In regard to having the other children in the home removed.. you are correct.. except that,
i)we don't know if tht baby *has* already been removed;
ii)they would have to be willing to let the parents know they were onto them in a large way, and they may not yet be at that point?;
iii)what if the baby is still breastfeeding, would they still remove in a case such as this, where no arrests have yet been made?
iv)what if what LE really suspects, is the dad? would they then remove the possibly breastfeeding baby from the mom, who could be innocent?
v)they must remove a child if the child is suspected to be at risk; depending on what their theory is, they may not believe the baby is at risk?
I'm having a *lot* of trouble myself, accepting the 'accident' theory in this case... even though there are news stories in existence of this happening to other children; in the cases where this *has* happened to other children, how long did it take to discover that the child had fallen in? I will have to look into that. Wouldn't there be signs that this had occurred here, signs which would surely have been visible on that first day when police were actually searching the property? I wold love to know about... were there screws holding the lid down? was the lid securely in place, or just resting on top? was it 'perfectly' resting on top? was there no smell coming out of that opening which could have alerted officers that someone had tampered with it? no footprints leading over to that area, in the taller grass? no scents of him walking there for the dogs?
Don't blame WS for your thoughts.. because it isn't WS that is causing you to think the way you do, it is simply fact that most things do seem to actually happen close to 'home', where there are emotions, and people committing crimes of passion, even sometimes by mistake. WS is only the vehicle for examination and discussion of those cases for people like us who want to know *more*.
I really hope that the last sentence is not true too. Let us hope that if true, it *will* be discovered. If true... I think that would have to mean there was premeditation, as opposed to an act of sudden rage?
The only thing keeping me on the fence of this being an accident, or another child being involved/knowing what happened, is the fact as far as we know the parents still have custody of their other baby AFAIK. I do think that there is a chance this could be an accident, but some things give me pause. I blame that on WS, because so many cases with these babies involve parents.
My biggest thing is if he was put in there alive, on purpose, it would never come to light, it would look like an accident unless there was a confession. And that is possibly the worst sentenxe I have ever had to type out on webslueths...breaks my heart to think about that.