I find the entire situation bizarre. J wasn't at Madeline's birthday party, which was huge IMO. A young girl turning 13 is a BIG, big deal. You're a real teenager now.
J says she talked with Madeline after the party and she showed her and SS the birthday gifts later on that evening.
J made the statement "We dropped her off at school that morning", that has proven to be false and it is a significant lie to tell when you are recounting your story to LE because your daughter is missing.
SS saying he dropped Madeline off away from the school because she was embarrassed by his car? Had that ever happened before that day? We know Madeline's book bag, computer etc. was found in a dumpster near SS's residence IIRC. So how did they get there if SS dropped her off and drove away leaving her walking towards the school?
If LE has proof, which it looks like they do in spades, of SS assaulting Madeline for years, I just don't know how a mother wouldn't have at some point known something was way off. We're talking a period of 5 years and never ANY sign at all that the relationship between Madeline and SS was somehow inappropriate?
I have fur babies and I can tell when something is amiss with them. How does an involved (maybe) mother miss the signs for all those years?
Mr. SS needs a date with Florida's DR when found guilty IMO and he needs to be dragged into every single, solitary hearing and future trail. I am sick to death of these Defendants choosing not to participate.
You participated and committed these crimes SS, so yes, you will sit in Court and listen to the evidence of your sick, perverted actions. I don't care if you want to or not. Madeline didn't have a choice to participate did she?
MOO