GUILTY AR - Jersey Bridgeman, 6, raped & murdered, Bentonville, 20 Nov 2012 #1

[IHAVENOCLUE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZBK6mekcg

If this woman's accounts are accurate, and pics are from Jersey's recent home, then DHS really dropped the ball here, it would seem. And because LE is telling the public that they are not in danger, wouldn't that indicate that the killer is within the family?
You have to wonder why wasn't Jersey living with her Bio-Mom last year, before Dad and Stepmom went to prison. Alot of questions, too few answers. :/

I think I get the gist of what this neighbor is saying...

ut is anyone else confused with what location(s) the pics of inside a house was?

Before divorce... Dad and stepmom's home... Or Jersey's most recent home?

Incredibly slothful living conditions...

Not trying to be judgemental... Just making an observation of the absence of safety in the home that was photographed in this video.

JMO

 

[STEADFAST]

no of course not.,i dont think poor mum has anything to do with it.. my heart breaks for her im saying its all very quick happening.. funeral and gran arranging where the money.. i wouldnt have time/energy/will power to sit on fb explaining about where money is going to rent and bills wouldnt even enter my head jmo

Jersey's dad's family is also asking for donations (to help with funeral expenses, too). I think there's a competition for the funds. But Jersey's dad's family says they plan to give any donations to DesaRae. I agree with you that the fundraising is odd. Even if the money will be needed, it's odd to me for the families to begin fundraising so quickly and blatantly. Most families with recently deceased loved ones are struggling to afford burial and go on with earning livings; DesaRae is lucky to have a large, loving family to help and support her. We can't help Jersey now.

 

[STEADFAST]

I think I get the gist of what this neighbor is saying...

ut is anyone else confused with what location(s) the pics of inside a house was?

Before divorce... Dad and stepmom's home... Or Jersey's most recent home?

Incredibly slothful living conditions...

Not trying to be judgemental... Just making an observation of the absence of safety in the home that was photographed in this video.

JMO

The pictures in that story are NOT the house Jersey was living in when she was murdered. (Also, I don't find the woman interviewed to be all that credible anyway.)

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Unless they have superhuman powers they are definitely not guilty of this crime! I was rambling and didn't close the circle on my thoughts. I was exploring the idea that perhaps Jersey had Pica or would walk in her sleep or would do something that would cause her to leave the house on her own volition. Then perhaps she would be locked out and end up dying of hypothermia. The only reason I brought up the ex is because if he is to be believed to have been acting in her best interest by chaining her then that would lend credibility to the theory that she might have wandered out for whatever reason. The theory was a long shot but at least it didn't lead to a violent end. I have given up on that theory for all of the discussion points brought up here. I was just hoping...

I commend you for trying to find a more humane way of Jersey's demise...:seeya:

 

[thesepoorchildren]

There's a link to a news report way back near the beginning somewhere saying that the news station had looked up the divorce records and that DesaRae was given primary custody of Jersey in the divorce. There's no evidence that custody was ever changed.

Thank you. I must have missed that. I know these are 2 separate issues but something seems off. In regards to previous articles about the chaining to a dresser, it appears she was living with the dad. I think that's why I'm confused. It was late Nov, early Dec that the dad was arrested and appeared to have her for awhile according to news articles. Just confused on this. I am praying for an arrest soon.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

The pictures in that story are NOT the house Jersey was living in when she was murdered. (Also, I don't find the woman interviewed to be all that credible anyway.)

thanks, Steadfast!

 

[mck16]

I think I get the gist of what this neighbor is saying...

ut is anyone else confused with what location(s) the pics of inside a house was?

Before divorce... Dad and stepmom's home... Or Jersey's most recent home?

Incredibly slothful living conditions...

Not trying to be judgemental... Just making an observation of the absence of safety in the home that was photographed in this video.

JMO

I have to think that if this child was unclean and covered in rashes, scabies, etc. the school would have done something about it. If only talk to the parents and if it did not clear up they would call DHS. jmo

 

[STEADFAST]

Thank you. I must have missed that. I know these are 2 separate issues but something seems off. In regards to previous articles about the chaining to a dresser, it appears she was living with the dad. I think that's why I'm confused. It was late Nov, early Dec that the dad was arrested and appeared to have her for awhile according to news articles. Just confused on this. I am praying for an arrest soon.

Maybe she was there for a fairly long Christmas visit. She wasn't in school yet, so she could stay as long as both parents agreed. Guess my main point is that there have been NO reports that Jersey's mom has been negligent or abusive in any way (except this possibly attention-loving interviewee). There has been nothing brought forward that suggests DHS has been involved with Jersey in any capacity than helping her get over her dad's abuse. Her principal said she was a very happy child and he was amazed she had been abused. I just don't see any reason to suspect her mom of anything except being young and poor.

 

[thesepoorchildren]

Maybe she was there for a fairly long Christmas visit. She wasn't in school yet, so she could stay as long as both parents agreed. Guess my main point is that there have been NO reports that Jersey's mom has been negligent or abusive in any way (except this possibly attention-loving interviewee). There has been nothing brought forward that suggests DHS has been involved with Jersey in any capacity than helping her get over her dad's abuse. Her principal said she was a very happy child and he was amazed she had been abused. I just don't see any reason to suspect her mom of anything except being young and poor.

Oh no and I wasn't trying to blame Jersey's mom at all! I am just curious about this. I obviously can't state what I think happened but again not a stranger but not Jersey's mom either.

 

[Londonrraine]

That is so close together. It would appear that you could jog it across the back way in a matter of minutes. jmo

sure is close. One thing I noticed on BT's FB page is how he accounts for his work hours on the 18th and 19th. Maybe that's normal for him,...who knows. From his and DesaRae's FB, this relationship is very new. Very new.
The 19th is the last time I see a post from BT.
Isnt' the 19th the last night Jersey was seen? I beleive so.

 

[borndem]

Based on quickly and surely they called it a homicide investigation, and how quickly and how surely the stated that the abandoned house is where she passed away without (to my knowledge) cadaver dogs, I suspect that the crime scene made it pretty apparent. That is my unfortunate suspicion anyway. JMO of course.

For some reason the thought of this girl's life coming to a brutal end is hitting me hard so I'm grasping at any explanation that may make her untimely death more explanable. Unfortunately, I too think that it was most likely a violent death for all of the reasons that you mentioned above. I just really, really want it to be something more innocent. Some of these crimes hit me harder than others.

Yes, regretfully I have to agree with you both, Abby (and a BIG welcome back, Abby-Normal!) and Moxie. This one has got me, too. I don't like cases where the victims are just such trusting, beautiful (and they are all beautiful), innocent children. I'm also following the Jessica Ridgeway case in Colorado -- she was 12 y/o, but they do have the beast in custody, and he confessed -- but she is still dead, and a lot of folks are still grieving. Anyway, here I am in the middle of this "gotcha."

And yes, Abby, LE did call it homicide quickly -- there had to be some evidence in that house to convince them that she didn't just fall asleep there and possibly died from exposure, leaving no trace of foul play. Nope, apparently not. That her little body was beaten, or she suffered a head injury, or strangulation, etc. (please, please excuse), had to be obvious or we might still be waiting to see if it was murder or natural causes. Grrrrrrr. And I guess a copy of the autopsy report is as likely as all of us winning the Power Ball, one by one, each week.

I also can echo LarkBunting's (bbm) words about being in a small house (ours was 950 sq. ft with a baby boy, one dog, and one cat) and three bedrooms in a row on the back half of the house, and I could hear our son if he coughed in the room next to us (mother's ear + the closeness of small rooms in a small house).

I hope one day soon we will get the whole story, but unless there's a trial that is covered well, we never will know as much as we'd like to know...

But I keep thinking that I will look on this board "tomorrow morning" and see "Suspect Arrested" in bbm by one of us soon. I really do. (crossing my fingers!)

 

[STEADFAST]

Oh no and I wasn't trying to blame Jersey's mom at all! I am just curious about this. I obviously can't state what I think happened but again not a stranger but not Jersey's mom either.

I think I probably am tending to think along the same lines as you are; we probably all are at this point.

(Or maybe not. You may have thought of something no one else has!)

 

[Abby Normal Again]

I have to think that if this child was unclean and covered in rashes, scabies, etc. the school would have done something about it. If only talk to the parents and if it did not clear up they would call DHS. jmo

I do believe they would have. I have as much confidence in our schools as I have in our PD.

Thank you. I must have missed that. I know these are 2 separate issues but something seems off. In regards to previous articles about the chaining to a dresser, it appears she was living with the dad. I think that's why I'm confused. It was late Nov, early Dec that the dad was arrested and appeared to have her for awhile according to news articles. Just confused on this. I am praying for an arrest soon.

I'm not even sure I trust that it was the Dad's house. That happened a year ago, so whatever house they were living in was probably leased to someone else by now. It's not a DHS video, because a) they aren't releasing anything from jersey's file and b) it's a professional grade camera. Look at the angles and clarity of the video- it's not taken on an iphone or camera setting.

Did they get access to the girl's living conditions a year ago and are just replaying it? That just seems unlikely to me. But in what other way could they be showing us now what her living conditions were like then? It's possible, but I just have this nagging suspicion about the use of that footage for some reason. I also did not find the woman overly convincing, so I pretty much did an "in one ear, out the other" on the whole segment.

 

[Abby Normal Again]

Yes, regretfully I have to agree with you both, Abby (and a BIG welcome back, Abby-Normal!) and Moxie. This one has got me, too. I don't like cases where the victims are just such trusting, beautiful (and they are all beautiful), innocent children. I'm also following the Jessica Ridgeway case in Colorado -- she was 12 y/o, but they do have the beast in custody, and he confessed -- but she is still dead, and a lot of folks are still grieving. Anyway, here I am in the middle of this "gotcha."

And yes, Abby, LE did call it homicide quickly -- there had to be some evidence in that house to convince them that she didn't just fall asleep there and possibly died from exposure, leaving no trace of foul play. Nope, apparently not. That her little body was beaten, or she suffered a head injury, or strangulation, etc. (please, please excuse), had to be obvious or we might still be waiting to see if it was murder or natural causes. Grrrrrrr. And I guess a copy of the autopsy report is as likely as all of us winning the Power Ball, one by one, each week.

I also can echo LarkBunting's (bbm) words about being in a small house (ours was 950 sq. ft with a baby boy, one dog, and one cat) and three bedrooms in a row on the back half of the house, and I could hear our son if he coughed in the room next to us (mother's ear + the closeness of small rooms in a small house).

I hope one day soon we will get the whole story, but unless there's a trial that is covered well, we never will know as much as we'd like to know...

But I keep thinking that I will look on this board "tomorrow morning" and see "Suspect Arrested" in bbm by one of us soon. I really do. (crossing my fingers!)

THANKS! I've been reading all along, but once I got logged out I couldn't remember how to get logged back in to comment. I was getting twitchy. I wrote this login info down in 10 places Sometimes I think the "keep me logged in" option is really bad for forgetful folks like me.

 

[jjenny]

I commend you for trying to find a more humane way of Jersey's demise...:seeya:

If the child died from natural causes I really don't think police would be going around interviewing sex offenders.

 

[borndem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZBK6mekcg

If this woman's accounts are accurate, and pics are from Jersey's recent home, then DHS really dropped the ball here, it would seem. And because LE is telling the public that they are not in danger, wouldn't that indicate that the killer is within the family?
You have to wonder why wasn't Jersey living with her Bio-Mom last year, before Dad and Stepmom went to prison. Alot of questions, too few answers. :/

bbm
Yes, London, that one is still bugging me, too. I was hoping that I had misunderstood or that the article was phrased incorrectly, but now I see that you have interpreted it the same as I -- it surely sounded to me like Jersey had been living with her dad up until the "chain" incident. Did her mother have the younger child while the dad had Jersey? Will we ever know? Oh, that poor little girl.

 

[thesepoorchildren]

I'm not even sure I trust that it was the Dad's house. That happened a year ago, so whatever house they were living in was probably leased to someone else by now. It's not a DHS video, because a) they aren't releasing anything from jersey's file and b) it's a professional grade camera. Look at the angles and clarity of the video- it's not taken on an iphone or camera setting.

Did they get access to the girl's living conditions a year ago and are just replaying it? That just seems unlikely to me. But in what other way could they be showing us now what her living conditions were like then? It's possible, but I just have this nagging suspicion about the use of that footage for some reason. I also did not find the woman overly convincing, so I pretty much did an "in one ear, out the other" on the whole segment.[/QUOTE]

I am thinking it was public record along with court documents.(The tape). I think it is the dads house due to the fact they said in the police reports the bottom drawer was off and in this video it shows it was off. I also agree that it was in one ear, out the other news report because of who they interviewed. Again the dads house. I know Jersey's mom wasn't there and these 2 are separate things. I just feel like I need to know this stuff even though it's upsetting.

 

[borndem]

I am suspicious about that video of a dirty house. DHS is not releasing anything from her prior case, and the media hasn't been let into her current home that I'm aware of. Where did that footage actually come from?

bbm

My interpretation was that it was from her dad's house. I never did infer that it was her mother's, so WTH??? (big help this response was, huh??)

One more unknown detail to add to our ever-growing pile of 'em...

 

[thesepoorchildren]

One thing I just thought of. She just had her birthday party the day before, correct? I wonder if they had a birthday party and who all was there. This goes against what I really think happens but it's one avenue to ponder.

 

[mck16]

bbm

My interpretation was that it was from her dad's house. I never did infer that it was her mother's, so WTH??? (big help this response was, huh??)

One more unknown detail to add to our ever-growing pile of 'em...

Yep, seems the only thing we do know is that daddy didn't do it. He is in jail. jmo