WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #11

[stefanrae]

I agree; it looks like Earth's Best formula to me. I use that brand.

None of my kids wanted anything to do with drinking cow's milk after they were weaned, so I got in the habit of adding a jigger of dry formula to hot cereal, long after age 1 and into the toddler years, just for some added nutrition. Some companies make formula for toddlers; I'm not sure what the nutritional difference is, but I never used anything but infant formula. FWIW.

I hadn't thought of that. My mom wouldn't drink cow's milk when she was young, and still won't to this day. And it's sitting beside the box of cereal, which would make sense.

 

[MizStery]

I thought it was ice cream, too, and that the thing on top was a scoop. But then I looked up Earth's Best... the only product I've found on their site so far that looks similar to that container is baby formula. That's very odd to me, as I stopped giving my son formula around one year. By that time he was eating a lot of solid foods and drinking milk. http://www.earthsbest.com/products/product/2392310040

Thanks for spotting that. Since she has by here own admission left them for extended periods perhaps she would leave them baby formula to drink. Perhaps to her convoluted way of thinking this was the easy way to give them vitamins,protein, calories and fluids. Also,a bottle of formula might be comforting while she was gone. In addition it might also be a way to add something to help them sleep in her absence. Probably adds to her superior attitude since it is organic. :doh:

 

[Miziree]

I agree; it looks like Earth's Best formula to me. I use that brand.

None of my kids wanted anything to do with drinking cow's milk after they were weaned, so I got in the habit of adding a jigger of dry formula to hot cereal, long after age 1 and into the toddler years, just for some added nutrition. Some companies make formula for toddlers; I'm not sure what the nutritional difference is, but I never used anything but infant formula. FWIW.

Thanks for the insight into Formula! I only breastfeed (2 years each kid) and never used it. It would make sense that she still used it for added nutrition, is it also cheaper then buying the toddler brands? MOO

 

[gitana1]

It was reported that on Friday, JB backed out of the mediation agreement about custody. What would have been the next step after that? Another attempt at mediation or ?

Set a trial date in front of a Judge. If attempts at mediation do not work then it is scheduled to go to court. Mediation is a way to keep cases out of court by getting the two parties to agree.

Usually, mediation is set up at the same time a trial date is set. In many states, mediation before any trial or hearing concerning child custody, is mandatory.

In this case, it appears a trial ate had been set but was cancelled or re-set. I believe that was because the judge or one of the attorneys noted mediation had not happened yet in connection with the trial.

If mediation is successful, the mediation agreement is entered as a court order at the hearing/trial, or via stipulated (agreed upon) court order or judgment.

In California, people have 10 days to rescind the mediation agreement. If they don't challenge it before then, it is very likely the court will adopt it over objection of one of the parties.

If it is rescinded in a timely manner, the issue will be litigated at a later trial or hearing.

What are WA's general rules about spousal support after the divorce is final? I know gitana said that the child support payments are really convoluted based on the custody arrangements.

I don't know what the rules in WA are. But as they are in the 9th circuit with CA (my area), they should be about the same. Essentially, any party can go back into court after judgment and ask for a modification based on changes in circumstances, such as economic changes, supported wife now has a job, supporting husband lost his job, supported wife just got married or is in a "marriage-like" relationship.

Support can be modified as long as the court has jurisdiction. The court has jurisdiction for life in the cases of life-time support but only up to the date that support extends in the cases of limited support.

Note that in CA, the general rule of thumb is that in short-term marriages (under 10 years), support is usually awarded only for half the length of the marriage. In long-term marriages, it can be for life.

I am not clear on WA law except that short -term marriages there result in short-term support. So, they were married for 6 years, separated in 2009? She might be looking at only a year or so (or less) of spousal support.

 

[Magdalyn]

I hadn't thought of that. My mom wouldn't drink cow's milk when she was young, and still won't to this day. And it's sitting beside the box of cereal, which would make sense.

If she didn't like having food in the fridge, she might see this as 'clean' powdered milk.

 

[StephanieH]

OK, I don't think it's weird she went to a hospital further away. I did that, too, even in real emergencies. The cushy suburban hospitals were nicer! They had much shorter wait times and private rooms! And the insurance pays the same! (It was ten minutes difference in drive time.)

That said...what doesn't make sense is why she wouldn't take Sky to urgent care at 8 on a Sunday morning? If he was well enough to leave in the car, then there was no need for an emergency room visit. So...that part of her story then falls apart.

I do believe she killed him, I do not believe it was accidental, and I don't believe it was on November 6. I think she killed him because she was angry that he looked like his dad and he acted like a boy. (You know what I mean...building things and tearing them down, making noise for no apparent reason, running around for no apparent reason, being attracted to mud...all the things we love and drive us crazy about our sons) I don't know why she hasn't been intensely questioned. I have to assume that LE has a method to their madness and they know what they are doing. They might be proceeding cautiously because Casey Anthony was lost...I don't know. There is no body...without a confession it will be hard. But she did it.

 

[gitana1]

Found more info on WA law re spousal support. Interesting. There, a short-term marriage is up to 7 years and some courts may not award any spousal support in short-term marriages but others may adhere to a general rule of thumb which is 1 year of support for every five years of marriage. However, that is a rule of thumb, not the law and if a judge stated he or she based their decision on such rule, it would be overturned. Rule of thumb means that, in practice, is most often the case but cases cannot be decided based on such rule as if it is law:

If maintenance is proper, the court will apply all the factors to reach a fair and equitable conclusion about the amount of support and its duration. The individual results vary drastically based on the individual circumstances and the determination of the presiding judge. Most often, the duration may be given as a rule of thumb such as 1-year for every 5-years of marriage. These purely formulaic approaches would ignore the other important considerations and would subject any ruling based on such simple calculations to be overturned on appeal. According to a highly regarded 1982 article written by Judge Winsor, marriages can be broken up into short-term marriages of 1-7 years in length, medium-term marriages of 7-25 years in length and long term marriages of more than 25-years. For short-term marriages, Judge Winsor held the view that unless there were exceptional circumstances the award of spousal maintenance would be inappropriate and the goal of the court should be to return the parties to the position as they financially began.

http://www.tacoma-divorce-attorney.com/tacoma-spousal-support-attorneys.html

 

[Magdalyn]

Thanks for spotting that. Since she has by here own admission left them for extended periods perhaps she would leave them baby formula to drink. Perhaps to her convoluted way of thinking this was the easy way to give them vitamins,protein, calories and fluids. Also,a bottle of formula might be comforting while she was gone. In addition it might also be a way to add something to help them sleep in her absence. Probably adds to her superior attitude since it is organic. :doh:

BBM
This is exactly what I just thought. "Mommy's gonna fix your special drinkie-poo!" God, I hope not...

But yeah, if what Solomon indicated is true, the formula fits many of Julia's needs. It can be made as needed, nothing to keep in the refrigerator. It packs in nutrition and calories, no meals to be prepared. If served in a bottle, very little mess! And gosh, it's as easy to make as chocolate milk. M could probably be taught how to make it....

 

[gitana1]

OK, I don't think it's weird she went to a hospital further away. I did that, too, even in real emergencies. The cushy suburban hospitals were nicer! They had much shorter wait times and private rooms! And the insurance pays the same! (It was ten minutes difference in drive time.)

That said...what doesn't make sense is why she wouldn't take Sky to urgent care at 8 on a Sunday morning? If he was well enough to leave in the car, then there was no need for an emergency room visit. So...that part of her story then falls apart.

I do believe she killed him, I do not believe it was accidental, and I don't believe it was on November 6. I think she killed him because she was angry that he looked like his dad and he acted like a boy. (You know what I mean...building things and tearing them down, making noise for no apparent reason, running around for no apparent reason, being attracted to mud...all the things we love and drive us crazy about our sons) I don't know why she hasn't been intensely questioned. I have to assume that LE has a method to their madness and they know what they are doing. They might be proceeding cautiously because Casey Anthony was lost...I don't know. There is no body...without a confession it will be hard. But she did it.

I agree. But she isn't being intensely questioned because she has refused to be intensely questioned after the first day. We have the constitutional right to keep our mouths firmly shut when confronted by police.

 

[RabidBadger]

I agree. But she isn't being intensely questioned because she has refused to be intensely questioned after the first day. We have the constitutional right to keep our mouths firmly shut when confronted by police.

And herein lies the reason so many of these kids go missing and the perps get away with it. Especially with the CSI effect on juries now, without a confession or a body, good luck getting a conviction. Keep mouth shut = get away with it.

 

[Rougelatete]

This is correct: http://www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/parks/Online_Parks_Guide.htm

Interesting, per the guide above, there is no playground, no nothing there. Just a binocular icon.

And a creek....

 

[Madilu]

http://images.bimedia.net/documents/Bellevue+PD+Sky+Julia+photos.pdf

What is in the background of sky eating watermelon? Cereal, a box of cut up fruit and ice cream?

Can't tell, but the cereal is definitely from Trader Joe's -I have the same here at home Organic High Fiber O's...

 

[hambirg]

I guess she didn't have credit cards? If she did, perhaps she knew it could be traced back to the store and items purchased. It's also interesting that she went to a teller and not use an ATM machine. Strange.

I'm not caught up yet, but I wanted to point out that you can only take out $200 usually through the ATM. So it might imply that she was trying to withdraw a larger sum.

MOO

 

[jjenny]

The child sitting in the sink doesn't look happy to me at all. In the earlier photos he had chubby cheeks and sparkle in his eyes.

 

[Madilu]

Can't tell, but the cereal is definitely from Trader Joe's -I have the same here at home Organic High Fiber O's...

The other item next to the cereal:

http://www.deals4dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/earths-best-550.jpg

That is Earth's Best Organic Infant formula sitting on her stove. When blown up, you can see the little plastic scoop laying on the top of the cannister.

Who feeds a 2 yo formula?

 

[panthera]

The child sitting in the sink doesn't look happy to me at all. In the earlier photos he had chubby cheeks and sparkle in his eyes.

Partially, I believe, because his father was with him then.

 

[Miziree]

There is nothing that has been officially stated about any attempts to get money at the bank. These were all hypotheses from various sleuthers based on the angle of the photos and what they saw in the background, in addition to the way JB looked in the progression of photos.

I had asked in an earlier post if anyone who is local could visit the bank we believe she patroned and see if there is, indeed, an ATM and, if there is one, if the windows shown behind JB in the supposed ATM photos are also in that location. I don't think I ever saw a post responding to this, so I'm going to reach out and ask again if someone local could pop in and update us. Thanks!

Here is a few posts by MizStery that explain the last photo as being Chevron:

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #10

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #10

The first photo with her carrying the bag was tracked down by Kiro7 in this video at 49 secs as ROSS:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/photo-makes-father-sky-metalwala-attorney-wonder-i/nFhjW/#comments

The other photo's show her in the bank judging by a few photo here are the posts talking about that:

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #10

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #10

and a map:
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - #10

http://images.bimedia.net/documents/Bellevue+PD+Sky+Julia+photos.pdf

MOO

 

[princesspjs]

The two pics that some people are saying are ATM pics don't look like that to me. The camera on an ATM is usually at the top in the center of the machine. I think they may be security pictures from a check cashing or payday loan type of place. That makes the most sense to me because in the bank pictures she does not look happy as if she was just told that she didn't have enough funds in her account. Getting some money from a check cashing place could have been her only other option.

 

[RabidBadger]

The two pics that some people are saying are ATM pics don't look like that to me. The camera on an ATM is usually at the top in the center of the machine. I think they may be security pictures from a check cashing or payday loan type of place. That makes the most sense to me because in the bank pictures she does not look happy as if she was just told that she didn't have enough funds in her account. Getting some money from a check cashing place could have been her only other option.

We have already established that they were taken in the Sterling Savings Bank on Redmond Way.

 

[~n/t~]

It's so hard to tell if she is troubled based on a split second shot. Now if they ran the full video, it would be wonderful.

I agree that it's hard to tell based on a split second shot but I think it's interesting that LE decided that picture was the one to release publically along with the other one where she's looking away from the counter.