Found Deceased NC - Mariah Woods, 3, Onslow County, 27 Nov 2017 #9 *Arrest*

[therion20]

I thought hinting other minor children were responsible for anything is off limits as per post #538

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[lonetraveler]

A reporter asked if she was clothed and he simply said she was. He did not say fully or partially.

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That's exactly what I heard as well.

 

[Busylady]

Based on the documents only the two youngest children were removed from the home and it wasn't due to belt incident. It could be that the children were removed twice from the home, but I would of thought he would of included that information in the documents when he discussed the discipline incident.

 

[kkdj]

Just tried to type a bunch and poof! It all went away! ugh

 

[kkdj]

I'll try to say it faster so I hopefully don't lose it again.
I have a sneaky suspicion EK hid MW to protect someone else from going to prison. I doubt she died at his hands. And being out stealing was his alibi for not being home when MW was "kidnapped". But all of it is a lie. The timing, the kidnapping, etc. Makes one wonder when MW was actually deceased because they took time to plan all of this.

 

[TeaTime]

Did the nose bleed happen the same night the baby 'disappeared'?

Mom is trying to lay the baby's death on one of her other kids?

Boy friend goes out to dump the body and decides that since he is out already, it is a good time to steal some dressers?

Who was the witness to the sexual abuse of the child(ren)? The physical abuse?

 

[human]

I would like to know that too. Every case I follow they always plead not guilty anyway though.

Pleading not guilty is a legal maneuver, The reason can be googled.

 

[RAISINISBACK]

All MOO, but I believe Mariah was killed earlier before Sunday night. The pic that included EK with his bio daughter, ex and KW's sons (with KW and Mariah noticeably absent) may have incited an argument as it was posted on FB for all to see. Mariah's brother may have been caught in the middle either protecting his mother or Mariah and was hit in the face causing the nosebleed. Not sure when her death occurred, but could've been earlier that Sunday. I also think there's a chance Mariah was injured badly (visibly) and KW stayed with her hoping she would get better and they'd past the point of no return to seek medical help without implicating themselves.

I believe an adult(s) is responsible for her death. If an accident had occurred, they would have no reason to not get help, especially if a minor was involved. I just don't see that happening. Who thinks it's much easier to pull off a child abduction (that would gain national attention) and hide the body than tell to tell the truth. Whatever charges relating to an accident and having the other 2 children removed from the home would still be a smaller price to pay than murder, concealing the death and tossing her in a creek.

With her death occurring prior to Sunday night, I still think the dressers were meant to help cover damage/evidence that would be suspicious when LE arrived. It also provided EK with an alibi if he was seen leaving in the middle of the night. I think EK and KW had much longer to develop their story than what we are hearing and Mariah's brother overheard part of that plan. All MOO of course.

BBM

Not if it was already too late to help the child. If the child ingested drugs or some other toxic substance before they put her to bed and the child had already passed before they checked on her and found out, I could see them panicking and trying to cover it up. If a child got hold of their drug stash, they would have known they were going to jail for having drugs around the kids and maybe even manslaughter. If the child ingested a toxic substance (a cleaning supply maybe) KW may have been certain she would lose the other two kids, or at least give her ex ammo to fight for custody. Then again they may not even have known why the child died but figured they would be blame for it and KW lose custody of the other two.

I too think the delay in murder charges against EK or KW indicates that LE does not have enough evidence to support a murder charge and may be waiting on a TOX screen result to get that evidence.

 

[Tortoise]

I'm having a hard time thinking a mother would dump her precious toddler in a lake to protect a child who is too young to be prosecuted, even if she felt she would be punished for not supervising. That action in itself shows no loving bond with the baby from where I am. She wasn't taken to the nearby woods and wrapped up in the hope she would be found and brought home for a burial and a ceremony. She was taken 25 miles away and her body and soul couldn't have been treated with any less care or respect.

So to accept she would do that I have to accept also that she had no care for Mariah. I can't rule her out of hurting Mariah if she had no care for her. She didn't even arrange for Mariah to be buried somewhere she could secretly visit, it was literally a disposal like rubbish.

 

[Grouchymom]

Are all autopsy reports released to the public?

Here are the North Carolina General Statutes regarding Public records relating to Autopsies and Law Enforcement. I have added red to the most relevant passages and bolded some other interesting items

§ 130A-389. Autopsies.(a) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner investigating the case or of the Chief Medical Examiner, it is advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy or other study be made; or, if an autopsy or other study is requested by the district attorney of the county or by any superior court judge, an autopsy or other study shall be made by the Chief Medical Examiner or by a competent pathologist designated by the Chief Medical Examiner. A complete autopsy report of findings and interpretations, prepared on forms designated for the purpose, shall be submitted promptly to the Chief Medical Examiner. Subject to the limitations of G.S. 130A-389.1 relating to photographs and video or audio recordings of an autopsy, a copy of the report shall be furnished to any person upon request. The fee for the autopsy or other study shall be two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800) to be paid as follows
(1) Except as provided in subdivision
(2) of this subsection, the county in which the deceased resided shall pay a fee of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750) and the State shall pay the remaining balance of one thousand fifty dollars ($1,050).
(2) If the death or fatal injury occurred outside the county in which the deceased resided, the State shall pay the entire fee in the amount of two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800).
(b) In deaths where the Chief Medical Examiner and the medical examiner investigating the case do not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be performed, but the next-of-kin of the deceased requests that an autopsy be performed, the Chief Medical Examiner or a designated pathologist may perform the autopsy, unless the deceased's health care power of attorney granted authority for such decisions to the health care agent. If the Chief Medical Examiner or a designated pathologist performs the autopsy at the request of the next of kin, the cost shall be paid by the next of kin.
(c) When the next-of-kin of a decedent whose death does not fall under G.S. 130A-383 or 130A-384 requests that an autopsy be performed, the Chief Medical Examiner or a designated pathologist may perform that autopsy and the cost shall be paid by the next-of-kin.
(d) The report of autopsies performed pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall be a part of the decedents' medical records and therefore not public records open to inspection. (1955, c. 972, s. 1; 1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1967, c. 1154, s. 1; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; c. 476, s. 128; 1975, c. 9; 1981, c. 187, s. 7; c. 562, p. 5; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1991, c. 463, s. 2; 1998-212, s. 29A.10(a); 2005-351, s. 4; 2005-393, s. 2; 2006-226, s. 32; 2013-360, s. 12E.8(a); 2015-241, s. 12E.5(a).)

https://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/statutelookup.pl?statute=130A-389

Chapter 132.

[FONT=&amp]Public Records. [/FONT]​

§ 132-1. "Public records" defined.

(a) "Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions. Agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions shall mean and include every public office, public officer or official (State or local, elected or appointed), institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, authority or other unit of government of the State or of any county, unit, special district or other political subdivision of government.
(b) The public records and public information compiled by the agencies of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are the property of the people. Therefore, it is the policy of this State that the people may obtain copies of their public records and public information free or at minimal cost unless otherwise specifically provided by law. As used herein, "minimal cost" shall mean the actual cost of reproducing the public record or public information. (1935, c. 265, s. 1; 1975, c. 787, s. 1; 1995, c. 388, s. 1.)

§ 132-1.4. Criminal investigations; intelligence information records; Innocence Inquiry Commission records.

(a) Records of criminal investigations conducted by public law enforcement agencies, records of criminal intelligence information compiled by public law enforcement agencies, and records of investigations conducted by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, are not public records as defined by G.S. 132-1. Records of criminal investigations conducted by public law enforcement agencies or records of criminal intelligence information may be released by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) As used in this section

(1) "Records of criminal investigations" means all records or any information that pertains to a person or group of persons that is compiled by public law enforcement agencies for the purpose of attempting to prevent or solve violations of the law, including information derived from witnesses, laboratory tests, surveillance, investigators, confidential informants, photographs, and measurements. The term also includes any records, worksheets, reports, or analyses prepared or conducted by the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory at the request of any public law enforcement agency in connection with a criminal investigation.
(2) "Records of criminal intelligence information" means records or information that pertain to a person or group of persons that is compiled by a public law enforcement agency in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible violations of the law.
(3) "Public law enforcement agency" means a municipal police department, a county police department, a sheriff's department, a company police agency commissioned by the Attorney General pursuant to G.S. 74E-1, et seq., and any State or local agency, force, department, or unit responsible for investigating, preventing, or solving violations of the law.
(4) "Violations of the law" means crimes and offenses that are prosecutable in the criminal courts in this State or the United States and infractions as defined in G.S. 14-3.1.(5) "Complaining witness" means an alleged victim or other person who reports a violation or apparent violation of the law to a public law enforcement agency.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, and unless otherwise prohibited by law, the following information shall be public records within the meaning of G.S. 132-1.

(1) The time, date, location, and nature of a violation or apparent violation of the law reported to a public law enforcement agency.
(2) The name, sex, age, address, employment, and alleged violation of law of a person arrested, charged, or indicted.
(3) The circumstances surrounding an arrest, including the time and place of the arrest, whether the arrest involved resistance, possession or use of weapons, or pursuit, and a description of any items seized in connection with the arrest.

[FONT=&amp](4) The contents of "911" and other emergency telephone calls received by or on behalf of public law enforcement agencies, except for such contents that reveal the natural voice, name, address, telephone number, or other information that may identify the caller, victim, or witness. In order to protect the identity of the complaining witness, the contents of "911" and other emergency telephone calls may be released pursuant to this section in the form of a written transcript or altered voice reproduction; provided that the original shall be provided under process to be used as evidence in any relevant civil or criminal proceeding.[/FONT]

(5) The contents of communications between or among employees of public law enforcement agencies that are broadcast over the public airways.
(6) The name, sex, age, and address of a complaining witness.

(d) A public law enforcement agency shall temporarily withhold the name or address of a complaining witness if release of the information is reasonably likely to pose a threat to the mental health, physical health, or personal safety of the complaining witness or materially compromise a continuing or future criminal investigation or criminal intelligence operation. Information temporarily withheld under this subsection shall be made available for release to the public in accordance with G.S. 132-6 as soon as the circumstances that justify withholding it cease to exist. Any person denied access to information withheld under this subsection may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order compelling disclosure of the information. In such action, the court shall balance the interests of the public in disclosure against the interests of the law enforcement agency and the alleged victim in withholding the information. Actions brought pursuant to this subsection shall be set down for immediate hearing, and subsequent proceedings in such actions shall be accorded priority by the trial and appellate courts.

(e) If a public law enforcement agency believes that release of information that is a public record under subdivisions (c)(1) through (c)(5) of this section will jeopardize the right of the State to prosecute a defendant or the right of a defendant to receive a fair trial or will undermine an ongoing or future investigation, it may seek an order from a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent disclosure of the information. In such action the law enforcement agency shall have the burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that disclosure of the information in question will jeopardize the right of the State to prosecute a defendant or the right of a defendant to receive a fair trial or will undermine an ongoing or future investigation. Actions brought pursuant to this subsection shall be set down for immediate hearing, and subsequent proceedings in such actions shall be accorded priority by the trial and appellate courts.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing any public law enforcement agency to prohibit or prevent another public agency having custody of a public record from permitting the inspection, examination, or copying of such public record in compliance with G.S. 132-6. The use of a public record in connection with a criminal investigation or the gathering of criminal intelligence shall not affect its status as a public record.
(g) Disclosure of records of criminal investigations and criminal intelligence information that have been transmitted to a district attorney or other attorney authorized to prosecute a violation of law shall be governed by this section and Chapter 15A of the General Statutes.
(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring law enforcement agencies to disclose the following

(1) Information that would not be required to be disclosed under Chapter 15A of the General Statutes; or
(2) Information that is reasonably likely to identify a confidential informant.

(i) Law enforcement agencies shall not be required to maintain any tape recordings of "911" or other communications for more than 30 days from the time of the call, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders a portion sealed.

(j) When information that is not a public record under the provisions of this section is deleted from a document, tape recording, or other record, the law enforcement agency shall make clear that a deletion has been made. Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the destruction of the original record.
(k) The following court records are public records and may be withheld only when sealed by court order: arrest and search warrants that have been returned by law enforcement agencies, indictments, criminal summons, and nontestimonial identification orders.
(l) Records of investigations of alleged child abuse shall be governed by Article 29 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes. (1993, c. 461, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 13(jj); 2006-184, s. 7; 2010-171, s. 5; 2011-321, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 17.6(o).)

§ 132-1.4A. Law enforcement agency recordings.
(a) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section

(1) Body-worn camera. - An operational video or digital camera or other electronic device, including a microphone or other mechanism for allowing audio capture, affixed to the uniform or person of law enforcement agency personnel and positioned in a way that allows the camera or device to capture interactions the law enforcement agency personnel has with others.
(2) Custodial law enforcement agency. - The law enforcement agency that owns or leases or whose personnel operates the equipment that created the recording at the time the recording was made.
(3) Dashboard camera. - A device or system installed or used in a law enforcement agency vehicle that electronically records images or audio depicting interaction with others by law enforcement agency personnel. This term does not include body-worn cameras.
(4) Disclose or disclosure. - To make a recording available for viewing or listening to by the person requesting disclosure, at a time and location chosen by the custodial law enforcement agency. This term does not include the release of a recording.
(5) Personal representative. - A parent, court-appointed guardian, spouse, or attorney of a person whose image or voice is in the recording. If a person whose image or voice is in the recording is deceased, the term also means the personal representative of the estate of the deceased person; the deceased person's surviving spouse, parent, or adult child; the deceased person's attorney; or the parent or guardian of a surviving minor child of the deceased.
(6) Recording. - A visual, audio, or visual and audio recording captured by a body-worn camera, a dashboard camera, or any other video or audio recording device operated by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency or law enforcement agency personnel when carrying out law enforcement responsibilities. This term does not include any video or audio recordings of interviews regarding agency internal investigations or interviews or interrogations of suspects or witnesses.
(7) Release. - To provide a copy of a recording.

(b) Public Record and Personnel Record Classification. - Recordings are not public records as defined by G.S. 132-1. Recordings are not personnel records as defined in Part 7 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes, G.S. 160A-168, or G.S. 153A-98.
(c) Disclosure; General. - Recordings in the custody of a law enforcement agency shall be disclosed only as provided by this section. A person requesting disclosure of a recording must make a written request to the head of the custodial law enforcement agency that states the date and approximate time of the activity captured in the recording or otherwise identifies the activity with reasonable particularity sufficient to identify the recording to which the request refers.The head of the custodial law enforcement agency may only disclose a recording to the following
(1) A person whose image or voice is in the recording.
(2) A personal representative of an adult person whose image or voice is in the recording, if the adult person has consented to the disclosure.(3) A personal representative of a minor or of an adult person under lawful guardianship whose image or voice is in the recording.
(4) A personal representative of a deceased person whose image or voice is in the recording.
(5) A personal representative of an adult person who is incapacitated and unable to provide consent to disclosure.When disclosing the recording, the law enforcement agency shall disclose only those portions of the recording that are relevant to the person's request. A person who receives disclosure pursuant to this subsection shall not record or copy the recording.

(d) Disclosure; Factors for Consideration. - Upon receipt of the written request for disclosure, as promptly as possible, the custodial law enforcement agency must either disclose the portion of the recording relevant to the person's request or notify the requestor of the custodial law enforcement agency's decision not to disclose the recording to the requestor.The custodial law enforcement agency may consider any of the following factors in determining if a recording is disclosed

(1) If the person requesting disclosure of the recording is a person authorized to receive disclosure pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(2) If the recording contains information that is otherwise confidential or exempt from disclosure or release under State or federal law.
(3) If disclosure would reveal information regarding a person that is of a highly sensitive personal nature.
(4) If disclosure may harm the reputation or jeopardize the safety of a person.
(5) If disclosure would create a serious threat to the fair, impartial, and orderly administration of justice.
(6) If confidentiality is necessary to protect either an active or inactive internal or criminal investigation or potential internal or criminal investigation.

https://www.ncga.state.nc.us/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

 

[rsd1200]

Just a thought re: timeline. We've been discussing that AW reports a neighbor telling him she saw EK carrying something out of the backdoor of the trailer at 3am. How do we know that's a legitimate report? AW could have made that up in an effort to get KW/EK into trouble or to put pressure on LE to investigate them further or, if AW is reporting a truthful statement from the neighbor, perhaps the neighbor has ulterior motives in telling AW that story. The timeline of when Mariah could have been disposed of (I hate that phrase) has been built around AW's singular report of what a neighbor may or may not have said.

Also, something else has been bugging me. This report that EK "punched" the older boy and gave him a nosebleed. That isn't sitting well with me for a couple of reasons. First off, a punch to the face of a 10yo is going to do a lot more damage than just a nosebleed, there's going to be some heavy bruising that would have been evident to LE the first time they saw the boy. If EK had, in fact, punched the boy he wouldn't have done so in a controlled manner, he was upset and angry, maybe scared (if the speculation surrounding the punch is accurate), he wouldn't have been thinking "hey, this is a 10yo, I better only lightly punch him," No, he would have reacted on impulse and hit the boy hard, resulting in more than just a nosebleed. So, having questioned the validity of the punch, maybe it wasn't a punch at all that resulted in a nosebleed, perhaps it was a slap instead. If it was a slap (while still not a cool thing to do to anyone, let alone a child) perhaps the slap wasn't the result of the boy stumbling onto some nefarious plot to dispose of his sister or interrupting a SA in progress, maybe the boy mouthed off to EK or his mother and EK slapped him a little too hard. Maybe this incident of the nosebleed is completely unrelated to whatever happened to Mariah.

Sorry, I'm not sure where I'm going with this, just thinking out loud about alternative explanations and scenarios.

I got ya, I think. I thought that too. If he'd fully punched the kid, in the face, he'd have shown significant signs. It takes a pretty hard wallop, or tackle, to make a nose bleed. Now, if they were scuffling, and all of them out of sorts, could he have slapped him, or hit him, somehow, with enough force, for a nosebleed. Yes. Would this child tell it, from his own viewpoint? Yes. Could his viewpoint be different than EK's or AW's? Yes. Does that mean that the child is a liar? No.

 

[Tortoise]

I understand your position. But here's my problem with all the reports of Earl's apparent violence, which causes me to question if he's as violent and abusive as some speculate. All of the reports of his aggression have come from unverified incidents and questionable sources and as rsd1200 in post #316 has pointed out, he has no record of actual violence. I can't see someone apparently as violent as EK not having any arrests for assault and I imagine if he was arrested for some violent crimes it would have been reported in the media by now.

The report I read today did say that one of the boys had bruises all over his body from being beaten with the belt.

ETA report linked at post #342

 

[haven71]

A reporter asked if she was clothed and he simply said she was. He did not say fully or partially.

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That's why I gave my "first impression" of my take on those words and followed it with JMO.

 

[RAISINISBACK]

They could be basing it off when KW said she last saw her at 11 pm and not believing EK saying he saw her at midnight. Which means they aren't buying EK story of seeing her at midnight and basing it off KW last seeing her.

It is possible they are both telling the truth. KW last saw the child at 11:00 PM as EK was carrying her out the door and EK last saw her at midnight as he was dumping her in the creek.

 

[Niner]

Is the Dec 18 court date the time EK will enter his plea on the charges?

Yes next Monday the 18th and I have it at 8am....

 

[Doghairrules]

I understand your position. But here's my problem with all the reports of Earl's apparent violence, which causes me to question if he's as violent and abusive as some speculate. All of the reports of his aggression have come from unverified incidents and questionable sources and as rsd1200 in post #316 has pointed out, he has no record of actual violence. I can't see someone apparently as violent as EK not having any arrests for assault and I imagine if he was arrested for some violent crimes it would have been reported in the media by now.

IMHO, the fact of Mariah’s disappearance and death tends to back up AW and the neighbor(s) who have reported EK is violent. I would personally have to go thru all kinds of contortions to believe otherwise at this point.

 

[rsd1200]

interesting. cannot find his arrest on any site (pender co, onslow co, jacksonville sheriff)

https://inmatelookup.pendersheriff.com/InmateLookup
http://inmatesearch.jaxsheriff.org/pgInmateSearchHits.aspx

this is his HISTORY but with no current listing:
http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi...turl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

then i tried vinelink and this comes up:

https://www.vinelink.com/#/quickhelp?par=search

Possible reasons the offender or case was not found:

Facility Offline: Occasionally, a facility may experience loss of connection to VINE due to service interruption or required maintenance. During this time, the facility is considered to be offline.

Temporarily Offline Agencies
Iredell County Sheriff's Office
Onslow County Sheriff's Office
Person County Sheriff's Office

bbm wondering how common this is (coincidence?) OR is the case being so closely held to the vest that they don't even want his name out there? or is he not listed as an inmate anywhere bc he hasn't been indicted, just arrested? rabbit is impatient for some information :banghead:

Not uncommon in more rural areas. I've tried to find someone for months now and I was almost certain of where they were lodged, but the listing is never updated (probably bad internet connection speed makes it a pain) so... I placed a phone call to the county jail where I thought that they were residing, and asked if they were a guest there, and how much their bail would be. I got an answer, but they would not release the charges, via phone.

 

[Tortoise]

Note these are the father's allegations regarding documents filed in June 2016.

[FONT=&quot]He [Alex Woods] specifically says the physical abuse came from the hands of a boyfriend of Kristy Woods who made bruises all over his son&#8217;s body with a belt. The documents do not specify if the boyfriend is Earl Kimrey.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]In the public documents, he said his children were scared of Kristy and cried when they had to leave their father&#8217;s care.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He said &#8220;the kids are mentally and physically better in my care due to Kristy&#8217;s erratic behavior, temper, willingness to lie, to cover up and hide things.&#8221;[/FONT]

http://wjbf.com/2017/12/06/custody-...ds-parents-included-sexual-abuse-accusations/

 

[soanyway]

Has anyone seen the child to confirm there were no visible signs of abuse from the incident that caused the nosebleed?

I got ya, I think. I thought that too. If he'd fully punched the kid, in the face, he'd have shown significant signs. It takes a pretty hard wallop, or tackle, to make a nose bleed. Now, if they were scuffling, and all of them out of sorts, could he have slapped him, or hit him, somehow, with enough force, for a nosebleed. Yes. Would this child tell it, from his own viewpoint? Yes. Could his viewpoint be different than EK's or AW's? Yes. Does that mean that the child is a liar? No.

 

[Niseyg123]

I've fallen behind here. Anything promising on the horizon for KW arrested? Any new info at all? COD? Anything?


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