Thank you, Kadoober!! I'm embedding this within the thread so we can internally quote, etc. You rock!
"R=Reporter
E=Emily
R:There's obviously a lot of rumors going on, a lot of things people are saying, about your stepson Lucas, just curious if there's anything that you want to say about that situation.
E: Um, yeah, um, in the past, you know, there's been times he's, been a boy, and um playing with his older brothers, and his cousins, um, he gets bruises, and he has had some falls, um, falls either could be cooking dinner, or at the park, um... (long pause, looking down) Um. I'm sorry, this is really hard on me.
R: No, you're fine, take your time.
E: (fake crying like a
) He's my son, you know? I may not have given birth to him but he's my baby boy, you know? I take care of him every day. You know. Um. (Head down) I just.. ah.. (head down) This is very painful, that this is happening at a time like this right now.
R: DO you have any idea where Lucas might be at this point?
E: (fake cries) (unintelligible [my god?]) I wish I did. (head down) Um. But if anyone does know, please say something. Because me and Dad are worried sick! (Fake cries) (head down, off screen) I keep thinking, I keep thinking of what could have happened, you know, and I keep thinking back to these two people, um.... that were outside of my house a few days prior,um, a black man and white woman.
R: Do you know them?
E: No. They were standing outside, they were talking, smoking a cigarette, it was actually pretty early morning, so I thought I'd be like "Hey, is everything Ok? Do you need to come inside, you know, are you stranded?' And they were just like "No" and um looked at me like I offended them or something. Um. And I said 'Ok, I'm sorry you know, it's cold outside, so I didn't know if you you know, you know, needed to come in, I was just being nice. Um, they stuck around for maybe 10, 15 more minutes, I actually did snap a picture of them walking away, cause I wanted to send it to their dad, and be like, hey, this is, you know, what's going on. Because I'm home alone.
R: Did you end up sending that picture?
E: Yes I did. I did. (Cries) THAT'S MY BABY BOY!! [it almost sounds like something was cut here, at the 3:30 mark] He has sisters and he has brothers. He is so loved.
R: Now Emily, I hope you understand, I do have to ask you, because of, you know, the arrest, and because of a lot of rumors, did you hurt Lucas?
E: I did not. I would never hurt my son.
R: Do you have any idea what could have happened?
E: (Shakes head, long pause) I mean, I have ideas, but that's, ideas, I mean, (head down) um, I really shouldn't have spoken to you, because my attorneys uh, uh, I have to go, ok?
R: Ok, yeah. Is there anything that you want to say?
E: I do, I do want people to know my side, I'm just not there yet, you know?
R: Ok.
E: Um. 'Cause there's a huge, there's a huge history, there, between you know Lucas' family in New Mexico and I, and all of the accusations, and the majority of the time when he had got hurt, and ended up with bruises, he wasn't under my care. Um, cause I would send him off with my cousins, and there's older boys over there, and, he's a very little, small boy, and. He can get hurt easily. And when he's playing with older boys, who are like, 10 years old, even though we would tell him 'hey, be careful' we had to tell him all the time you know 'be careful' ('cries')
R: So you're saying that all of those bruises and those things from the pictures and the accusations are all from him just being a little boy and playing with others boys?
E: Absolutely. I mean there's times where, he and my older boys, would be.. (Unintelligible) [I think she says "roughing around the house and they weren't even the agressors" 5:53] You know? Normal, boy things.
R: Is there anything that you would want to say to Lucas, if you could right now?
E: ('cries')That I love him very much. That I want him home. (wipes imaginary tears) I want him home with me and his sister and daddy. (unintelligible stuff)
R: Is there anything that you want to say to the people that are saying that you had something to do with this?
E: No, cause that's, that's on them. It's not my concern.
R: Can you tell me any more about what happened that Saturday when he disappeared?
E: Just the fact that I took a shower, and he took a nap. Like we always do. I put him down for a movie, in his pull up because, you know, he had accidents when he sleeps, so you know, that's why he had a pull up on... um.. and he had fallen asleep after my shower, which is why I went down. Ma'am, I gotta go.
R: I understand."
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