Very sad day in court. IMO, there left no doubt for me that there was a direct correlation between the timing of MB getting hired at the Chicken Shack, meeting HW, and the demise of her daughter, EB. MB saw being the 'queen of H T's Chicken Shack' more favorable than that of young motherhood.
Seems there may have been about a week or less overlap which was awful for EB because she was terribly neglected during his period. Poor child was filthy, missed medical appointments, and reportedly had the worse case of diaper rash witness SW had ever seen. (SW, the sister of MB's foster parent, babysat EB a couple of times).
Darling EB, born on Nov 21, 2018, had just turned 1 yr old weeks before Christmas 2019 yet MB had no interest in creating a beautiful, first memorable Christmas for and with her child (unlike Christmas of 2018 with a one month, newborn). No photo with Santa, no Christmas dress, presents under the tree, or Church program. Instead, MB shared all of this with HW in 2019..
Friends and family were excited to share gifts they had for EB, and were left perplexed how of all times, why now was EP, the otherwise unknown, absent father, being designated the guardian/parent to spend the Christmas holiday with EB? By his own testimony, EP essentially met EB for the first time in El Paso, TX in late 2019 when MB showed up unannounced. And no family Court would ever issue such a Visitation Order! MOO