passenger area of the car because one of the back seats was folded down.
He said Gibsons decision was a mistake, not malice.
How awful to lose a child and how much worse to believe you are partly responsible for the death of your child, he said.
After finding her son dead in the car, Gibson drove home to Asheville, where she wrapped his body and a blanket and held him in her arms.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060523/NEWS01/60522060/1009&theme=GIBSONTRIAL
Maybe she did not mean for him to die, but certainly felony child abuse charges should have been brought against her. No child should ever be left in a car alone, much less for 16 hours and made to use the bathroom in a diaper! The article also states that she has a daughter who is in the custody of the daughters father.
He said Devin was happy staying in his mothers car. He pointed to the cars manual locks, her decision to crack the windows when he told her he was hot, and her frequent visits to the car that day with drinks and snacks as indications that she did not mean for her son to die. He said Devin was never locked in the trunk and could move freely in the passenger area of the car because one of the back seats was folded down.
He said Gibsons decision was a mistake, not malice.
How awful to lose a child and how much worse to believe you are partly responsible for the death of your child, he said.
After finding her son dead in the car, Gibson drove home to Asheville, where she wrapped his body and a blanket and held him in her arms.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060523/NEWS01/60522060/1009&theme=GIBSONTRIAL
Maybe she did not mean for him to die, but certainly felony child abuse charges should have been brought against her. No child should ever be left in a car alone, much less for 16 hours and made to use the bathroom in a diaper! The article also states that she has a daughter who is in the custody of the daughters father.