IMO, one of the most telling aspects on the 911 call is that she, NOT ONCE, mentions the baby. She is just about prompted to think of the baby by the operator in two instances. Once being when the operator asks her if anybody else is in the house with her, she replies that her husband just came downstairs and that he is helping her. And then when the operator asks how many children, she replies, twice, there's two of them. BUT, she thinks of fingerprints, that they have to find out who it was, and that nothing is touched! She even yells for a neighbor, but doesn't bolt up the stairs to check the baby. It is just so telling that she knew the baby was fine.
Since Darin came down the stairs without a scratch on him it would be a safe assumption that the baby was fine or he would have said something.
If you are dealing with serious injuries to 2 children you can see then every other person in the home is not on your mind.
She also didn't ask about the dog.
I once had to render first aid to an older lady in a car wreck right in front of my house my newborn son was sleeping inside and I sent my 2 older children and their 2 playmates down the street so the dad of the other kids could watch them. We were all outside when the wreck happened and the other driver fled on foot right into my back yard where he jumped the fence.
A neighbor across the street called 911 and came out and helped me with the old lady. He saw the guy jump my fence too. I didn't think that he would have gone into my house as he was booking fast with the intent of getting away. It never occurred to me till the police got there to check on my youngest, or taht the guy would have gone into my house. When it did I was scared to death and an officer went in first just to make sure. I felt like the worst mom EVER. My brain was focused on the accident and not my children other than the 2 with me and the neighbors kids. When they reached a safe place I was focusing on the old lady who had a bad cut to her forehead and her well being was all I was thinking of. She was moaning and I was arguing with the neighbor about pulling her out of the car as she could have neck injuries or broken ribs that could puncture her lungs or heart if we moved her. The car was not on fire and we turned the key to turn it off. There was a sweater or sweater vest on the front seat I grabbed it to apply pressure to the wound and kept talking to her as she kept slipping into and out of consciousness.
She later told the police in the hospital that the devil and an angel were arguing about who got her soul and the angel made the devil leave her alone.
The cop who arrived on the scene happened to be my next door neighbor and he told me about her crazy story days later. I told him about the across the street neighbor and I arguing about moving her and that is what we think she meant. She had a concussion and broken ribs. This was long before air bags in cars were common and her car was a older Buick anyway and they hadn't even been invented when that car was new.
Shock makes people think weird irrational things cause thinking logically just isn't possible when in shock.
I guess when faced with a trauma we all prioritize what is the most important at the time. At the time getting help for the 2 she could see was the most important thing on her mind. While summoning the police catching that someone was also on her mind.
I can hear anger in her voice when she answers Darin too. Had it been me the mention of who did it would have had an angry response too but more along the lines of "They best hope the police catch them first 'cause if I see them first there won't be trial or arrest just a hanging or a shooting."
If you had a close relative hurt by someone else you would be angry and talking about that person would evoke anger in you.....even if you don't know who they are. To me that is proof an unknown person to her was in the home as she was angry that someone did this. Anger would be normal the lack of anger would not be.
