GUILTY MI - Charlie Bothuell, 12, Detroit, 16 June 2014

[BetteDavisEyes]

Sounds like the place was a pigsty! I don't know what Ms. Bothuell did all day. She didn't work outside the home.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Returned to house June 25. Executed a search warrant. This time, the bed in Charlie's room was made. Photos were taken on the 25th. She didn't file a written report about this visit.

2 other officers and she accompanied Charlie to the hospital.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Mr. Dillard is conducting his questioning as if this were a trial :banghead: This is a probable cause hearing.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

She escorted Charlie to the ER with the other 2 officers at Children's Hospital.

Dillard is trying to find out which officer told hosp. employees information about Charlie. She assisted in doing that. She doesn't remember if she indicated he was a victim of abuse. She did discuss the beating with the pipe. She doesn't remember saying the boy was in the basement 11 days. She saw no bodily injuries on him when he came up the steps.

It took 30 minutes to get him to the hospital via McDonald's. She did not observe the boy limping or bleeding. He didn't say he was in pain. He wasn't vomiting. She saw no trauma wounds on his face, arms, legs. He didn't complaining about a stomach ache or headache. She made him smile/laugh once or twice.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Now, we get Mr. Smith. Oy vey!

In between visits to house, she assisted at command posts. Numerous people in the room daily.

She doesn't recall the exact day the command post was up and running.

Missing person case at first, then possibility of death.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Parents are always investigated in these cases.

Lots of questions about the FBI command post. Smith goes on and on speaking with no question in sight.

She's been 5 years with Task Force. No special training. She always has done them as a Patrol Officer.

FBI people are "talented" along with other irrelevancies.

FBI & PD work as a team.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Parents are always investigated in these cases.

Lots of questions about the FBI command post. Smith goes on and on speaking with no question in sight.

She's been 5 years with Task Force. No special training. She always has done them as a Patrol Officer.

FBI people are "talented" along with other irrelevancies.

FBI & PD work as a team.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This attorney seems inexperienced and in over his head in a case of this magnitude. :moo:

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Buffering... Now on Click on Detroit!

 

[CarolinaMoon]

He doing Dillard repeat.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Not all parents discipline their children the way young Charlie was disciplined. :banghead:

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Fact is, Charlie had a good reason to run away all on his own. But, he could have run to his mother. His physical abuse makes me think the parents did confine him in the basement.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Smith drones on and on about Dillon being perfect in everything she does! This is in reference to her interview with the Bothuells. Why didn't she take notes and have them sign them, etc. Lots of objections.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I think Charlie had been severely injured by one or both parents and was placed in the basement to heal. Mr. Bothuell is a nurse and probably knew that whatever injuries Charlie had would heal in time, and the parents did not want to take Charlie to the ER because they knew they'd be suspected of having harmed him. I firmly believe that's how and why Charlie ended up in the basement for those 11 days. :moo:

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Smith now questioning Dillon about her access to 911 calls and if she wrote a report, giving her a document to review. Lt. Cole indicates the 911 calls were turned over to her, but she had nothing to do with them.

Smith wants to know if Dillon tracked 911 calls. No, Lt. Cole did that. It was his task. Mention of Charlie running away in 2012.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Dillon only accepted the document into the command post and somebody else was assigned to do the work. Dillon doesn't remember who.

This is not a trial! BDE, you are so correct.

 

[mom2six]

I think Charlie had been severely injured by one or both parents and was placed in the basement to heal. Mr. Bothuell is a nurse and probably knew that whatever injuries Charlie had would heal in time, and the parents did not want to take Charlie to the ER because they knew they'd be suspected of having harmed him. I firmly believe that's how and why Charlie ended up in the basement for those 11 days. :moo:

I think that is quite likely, but why did they file a mp report? He sounds like he was a very isolated child. Was someone looking for him?

 

[CarolinaMoon]

No sound on 4, no feed on 7. Oh well, Smith isn't asking anything that helps. He expects Dillon to know exactly what everyone ELSE did and/or GUESS who MIGHT have done it...aka hearsay.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Sound back on 4: On to search warrant to find evidence. It was a new search warrant (don't know which day).

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Similarly to the cross-examination of Dr. Nazer, these attorneys seem to think and expect that these professionals must do the work of others when dealing with a particular case. Ms. Dillon is part of an investigative team, each of whom has specific duties. They work as a unit, and no one does every individual job. Dr. Nazer doesn't go out with search teams or dogs as Mr. Dillard asked her yesterday.