Sorry, I haven't had a chance to get on here recently....been working. All night. Just caught up on the thread. I skimmed, so if I sound redundant, I apologize.
First, the pictures of Gabriel. I think he looks absolutely normal. He doesn't look thin, or sickly, IMO. In fact, the first picture on the slideshow from KPHO, his legs look very chunky. The second picture looks like he just woke up. Picture #3, looks like he can barely keep his eyes open. Picture #4 he appears to have that cranky "I'm fighting the whole sleep thing" look. He wants to go to sleep, but he doesn't. If you have little babies, you know that look. Picture #5 looks like it could be from a different day. Different pacifer, and the other pictures don't appear to have the stains on the outfit. The last picture looks like he has finally given up and is just amusing himself until he falls asleep. All my opinion.
I'm not going to beat up on the babysitter. But, I do think she was either basing her interview on what was already in the media, or she was intercepted by TPS and coached on what to say.
Gabriel did have a book. (Looks like a kid's book to me)
Gabriel did have toys.
Gabriel appeared to be clean, other than the stains on his pajamas.
Gabriel did not appear to be skinny or deprived of basic nourishment.
The room did not appear to be dirty or cluttered.
I did not see a knife.
The medicine bottle appeared to be full or close to it.
A lot of the stuff the babysitter was saying sounded very familiar, IMO. When EJ trashed her and Logan's apt., there was a knife, EJ was enraged, things were destroyed. IMO, law enforcement released these pictures to put the kabash on the babysitter's story. Many people were ready to write Gabriel off as dead, with the description the babysitter gave. The wild-eyed, angry, EJ and sad, listless, malnourished Gabriel. The pictures prove the opposite. And, IMO, if you are going to drug a child to "shut him up", a better choice would be Benadryl, not Tylenol. Also, if someone told me to just give him more Tylenol to shut him up, I would probably involve the police, or at least CPS. I don't care how long I've known the person. Especially if the person didn't even give me an indication that there was anything wrong with the child, other than them needing to be shut up.
Again, JMO.