GUILTY IA - Evelyn Miller, 5, Charles City, 1 July 2005

[Mellen]

I am surprised the Christie family is backing the boyfriend/fiance of Evelyn's mother knowing what they know. In local interviews they seem very educated, respectable, and also say things to imply that they think they know who did this but can't say yet. I wonder who they think did it. I also wonder why they still support the Fredericksen. (I also wonder if they really do support him or are just saying that to somehow help the investigation).


laini

I am surprised too, but it seems that they think the mother is the guilty party, especially because the boyfriend passed a polygraph early on in the investigation. Their blog site gives some more info. on their perspective on this. http://evelynmillermemories.blogspot.com/. The following quotes are taken from this site:

"Casey is still a human being and as such he deserves the full legal respect due individuals under the law. He may indeed guilty of this despicable charge but that is up to the courts to determine. I do not believe that he had any connection to Evelyn's death."

"Noel, even though she has not been charged with anything yet, deserves the same respect. I believe that she was criminally involved in some way with Evey's death. I do not know that she was - I believe that she was. She deserves, if they are due her, charges to be advanced, indictments to be issued and a trial to commence."

"There seemed to be enough evidence to indict Casey based upon what I had heard from my son, Jeremiah and from the media. It is important to remember that Casey is innocent until proven guilty. We were sorry that he may have had that material on his computer, especially with three children in the home. I don’t know if this material has any direct or indirect relationship to the murder investigation that is in progress, time will tell. Casey passed a polygraph test early in the investigation of the murder. His alleged involvement with the has placed increased strain on the families involved. We do pray that Casey and Noel cooperate fully with the law enforcement system in helping to solve Evey’s murder, it’s the least that they can do for her memory."

 

[laini]

Thanks, Mellen, for the link. Interesting.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

DES MOINES, Iowa The fiance of a slain girl's mother is being charged with more than a dozen extra counts of child .

Casey Frederiksen of Charles City was indicted today on 14 counts for allegedly having sexual images of children on his computer.

Frederiksen is the fiance of Noel Miller, the mother of five-year-old Evelyn Miller whose body was discovered in July in the Cedar River. The case remains unsolved.

Today's indictment replaces the one-count indictment against Frederiksen from September.

Frederiksen is accused of having more than one thousand images on his computer, including movie clips showing the sexual abuse of children.


More: http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4136706&nav=1LFX

 

[SewingDeb]

This is worse than I thought. The mother must have known since she was so upset that the neighbor gave the hard drive to the police. How could she have her children in the home with a man like that?

 

[PrayersForMaura]

This is worse than I thought. The mother must have known since she was so upset that the neighbor gave the hard drive to the police. How could she have her children in the home with a man like that?

Some women are just so needy for a man (thinking they can't get anyone else) that they will sacrifice anything ...
and apparently that includes their own children

 

[Usher737]

This is absolutely disgusting! I hope LE gets on the ball! This case seems to be moving at a snail's pace! I am shocked at the horrible life poor Evelyn had live and can't believe no relatives or her real father ever stepped in to help rescue her.

 

[Bobbisangel]

This is absolutely disgusting! I hope LE gets on the ball! This case seems to be moving at a snail's pace! I am shocked at the horrible life poor Evelyn had live and can't believe no relatives or her real father ever stepped in to help rescue her.

It does feel like this case is just creeping along. It has always bothered me too that Evelyn's dad didn't remove her from that home. Child Protective Services had been called enough and I'm sure that the dad was aware of Evelyn's home life. He is married with a little child. I hate to sound really down on her dad but I don't understand why he didn't take her and fight for her in court. She would probably be alive today if he had.

It's hard to believe that this guy wasn't fooling around with Evelyn...especially after watching all of the crap on his computer and the films that they had in the home.

I don't understand where that mother's head was at. She knew about all of the stuff on the computer and I would guess that she was aware of the movies in the home. I saw her and her boyfriend on one show talking about how everyone talks about them and thinks they are involved in Evelyn's murder. I wasn't impressed with either of them. They seemed more concerned about themselves then who murdered Evelyn. That was probably because her killer was sitting right there complaining. Poor little Evelyn.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

Frederiksen pleads not guilty to charges


Cedar Rapids, Ia. – A Charles City man who lived with Evelyn Miller, a 5-year-old whose July murder remains unsolved, pleaded not guilty this morning to child charges.

Casey Frederiksen, 26, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to 12 counts of receiving child on various dates in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and two counts of possession of child in January 2005 and July 2005. The indictment filed last week by the U.S. Attorney replaces a Sept. 29 indictment charging Frederiksen with one count of child possession.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS01/51122005/1001/SPORTS04

 

[Bobbisangel]

Frederiksen pleads not guilty to charges


Cedar Rapids, Ia. – A Charles City man who lived with Evelyn Miller, a 5-year-old whose July murder remains unsolved, pleaded not guilty this morning to child charges.

Casey Frederiksen, 26, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to 12 counts of receiving child on various dates in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and two counts of possession of child in January 2005 and July 2005. The indictment filed last week by the U.S. Attorney replaces a Sept. 29 indictment charging Frederiksen with one count of child possession.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS01/51122005/1001/SPORTS04

I wonder if Evelyn's mother was in court today to support her boyfriend???!!!!

 

[SewingDeb]

It always gets me when they have the evidence and these guys plead not guilty.

 

[KatherineQ]

I don't get it either. It's hard to tell if the dad really did know what she was going through - maybe he did, maybe not - but since he was remarried and had a child with the new wife, maybe she didn't want Evelyn, who knows. Her last picture taken in front of the chalkboard looks like a plea for help. But again, sometimes kids make weird expressions in photos.

Prayers for this sweet girl. Its unbelievable what some mothers (and fathers) will stand by and watch happen to their kids.

 

[Bobbisangel]

It always gets me when they have the evidence and these guys plead not guilty.

It always gets me too. Especially when they are caught red handed! I guess they do that hoping that a defense attorney can lie well enough to get the charges down or get them off. I always figured that if you are caught doing something you shouldn't be doing you might as well tell the truth. Seems a person would feel foolish saying "not guilty" when there is evidence that says otherwise. I guess we just don't have the minds of criminals

 

[PonderingThings]

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/12/20/news/top_story/7d0ef5f1cf65e19e862570dd00441b9d.txt

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:06 PM CST

Statue dedicated for Evelyn Miller

FLOYD (AP) --- An 8-foot statue celebrating the life of Evelyn Miller was unveiled Sunday at the Floyd Community Center, which served as the command post for authorities during their search for the 5-year-old girl last summer.

Miller disappeared from her home July 1. Her body was found five days later along the Cedar River less than two miles from her home.

The statue of an angel includes a medallion bearing the girl's likeness.

Pamela Hill, 32, of Clear Lake, was moved to memorialize Miller after following her story in the news.

"It was heart-wrenching. I couldn't stop thinking about her," said Hill, a mother of four.

"I had nightmare after nightmare. If it was one of my children ... what a wonderful gift to have her immortalized like that."

Hill said the weekend ceremony was private out of respect for Miller's family.

"It was very tearful, very emotional; they were so grateful," Hill said.

Floyd Mayor Trevis O'Connell was contacted by Hill the day after searchers discovered the girl's body. He liked the idea of placing a statue.

"If anything, it will be a reminder to parents to be more careful," he said.

O'Connell said events around Miller's death remain fresh in the minds of residents.

"I don't think anyone in Floyd will ever forget it," he said.

After clearing the project with Miller's family, the Floyd Community Center board approved the idea.

Several people donated to the project, but Hill said she charged about $1,200 to a personal credit card. She received about 15 cards and letters with donations, and more money was collected in donation cans set up around the area.

Besides being a memorial to Miller, Hill hopes the statue will serve as a reminder to parents to care for their children.

"It's not only how precious she was, but how they all are precious. It was just a horrid thing," she said.

Miller's death was ruled a homicide, but authorities have released few details.

Casey Frederiksen, 26, lived with the girl's mother, Noel Miller, in the rural apartment. He faces 14 counts of child .

The federal charges state a computer hard drive Frederiksen owned contained more than 1,000 images of children involved in sexually explicit acts. Prosecutors maintain Frederiksen tried to hide the hard drive from authorities investigating Miller's disappearance.

Trial is scheduled for April 3 in U.S. District Court.

 

[Bobbisangel]

I am surprised the Christie family is backing the boyfriend/fiance of Evelyn's mother knowing what they know. In local interviews they seem very educated, respectable, and also say things to imply that they think they know who did this but can't say yet. I wonder who they think did it. I also wonder why they still support the Fredericksen. (I also wonder if they really do support him or are just saying that to somehow help the investigation).


laini

I'm surprised that the grandparents and family are standing behind Casey too.
I think that they believe the mother had something to do with Evelyn's death but that Casey didn't. I think they are in for a big surprise. Maybe both parents were involved.

There is no reason, in my book, for someone to have child on their computer unless they are into little kids. Any decent person would get sick just looking at one picture like that. Only a pervert would have that much of that junk downloaded. Casey probably looked at all the pictures of those poor little kids and got aroused and there was little Evelyn right there...available.

I don't believe that anyone came to their door that night or that Evelyn opened the door to anyone other then those two guys that stopped by...probably to buy some dope. It doesn't sound like LE is looking at those guys now. Sounds like they have their eye on Casey. His trying to slit his wrists no doubt just made them that much more suspicious. I think Casey knew that he was a suspect and that it was only a matter of time.

This little girl didn't have much of a life and I will never understand why her dad or his family didn't do something about the way she was living. Lord only knows there were enough calls to DHS. Evelyn's dad's brother spent time over at her house....he testified at the grand jury...so he knew what the home life was like. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems that everyone who could have saved this little girl just turned their heads.

 

[MistyGirl]

In fairness to her Dad we don't know what he was doing to try to get her out of that home. We spent the last year fighting for my step daughter who was in the same type of conditionds and the courts & DHS services was not very helpful....we fianlly got custody of her & got her out of that hoem...but not by the help of the "system" but by paying the mother $5,000.00 dollars.

It is not as black & white/cut & dry as we all think it should be. It is very difficult to take a child from their mother...it is long long process and there is no promise that you will win. I believe I read that it was the Dad & his family that were the ones reporting the incidents to DHS and they were trying to get custody of her....but thing did not happen soon enough.

 

[mysteriew]

I don't believe that anyone came to their door that night or that Evelyn opened the door to anyone other then those two guys that stopped by...probably to buy some dope. It doesn't sound like LE is looking at those guys now. Sounds like they have their eye on Casey. His trying to slit his wrists no doubt just made them that much more suspicious. I think Casey knew that he was a suspect and that it was only a matter of time.

The two men that went to the door that night have admitted to being there, and they cooperated in the investigation.
My theory is that the two guys knocking on the door, and Evelyn answering it- woke Fredricks up. And that that is when something happened.
The family blames the mother, but wasn't she at work when Evelyn was reported missing? I thought she worked at night. So if Evelyn answered the door that night and she was reported missing the next AM- that leaves Fredrick as the only one home.

 

[Bobbisangel]

The two men that went to the door that night have admitted to being there, and they cooperated in the investigation.
My theory is that the two guys knocking on the door, and Evelyn answering it- woke Fredricks up. And that that is when something happened.
The family blames the mother, but wasn't she at work when Evelyn was reported missing? I thought she worked at night. So if Evelyn answered the door that night and she was reported missing the next AM- that leaves Fredrick as the only one home.

I agree with you. We know that Evelyn was in the home when those two guys stopped by. I believe the mother was working at a nursing home and discovered Evelyn missing when she got home that morning. I don't know what the mother knows and what she doesn't about Evelyn's death but she did know about all of that child on that computer and that alone should have been a major red flag to her. Poor little Evelyn.

 

[amom]

No Leads Yet Six Months After Miller's Body Found

5K Reward Stands In Case



POSTED: 3:29 pm CST January 6, 2006
UPDATED: 3:49 pm CST January 6, 2006


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DES MOINES, Iowa -- It was six months ago Friday that searchers found the body of 5-year-old Evelyn Miller.

The girl disappeared from her Floyd apartment in the middle of the night. Nearly one week later, her body was found in the Cedar River.

An angel statue honoring Evelyn's memory stands in Floyd. Investigators have never named a suspect or made an arrest, but the case remains open.

There is a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.

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www.kcci.com

 

[Bobbisangel]

I wonder if LE has no leads or if they just aren't talking? Little Evelyn can't have gone through the hell that she did and not get justice in the end.

Maybe it's just me but I'm suspicious of anyone who has child by the tons on their computer. Only people with really sick minds can stand to look at something so horrible.

 

[mysteriew]

I think that Fredricks killed her. But I think that Casey have been covering up since that time.
I think that it is over, life goes on, she 'loves' him, he didn't mean to do it.....and on and on and on. But I think she knows and she is actively covering up. I also think she knew the /virus story wasn't true. But, she ignored it for the same reasons. To me, that makes her just as guilty as Fredricks.
As far as the Dad, I think the system failed him as well as Evelyn. He made calls, made reports, and nothing.
First it costs a huge amount of money to go to court for custody. By the time you pay court fees as well as attorney fees......and there is no guarentees that when you get into court, with a scared child....there is not guarantee that the court will decide for you. And after repeated calls to DHS, with no results.....what is to make him think the court will believe him either?