Deceased/Not Found CO - Aarone Thompson, 4, Aurora, 2003 *A. Thompson guilty*

[AdoraBlue]

Wonder if they'll put a snitch in the cell with Shelly and try to get her to talk?

 

[Jeana (DP)]

The woman at the center of the Aaroné Thompson case is in Denver County Jail on traffic-related charges.

Shelley Marie Lowe, 33, is serving a 10-day sentence on charges she failed to appear in court on a traffic charge, Denver County Sheriff's officials said. She was booked into jail last Tuesday.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3599621

I'm thinking that no matter where she goes or what she does, someone from law enforcement will be there to see.

 

[OneLostGrl]

The girlfriend of missing Aaroné Thompson's father left jail Wednesday after spending eight days behind bars for failure to appear in court on traffic violations.
Shely Lowe was released from the Denver County Jail after paying $93 in fines, court records show.




http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4544830,00.html

 

[Bobbisangel]

The girlfriend of missing Aaroné Thompson's father left jail Wednesday after spending eight days behind bars for failure to appear in court on traffic violations.
Shely Lowe was released from the Denver County Jail after paying $93 in fines, court records show.




http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4544830,00.html

Gee, I wonder how she paid her fine with no one working in the family and no kids to bring in a big welfare check.

 

[Rle7]

Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe faced a judge Saturday morning for another custody hearing.

Thompson and Lowe are "persons of interest" in the disappearance of Thompson's 6-year-old daughter.

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=34335b06-0abe-421a-01ae-8a0b7f406787&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

 

[chicoliving]

The teens called The Denver Post on a cell phone Tuesday, the newspaper reported in its Wednesday editions. Reporters at the paper confirmed the teen's identities by birth dates.

Andrew Lowe told The Post that he saw Aarone the morning she was reported missing. "I seen her in the bed and I went to school," he said. "She ran away."

Police said Aarone's bed had no mattress. Lowe could not explain why Aarone wasn't enrolled in school, either.


Police discounted the phone call.

more at link
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/8333036/detail.html

 

[chicoliving]

Police Chief Daniel Oates defended his detectives Wednesday after allegations surfaced that they coerced the children who lived with missing Aarone Thompson to say she is dead.

Oates called the allegations "outrageous" and said, "they’re coming from a 15-year-old who has been victimized by the traumatic events that have happened over the last few months."

Oates said "every interview is recorded on either audio or video" and "in the end, should these interviews be factors in a criminal case, a jury will be able to decide whether there was any coercion."

more at link
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4579744,00.html

 

[chicoliving]

The mysterious case of missing Aaroné Thompson is about to get stranger when a civil-court trial begins Monday over the reunification of her family.

Aaroné, who would be 7 years old now, hasn't been found, and police are still investigating whether she was killed in the family's home in Aurora.

Next week, the girl's father, Aaron Thompson, and his girlfriend, Shelley Lowe, will try to convince a jury they are fit parents who haven't committed any wrongdoing and should regain the custody of the eight children removed from their care.

Their two-week trial is taking place at the same time police are said to be wrapping up a homicide investigation that's focusing on Lowe and Thomp son.

"There is something absurd about the notion of this proceeding going forward at this time," said Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates. Moreover, Aurora detectives likely will be called to testify about their investigation in front of the very people they are investigating.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3669881

 

[AdoraBlue]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3669881
The case has been closed to the public, and Judge Gerald Rafferty placed a gag order over the proceedings. The trial also is closed.

Will the custody trial/hearing be open to the media?


Their two-week trial is taking place at the same time police are said to be wrapping up a homicide investigation that's focusing on Lowe and Thompson.

Are they going to cold-case file it or proceed to indictment, etc.?


Moreover, Aurora detectives likely will be called to testify about their investigation in front of the very people they are investigating.

Will Thompson and Lowe be required to testify and if so can their testimony be used against them in a criminal proceeding?


Last week, one of Lowe's teenage sons and her brother called The Denver Post to say police coerced their statements. Police vehemently denied the allegation and said all interviews were videotaped.

I think something is rotten in Aurora and it isn't law enforcement or child protective services.

 

[Bobbisangel]

Why don't they leave those kids right where they are until police are done with their investigation and make a decision whether to press charges against these two losers?

Kind of interesting that those kids made that call right before the custody hearing isn't it? I wonder if the parents have gotten to those older kids? Why is the brother in foster care instead of back with his parents. Wasn't it his parents that wanted to take all of those kids when they were taken away and placed in foster homes...and his own son who is 17 is in foster care now?

I think it should be mandatory that LE video every single interview or interrogation. That way every word and all body language is taped and there can be no accusations and it will also stop LE from forcing statements of guilt out of people. Best for everyone all the way around.

 

[Rle7]

An FBI agent working on behalf of Aurora police has interviewed a man in a Haitian prison about the Aaroné Thompson case.



Arnel Belizaire, who has a history of hunger strikes and at least one previous prison escape, is not a suspect, sources said. But he was interviewed because he is connected by marriage to a woman who police say is a key figure in the Aaroné case.

"We turned to the FBI in January and asked for their assistance, and they have been helping us on this case ever since," Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates said. "Beyond that, I have no comment."

The FBI's involvement is the newest twist in the case of the girl, whose father, Aaron Thompson, reported her missing Nov. 14. Aurora police ended the search within three days and said they were treating the case as a homicide investigation. They also said that Aaron Thompson and his live-in girlfriend, Shely Lowe, were persons of interest in the investigation.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4596869,00.html

 

[Bobbisangel]

Has anyone heard what happend in the custody case? I thought they were having a trial this last monday. Glad to hear that the FBI are now working on the case. Maybe a new set of eyes will make a difference.

 

[Reader]

From the Denver Post link posted by chicoliving below, I understood the custody trial begins Monday, 4/10.

I would be very surprised if these children were returned to Lowe and Thompson, since there was evidence not only in the current case of abuse and the death of Aarone, but also past abuse by Lowe of her children.

Hopefully, the police have the case proven of what actually happened to Aarone, to put these people away for good. They should never have responsibility again for any children.

 

[mysteriew]

I don't think that the parents will get the kids. But I am afraid that maybe the parents might. And that would be almost as bad. Esp. since I am still wondering how the brother ended up in foster care, and not back with his own parents.

 

[Ang50]

Why don't they leave those kids right where they are until police are done with their investigation and make a decision whether to press charges against these two losers?

I think it should be mandatory that LE video every single interview or interrogation. That way every word and all body language is taped and there can be no accusations and it will also stop LE from forcing statements of guilt out of people. Best for everyone all the way around.

Hi Bobbisangel - I worked on a lot of child custody cases this summer. I don't know CO laws, but in WI there are time limits in the process. If they're not met or waived, the state loses custody, and kids go back. (It's rare.)

In this case, if it really is about two weeks until police wrap up, then the DA will probably ask for an extension, and the judge would probably like one. But the Thompson's atty will protest, so it really all depends on CO law. If a similar situation would be happening in WI, the kids would not be going back. THe way our process is set up, once the kids are taken away (after an initial finding of good cause by the judge), you have to jump through a good number of hoops to get them back. Usually parenting classes, supervised visitations, then unsupervised, home visits and so on. Even if the kids would be given back, the Thompsons would have to open their home to social workers frequently, sometimes unannounced, and so on.

I second you on the interrogation taping. CO does not have mandatory taping laws in place. However, many judges and attorneys who do non-criminal law find it strange that the criminal side doesn't tape. In civil trials - auto accidents, people suing companies, etc. when people are interviewed and questioned, it's almost ALWAYS taped. When life, liberty and LE reputation is at stake, we don't tape, but when $$ is, we do.

 

[chicoliving]

The father of a missing girl and his girlfriend were in court Monday to determine who will have custody of their children.

Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe's children were removed from their home last November after police declared the disappearance of Thompson's daughter, Aarone, a homicide case. Police believe Aarone has been dead for more than a year.

A jury will decide whether to return the children to their parents or place them in a foster home or with relatives.

The subject of what happened to the missing 6-year old is expected to be a key topic.

more at link
http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_100183102.html

 

[AdoraBlue]

A jury will decide whether to return the children to their parents or place them in a foster home or with relatives.
http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_100183102.html

Wow, a jury? Isn't that pretty unusual in a child custody case? Dang, I hope that Aaron and Shely are stupid enough to incriminate themselves, however, I bet their counsel won't let them.

 

[Bobbisangel]

Wow, a jury? Isn't that pretty unusual in a child custody case? Dang, I hope that Aaron and Shely are stupid enough to incriminate themselves, however, I bet their counsel won't let them.

I've never heard of a jury on a child custody case before either. Why can't the judge make that decision I wonder? I hope the jurors use common sense and DON'T send those kids back into that home. Those two parents are such losers. I think in their minds the kids equal a big welfare check each month....a discount on their rent and food stamps. Nothing like living high on the hog supported by the taxpayers of their state. I wonder where they buried that little girl!!!!!

 

[Rle7]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4612317,00.html

Police Chief Daniel Oates said he feels "a certain level of anxiety" over the possibility that details of the homicide investigation would be divulged to Thompson and Lowe during the trial.

Detective Randy Hansen, who is leading the investigation and whose notes were subpoenaed shortly after the children were removed from their home, is on the list of those scheduled to testify.

Attorneys for the couple and Arapahoe County Human Services would not comment about the proceedings, which were held behind closed doors guarded by sheriff's deputies.

"I can't imagine conducting any hearing without their testimony," Oates said of Thompson and Lowe. "How can a court conduct any inquiry into the fitness of these two parents without (them taking the stand)?"

Thompson reported Nov. 14 that Aaroné had run away from home.

Three days into an extensive search for the girl, who would be 7 if she were alive, police said they had sufficient information to believe that she had been killed up to 18 months earlier.

A body hasn't been found, and no charges have been filed. But police said Thompson and Lowe are "persons of interest" in the investigation.

"Why is the trial taking place in the first place?" asked Thompson family friend Sam Riddle. "The whole basis of the trial is rooted in the supposition of a police department that has failed to prove one scintilla of evidence against these parents."

The couple requested a jury trial to determine if the children should be returned to them, sent to live with other family members or stay in foster care.

The jury also could decide to end the couple's parental rights, which would result in the children becoming wards of the state.

 

[AdoraBlue]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4612317,00.html

"Why is the trial taking place in the first place?" asked Thompson family friend Sam Riddle. "The whole basis of the trial is rooted in the supposition of a police department that has failed to prove one scintilla of evidence against these parents."

The couple requested a jury trial to determine if the children should be returned to them, sent to live with other family members or stay in foster care.

Me here:
Newsflash, Mr. Riddle, the police don't have to prove anything. That would be the prosecutor's office. I have said it before: In criminal proceedings, the presumption of innocence attaches at trial, not during the investigative phase, no matter how cold the trail may grow.

And they requested a jury trial; they are milking this for all it's worth.

All JMOOC.