What I heard in the PC video Verbatim MOO since I tried really hard (took me 4 hours) but no guarantee that every single word is accurate, but its close
Please feel free to fill in the blanks...
(I missed the first couple of words) Read this because I dont want to forget anything umm I want to give a complete, very detailed umm statement of everything that went on the day before, the day Hailey disappeared and the day after. Just everything I could remember. Umm I want to thank everyone for coming this afternoon and giving me an opportunity to make a statement. First I want to speak directly to Hailey, In case shes listening, Umm wherever you are Hailey, Im looking for you and (not heard) people are looking for you and we all want you home safe umm I just want to see and touch your beautiful face, umm I really love you, I desperately need you home and umm theres not a minute goes by Im not praying for you or crying wishing you were in my living room. Umm I cant handle not knowing where you are or if youre safe. Youre the most beautiful girl Ive ever laid my eyes on and Im very proud that God chose me to be your mother.
Next I want to say. If someone out there has Hailey, please let her go, just turn her loose, drop her off at a church, a school, police station, anywhere that she can get to a phone and call police or call her family. Even if umm, anyone has any information on Haileys whereabouts, where she might be please call the police even if they think the information is not relevant or too small to worry about, or thats its already been reported please call again anyway. Any information you might have may tie something together or make something click for investigators.
Umm someone out there knows where Hailey is or knows something that can help find her.
I feel like I need to go over the days surrounding Haileys disappearance again for several reasons, many people who are not close to the case seem to be confused because there are so many conflicting accounts of what actually happened. After watching many of the interviews Im beginning to see why myself. Umm, I have yet to see an entire interview, aired or printed without cut or pasted, edited for time or space and often Im not quoted in correct context. My words are sometimes picked apart and twisted around in such a way that I dont even recognize them. Ive been flat out called a liar by some people others speculate on my possible involvement in Haileys disappearance or wonder if Im covering up for somebody. Some people accuse me of withholding information and not cooperating with law enforcement. These things are not true but I now feel that I have to defend myself from ridiculous accusations, slander or defamation of character. That said I want to start out by saying that there was no blowout on Christmas or no arguments or disagreements everyone was getting along fine and everyone pretty much got exactly what they asked for.
On Sunday December 26th Hailey returned home around noon after spending the night with Clint, I cooked a small Christmas dinner for the four of us. We ate around two. After dinner we all just relaxed and hung out. It was just a nice, quiet, enjoyable, lazy day. Umm, later in that evening around eight or nine David left to spend the night with a friend. Thats where some of the inconsistencies with family comes along. David says he left at nine oclock at night, I was saying he left at six or seven, thats the inconsistencies.
Umm, Shawn and I were watching TV in our bedroom. Hailey was playing the Xbox game in Davids bedroom, Around ten Oclock I saw that Hailey was in her room watching TV I told her goodnight and I went to bed.
On Monday December 27th Shawn left the house at five thirty, my alarm was going off around the time he was telling me bye. Umm I got up and got ready for work, I usually leave the house by six twenty. When my ride didnt show up I called her to see what was keeping her, umm peeked in at Hailey because Im used to seeing her asleep on the couch, she wasnt there I remembered oh yeah, shes in her room. I peeked in and it was dark but her TV was on and it definitely pacified me, I didnt touch her but I seen my daughter and felt good. Came in the living room to wait on my ride.
Umm, I left the house around six thirty and got to work about seven. Shawn called me while I was at work that afternoon, I asked him about the kids he told me that David wasnt home yet and that Hailey had left to go to Clints and then was going to a friends to spend the night. Normally I work seven to seven but I left work early that Monday, we had a staff meeting and the person that was usually there to relieve me was at the meeting and offered to cover the rest of my shift since she was already there. I called Shawn to make sure he would be there to pick me up. We left the hospital about six fifteen. We stopped by the ATM, close to the hospital to get some money out because I was running short on cash then we went by my moms house to check on her, see if she needed anything. Umm Shawn and I still got back to Colorado City about seven thirty that evening and we were probably in bed by nine. Umm David came in to say goodnight soon after. I was kind of upset that Hailey Hadnt called me and confirmed that Shawn did let me know she was staying the night with her friend but I wasnt worried about her, Umm I went to bed.
Tuesday morning on the 28th, Shawn and I both got up around five thirty. We left the house together around six twenty to go to work. Its not unusual for Shawn to take me to work, he always has to be there by seven. Sometimes he had to go in earlier but he was always told the night before and I would arrange to get another ride on those days. He dropped me off at the hospital at seven, around noon I called David on my cell phone that I had left at home. He told me Hailey wasnt home yet so I asked him to text her friend umm, see if Hailey was there and tell her to go ahead and come home. He called me back within a few minutes to say that Hailey hadnt been there and hadnt stayed the night there. I Then told him to walk over to Clints to check with him, Clints phone was broke, so he walked over there and called me back. Told me that Naomi said Hailey had been over there for a minute on Monday but didnt stay the night. I told David to give the phone to Clint and after telling Clint how worried I was I told him I was going to get a ride home and report Hailey missing to police. I asked him to call the PD and let em know that I was coming. He agreed to make the call but for some reason he never did. My sister in law gave me a ride home from Snyder to Colorado City, I stopped at the house first to make sure Hailey hadnt come back home. Grabbed my cell phone started texting Haileys friends while my sister in law took me around to a couple of their houses before going to the police station. I got home from the police station around three. Shawn called me on my cell and talked to David who told him I was going told him all what was going on. So Shawn left and got to the house around four oclock with me and David. Officer Alexander arrived shortly after to take a more detailed report from me. Umm, I just told you everything I know firsthand the rest I learned later either from David or Shawn, Im gonna touch briefly on that.
Monday morning Shawn quit his job, he didnt tell me about this until Wednesday the 29th. I knew that Shawn had been thinking about quitting but he knew Id be mad if he did. He told me that he went into work Monday turning in his cover alls and to clean out his locker then he went to his grandmothers house in Dunn umm, but they didnt answer the door. So he came down the I20 didnt come into c-city just to I20 and then went to Big Spring umm he got to Big Spring before eight oclock and he knows that because his mother wouldnt hadnt left for work yet. He stayed there until just after two when he left to come to Colorado City Shawn said that around two he left to come to Colorado City Shawn said that he didnt get home until around or a little after three, Hailey left just about fifteen minutes after he got there.
David told me that he and a friend came home Monday sometime between four and five, the door was locked he knocked for several minutes before reaching in through, the glass had been broken out, Hailey broke it with a Basketball he reached in through there and unlocked the door when David and his friend walked in the house Shawn was coming from my bedroom where he had been watching TV. They all said Hi, whats up to each other then David and Shawn returned to my bedroom sorry and David and his friend went to Davids room. Shawn remained home until he left to come pick me up from work. One other thing I want to mention is that its been reported that we hosted a New Years Eve party at our house, this is an absurdity beyond belief members of my family were at my house to be with me in this time of distress and to worry about Hailey.
While I sincerely appreciate the time and effort of law enforcement agents the law enforcement agents (not sure what she says here) to investigate Haileys disappearance I do not understand why they seem to have disregarded all of the witnesses who have come forward to say they have saw Hailey. On Monday December 27th two of my neighbors came forward to say that they saw Hailey in my back yard around noon. Another Neighbor said he saw Hailey and a small dark boy probably Naomis Son two times between ten thirty and noon. A woman who knows Hailey and the friend she was supposed to spend the night with saw them both walking together in front of (?) around eight thirty pm. This woman was returning a movie to the red box and passed by them. She still had a receipt and brought it by and showed it to me the other day with the date of the 27th and a time of eight thirty six.
I also dont understand law enforcements reluctance to publicly name any other persons of interest. If for whatever reason they are unable to locate someone to question them then why not take advantage of the media to get their name and description out and let the public find them. Investigators keep telling me about numerous other people that they are interested in questioning but there is no sense of urgency to actually get it done, it has been over a month since Hailey has disappeared, knowing that someone might have information about Hailey but law enforcement have still not gotten around to questioning them is disturbing me. While Im not trying to deflect suspicion away from anyone, I do absolutely want every single person who may have information about Hailey or her whereabouts checked out. In my mind not to have already done this is negligence. Its been over a month and we seem no closer to knowing where Hailey is then we did in the beginning. She needs to be found and come home to be surrounded by everyone who loves her.
I will take this opportunity to thank my family and friends who continue to stand by and support me unconditionally and are always there for me. I want to thank Mark Klass and Brad Dennis who are both great guys that are willing to do whatever it takes to find Hailey for continuing to stay in contact with me and offer their help. Thank you to the Laura recovery center who came down and organized searches and brang volunteers. Thank you to all the people who have searched for Hailey, to everyone whos praying for Haileys safe return and everyone whos brought me everything from cooked meals to groceries to find Hailey T-shirts and hand made cards. Thank you to Dina with the Somer Thomson foundation, who ordered me a grant. Thanks to the media who are keeping Haileys picture on TV and in the newspapers so that she is in the front of everyones mind.
Although I have not and will not ask for money I greatly appreciate those who have found it in their hearts to want to help me. What I want most are your prayers for Haileys safe return. There are some people who are going around demanding or begging for money, Im disgusted at these individuals who never held down jobs are exploiting Hailey to get a hand out, Ive always worked and supported my kids by myself and I will return to work as soon as Im able. (coughs)Sorry, I do not want a hand out and if anyone asks for money on my behalf, please know that the request isnt coming from me and Im not getting it.
I do hope this will lay to rest the confusion and speculation surrounding Haileys disappearance on my part anyway. I do not want to have to defend myself or anyone else, I only want to concentrate on Hailey and everything that can be done to bring her back home. I will continue to hold onto the hope that Hailey is alive and that shell be home soon. I ask that everyone out there also hold onto the hope that she is alive. Please continue to look for Hailey when youre in a store or youre driving down the street. Wherever you go, whatever you do please dont give up hope that my daughter Hailey is alive and out there somewhere.
Thank you to everybody that came out and everybody that can get all of that aired or piped (hyped, not sure) up. I just really appreciate all of you guys coming out and giving me the opportunity to clear all of that up.
Questions: What is your relationship like with Shawn Adkins?
Answer: umm, were friendly, we talk on the phone but Im not going to take any questions because I dont want my statement cut into, Ill do interviews again tomorrow, everyday, all day, ok, thank you
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