"As she looks back,
Karen remembers Shannon bringing the 6-year-old over to her house. "She said it was Brian's cousin's little girl. I had no reason to doubt it.
I had no idea that child was my grandchild...I did say to her she looks a lot like you when you were a baby. It wasn't significant to me because it wasn't my granddaughter."
At 6 years old,Grandma Karen says Sharon brough Sunny to her house, stating she was A relative of Brian's family.
So,.... that would mean Sunny wasn't verbal, I'm assuming. Otherwise, why would SG risk Sunny calling Shannon Mommy, or saying something to send up red flags??
Was Sunny walking then?
Could she stand?
Was she drinking from a cup? Or a bottle?
Was she potty trained?
Did she play in developmentally appropriate ways?
Was Sunny interactive with the grandmother? Or was her growth already so stunted due to the neglect and abuse that none of these were possible. Certainly Grandma Karen would have noticed the oddities, and said something about it.
The other thing that I find highly unusual is Grandma Karen states that she and Shannon talk almost every day, but she always calls before she comes over....hmmmm, why? In such a small town, usually drop in visits are standard, especially with BFF Grandma's and daughters. One would think they were close. But when Gran Karen asks Sharon why she hid the children, her answer is
"I didn't want to disappoint you."[/I]][/B] Huge, huge Red flag there.Was Grandma overly strict? We know she wasn't by her actions, she allowed SG to move in with a homeless guy only 8 months after knowing him in 2003, when she would have still been in high school (unless it was after she graduated in 2003.) And why would best friends Karen and Shannon want her to move out anyway? Why not stay at home, and let Brian move out, if that was his plan. No way would my 16-17 year old daughter be moving out into a trailer with an older homeless guy - maybe Karen is the naive type, but really....they're living together, someone has to pay the bills, and Brian isn't to be counted on- heck he was living in his car when they met.
The nameing of Baby Conner 2 is either a nice tribute, or just plain creepy. Creepy, is my vote. What happened to Baby Connor 1? SIDS doesn't happen that way, they ususally die in their sleep.
Interesting though about Brian's parents separating and he & his mom moving to Alaska. In searching, I had found several of their addresses in Alaska.(source:intelius)
Palmer, AK
Glennallen, AK
Wasilla, AK
Moose Pass, AK
Anchorage, AK
In fact, BG was living in AK, right before he came back to finish his last 2 years of high school at Glouchester. Finished in 2000, If he's 5 years older than SG, he should have finished in 1998, not 2000. Is B's Mom still in AK, did she come back? If B's nmother is still in Alaska, that would explain why she didn't know about the kids. B's father has been described as a loner, and "kinda quirky-strange". Not sure what old neighbors and friends meant by that, but knowing her & his wife had shouting matches, and she left, tells us something was off there.
So, red flags flying up all over the place, but still no real answers.
