Found Deceased TN - Evelyn Boswell, 15 months, Sullivan County, 26 DEC 2019 *Arrests*

[Jethro4WS]

According to the Sheriff, a baby born out of wedlock in TN is automatic full custody to mother. This law alone probably creates hoops for a baby daddy. MOO

Yes. Under Tennessee law, a child born out of wedlock, absent a court order to the contrary, gives legal and physical to the mother. This is true regardless of whether a father is named on the birth certificate or not. A father has to pursue a case, which includes establishing paternity, in Juvenile Court to even get started in getting any kind of custody.

 

[El Gato]

we will see huh?

 

[SuperTmo]

He has met Evelyn but due to the fact he's been active duty and subsequently on deployment since well before she was born right up until today, their meeting(s) was very brief you could say.

Confused. I thought his duty station was Louisiana? Is he currently deployed FROM there? Because just being stationed at a base away from his home town doesn’t mean he is deployed, and also doesn’t preclude him from having the child if he gained custody. Of course her age makes gaining custody a bit trickier, since she was young, but it sounds like that should have been a priority for him given the apparent dysfunction in MB’s life. I know several men who are single, stationed at bases stateside, and who have sole physical custody of their children. My cousin has sole custody of his 2 year old boy and is stationed at a base on the East Coast. All that is required is a plan for who will have temporary custody of the child in the event of deployment.

 

[GordianKnot]

I was talking to my hubby about it earlier. I hope whoever did this doesn't walk because 1) seems to be a group family thing so LE will never know exactly which one is at fault. 2) No body, no crime.

I'm much more hopeful that LE will find answers in this case.

To your first point:

"There is no honor among thieves."

This nest of vipers will almost certainly turn on one another.
And, at least one of the bad actors in this situation is a non-family member.
Unless he's the one primarily responsible for EB's disappearance, he'll likely come to the conclusion that it's in his best interest to tell LE what he knows.

Secondly, the "No body, no crime" adage has been proven false in numerous recent cases.
The most recent no body case I've followed here was the Kelsey Berreth case out of Colorado.
Her remains have never been recovered.

Her evil, moronic killer was sentenced to LWOP + 156 years for her murder.

I do have confidence that LE will find out what's happened to EB.

Somebody's going to squeal...because, like, that's what pigs do.

JMO.

 

[Kadoober]

O/T I'm good. Just needed a brief time out. I was up until 5 am sleuthing this case, so I'm overly cranky and short tempered today.

I know you were, and I know how hard this is. I have been obsessing all day, and I am at the end of my rope myself. Sending hugs and a cuppa your way.

There is always this weird period of time, no? At least once, in every case. Where something breaks, and we get sooo freaking angsty, but there is no news. Things are happening. We don't know what. It is maddening!!!

And threads go off the rails. We all care. A lot. A hella, mega lot. The silence is deafening, and threads go kind of bananas, trying to figure out what the heck is going on amongst ourselves. No one wants to go radio silent for Evelyn.

(For newbies that are wondering why things seem out of focus right now... This is normal. We are on pins and needles.... Waiting for that piece of info that brings things into new perspective)

 

[Bobbywoo]

Some interesting new bits about the car in this one. I apologize if it has been posted already.
'Persons of interest' in Evelyn Boswell disappearance now charged with theft

What??? MB was purchasing it FOR AB? The person who stole her child? How sweet.

 

[MyBelle]

Yet... it probably IS a crime of some sort to leave your infant with someone you are so certain would run off with and/or harm your baby, that you don’t even bother trying to get her back. She clearly knew the sort of person she (allegedly) left her baby with. Would you leave your child or pet or anyone with someone you were so afraid would steal them that you just didn’t give a rip when they wouldn’t give her back?? I wouldn’t.

Of course, to be willing to defend any of this nonsense, I’d have to believe MB’s story and I just don’t. The police don’t seem to, either. I believe MB knows where Evelyn’s remains can be found. MOO.

BBM. I've seen nothing to suggest that MB was aware that whomever she left her baby with was going to harm the baby. We have no evidence the baby has been harmed. The mother has not been named a POI or a suspect.

JMO

 

[SuperTmo]

I don’t want this to be the truth. But it did work for Casey Anthony.

I know what you mean. IIRC, and I might be wrong, they did not seek lesser charges against her... just premeditated murder or whatever the equivalent is in Florida. I believe if they had the option to find her guilty of a lesser charge, she wouldn’t have walked. The jury seemed not strong on the critical thinking skills too... I try to keep this stuff in mind when following cases, but that trial was the first case I followed here and it traumatized me. I wish we had a fail proof justice system.

 

[Kadoober]

What??? MB was purchasing it FOR AB? The person who stole her child? How sweet.

Heh. Right.
The 19 y/o, single mom, student, possible chicken shack employee. Hookin up moms.
She's a giver.

 

[GordianKnot]

What??? MB was purchasing it FOR AB? The person who stole her child? How sweet.

That's beyond shady.

So, she's "helping" AB purchase, and by purchase here, I mean, steal, the BMW.

And yet she didn't think to ask AB, "Hey, how's my little EB doing, anyway?
Haven't seen her for a while! She still enjoying her baby shark toy thingy?"

Sure, yeah. Whatever, MB.

At this point, I'm not buying anything this chick is trying to sell.

JMO.

 

[LBoz98]

It troubles me that WSers are making assumptions about ethnicity and then using gross stereotypes hyped up by shock-sensationalist reality shows to make veiled accusations against non-POIs and potential victims. Racist? Bad sleuthing technique of conclusory bias at least. We are better than this.

thank you.

 

[Bobbywoo]

I'm much more hopeful that LE will find answers in this case.

To your first point:

"There is no honor among thieves."

This nest of vipers will almost certainly turn on one another.
And, at least one of the bad actors in this situation is a non-family member.
Unless he's the one primarily responsible for EB's disappearance, he'll likely come to the conclusion that it's in his best interest to tell LE what he knows.

Secondly, the "No body, no crime" adage has been proven false in numerous recent cases.
The most recent no body case I've followed here was the Kelsey Berreth case out of Colorado.
Her remains have never been recovered.

Her evil, moronic killer was sentenced to LWOP + 156 years for her murder.

I do have confidence that LE will find out what's happened to EB.

Somebody's going to squeal...because, like, that's what pigs do.

JMO.

Didn't they find a lot of blood evidence from Kelsey or am I thinking of a different case?

 

[Meredith28]

I don't think the $20k was officially added until today for the reward, even though it was discussed previously in articles:

Reward hiked up to $56,000 for the return of Evelyn Boswell

 

[GordianKnot]

Didn't they find a lot of blood evidence from Kelsey or am I thinking of a different case?

They did, but only because his accomplice, KK, told LE where to look for it.

That's what I mean when I say, "no honor among thieves."

Someone in this motley crew is going to spill their guts to save their own hide.

Guaranteed.

 

[SuperTmo]

BBM. I've seen nothing to suggest that MB was aware that whomever she left her baby with was going to harm the baby. We have no evidence the baby has been harmed. The mother has not been named a POI or a suspect.

JMO

The mom herself said she did not report her child missing because she didn’t want them to run off with her. Why would she think that was even a possibility right off the bat? And then she said now it’s happened anyway, so next time she’d probably report her missing right away. (I’m paraphrasing here, these aren’t exact quotes).

So that sure sounds like two months ago they refused to give her kid back and she was so afraid they would run away with her... and now something happened and they are gone.

even after the person she left the kid with allegedly split town, she STILL DID NOT CALL THE POLICE. She knew her baby was gone and she could not be bothered to call the police?

Come on. The mother’s actions are indefensible and do not make sense. Moo.

 

[Allynator]

I know you were, and I know how hard this is. I have been obsessing all day, and I am at the end of my rope myself. Sending hugs and a cuppa your way.

There is always this weird period of time, no? At least once, in every case. Where something breaks, and we get sooo freaking angsty, but there is no news. Things are happening. We don't know what. It is maddening!!!

And threads go off the rails. We all care. A lot. A hella, mega lot. The silence is deafening, and threads go kind of bananas, trying to figure out what the heck is going on amongst ourselves. No one wants to go radio silent for Evelyn.

(For newbies that are wondering why things seem out of focus right now... This is normal. We are on pins and needles.... Waiting for that piece of info that brings things into new perspective)

Thank you for this. I get it now.

 

[El Gato]

ya maggie had a bad mom and dad but she lived to be an adult haha

now where is this baby girl? we will never know IMO

 

[TristanP]

So if this gets changed to family abduction rather than a missing person case, will this still be relevant or will MB then be a victim?

At this point, I’m so confused I don’t know!!! But I suppose the main point remains - make sure the child is decomposed enough that a cause of death can’t be determined, and police will have a hard time filing charges and/or filing serious charges, so it could still apply. Unless the baby’s mother is intellectually disabled, she’s known for quite some time now that something wasn’t right so I don’t feel like she’d be off the hook.

 

[El Gato]

yall goin on and on bout gypsie this and that
criminal records
MOM HAD CUSTODY
MOM LIED
DUHHHHH

 

[NCTeacher]

The mom herself said she did not report her child missing because she didn’t want them to run off with her. Why would she think that was even a possibility right off the bat? And then she said now it’s happened anyway, so next time she’d probably report her missing right away. (I’m paraphrasing here, these aren’t exact quotes).

So that sure sounds like two months ago they refused to give her kid back and she was so afraid they would run away with her... and now something happened and they are gone.

even after the person she left the kid with allegedly split town, she STILL DID NOT CALL THE POLICE. She knew her baby was gone and she could not be bothered to call the police?

Come on. The mother’s actions are indefensible and do not make sense. Moo.

Here is what is completely wrong with this picture. She says she was scared they would run off with her baby, yet is okay with them depriving her of seeing her baby for an indefinite period of time--just so long as they don't "run off" with EB? On what planet does this even remotely make sense? Only the being held-for-ransom-in-an unknown-location-planet--which it clearly wasn't if she kept quiet to prevent the baby from being taken to an unknown location.

It makes much more sense, if you know where the baby is, to go immediately to the police and have them bust down the doors to get the baby back straight away.