TX TX - Heidi Broussard, 33, & Margot Carey, 2 weeks, Austin, 12 Dec 2019

[gitana1]

My husband would have called me for sure. He'd want to say he was home and see how baby was. He wouldn't have been worried UNLESS he saw the front door wide open.

Was the door wide open? Or is that old news that was incorrect?

What if you didn’t come home or call for four hours?

 

[LietKynes]

I still want to know why LE are so silent.

No public appeals for help since the first one, no reminders to be on the lookout.

?

Agreed.

A lady with a new baby will stand out in the crowd.
You'd think they'd say if you've sen her holding her baby and walking in town or by a park or wherever....

Who among us haven't been out shopping and looked or smiled at a lady or couple with a brand new infant ?
You notice that.

 

[CuriousinNY]

When he said the door was open, which door? Is there a downstairs outside door or just a door to their apartment?

If she is on maternity leave, she probably wasn't receiving full pay and no tips. The call about the book fair doesnt seem concerning. I know my pay on maternity leave was less than a quarter of my regular wages (NY State).

The boyfriend sounded so believable to me. I am hoping for some answers soon.

 

[PommyMommy]

Does anyone have a link for SC himself saying the following? I'm looking for confirmation independent of Heidi's friend (see FB post in the article linked below). TIA to anyone who can help. MOO

• SC called Heidi at noon and it went to voicemail
  
• The door was wide open

Mom and 2-week-old baby missing, last seen in South Austin

 

[Doghairrules]

I’m jaded. I’ll admit it.

I think a bunch of us are forever scarred by the Watts case. More so than most cases like this for me.

 

[MntnHiker]

A couple thoughts--

-We don't know the whole convo about the book fair and the money. Maybe she thought $25 was a lot for three books and that prices were a bit marked up at the thing and called him saying something like "I bought only three books there and they charged me 25 bucks for just that! Can you believe how pricey it is?" to which he replied, "That's ok." We just don't know the tone or exactly what she said. Additionally, he may not have said exactly "that's ok" or he may have added to it in the real convo--he was just quickly recapping in an interview.

-IMO it's important to know if the door was open when he got home or not. Closed door? I can see it not being that unusual that he would think she just ran to a friend's home in the complex if that's what she did a lot. Honestly, if I was just walking to a friend in the same apt. complex, I probably wouldn't bring my purse, wallet, etc. I would lock my apartment door, though. So if it was wide open, that changes things for me.

-Though if it was wide open, I wonder if it sometimes didn't latch all the way? I'm thinking of a scenario (besides the aforementioned laundry room) where she'd take baby out of the apartment and leave everything but the phone behind, thinking she'd return soon. Getting the mail is what comes to my mind. Most apartment complexes have all the boxes in one communal area rather than a box outside of your own apartment. So she sees the mail truck or just always gets mail at the same time or whatever, leaves everything behind but has her phone in her pocket, either purposely leaves door wide open (afraid of getting locked out?) because the mailbox is super close OR kicks it shut behind her but it doesn't latch all the way and stays open and then someone intercepts her while getting the mail. Just a theory, obviously MOO, but I'm thinking of other scenarios where the scene would be left like this. It's near the holidays, she may have been expecting a package, etc.

 

[gitana1]

No amber alert for at least the 2-week-old child that must be in danger with everything left behind. Surely, they have checked and see no activity on any credit cards or bank accounts.

Amber alert criteria is super strict. They basically have to have info that evidences an abduction took place and sufficient descriptors of a vehicle or abductor in order to issue an Amber alert.

 

[LietKynes]

Def a red flag, you have to listen to the video to really get this tidbit.

Heidi has been on maternity leave, so money may have been tight. Maybe I'm reading too much in to this, but for God's sake in an interview like this, only important things are going to come to mind right? I mean he give all this EXTRANEOUS info, and says NOTHING about what he did from 2-6??!!!!

Maybe a neighbor in the apartment will come forward and say he knocked on their door and other people's doors ?
And was walking around the area asking people if they'd seen her ?
He would have had the son with him then, correct ?

I hope this doesn't turn out like Michelle Parker.

 

[gitana1]

I'm fully with you @gitana1, but do we know #1 and #2 for certain? I assume you're going by what bf has said?

I am. He’s been very clear about when he called her. And he said he tried calling her around noon but her phone went to voicemail. He mentions no other attempts. No texts. He’s repeated his narrative three times now to the media.

 

[Doghairrules]

Feel free. My hands are blue from sitting on them.

I <3 you, Margarita.

 

[Knox]

You could be right. But if you got home at 2 and wife and baby weren’t there and you assumed she was with a friend in the complex, when would you call or text, if ever, to see when she was coming home or where she was?

He did, he said her phone was "off".

 

[gitana1]

I just had a horrible thought .... I saw a rap sheet on SC one at least was drug related .... could it be a dealer “collecting” on a debt ? Sounds plausible ... could explain his back and fourth behavior . Maybe wasn’t responsible for their disappearance ..... but was culpable and he knows just isn’t telling .

The drug dealer retribution theory pops up a lot in missing person/child cases. I’ve yet to see it ever play out in a missing child case in the states.

 

[PommyMommy]

Raw video

It sounds like she was excited about the books; SC said she couldn't wait to read them to their 6-year-old boy. 2:32 mark MOO

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

So I was curious about this too - the criteria for those is actually a little strange and varies widely from state to state.

If police do not know anything that we don't know and are taking everything at face value, it would be extremely negligent not to issue an Amber Alert. The Amber Alert system is for children who have been abducted and are in immediate danger.

Well, this mother and newborn baby have nothing with them, not even a working phone. So, either (1) they have been abducted by strangers; or (2) they weren't abducted, and both bodies are hidden some place; or (3) the mother is dead, and the baby was dropped off with someone out of sheer panic to make it look like they both were abducted.

So, I just hope the police have more inside information than we have.

 

[3blue1pink]

Can LE get a warrant for his cell records ? Or does he have to be charged with something first ?

 

[gitana1]

Raw video

I’m 3.5 minutes in. Wow.

 

[UnderstandBlue]

She has lived there for years you can see on her FB a pic of her son flying a kite at the same complex in 2014. Maybe she makes good money in tips ? She’s worked at CB for long time as well according FB posts as well .

I think she actually used to live at a nearby complex - I read she moved to this one pretty recently.

It seems like in one report I read yesterday that they referred to the older boy as the fiancé’s son. Do we have any clarification on that?

Not that I believe for a minute she took off to start a new life two weeks after giving birth.

Yes he's from a previous relationship. He and Heidi have two daughters I believe - an older girl and the missing baby.

 

[insearchoflight]

It seems like in one report I read yesterday that they referred to the older boy as the fiancé’s son. Do we have any clarification on that?

Not that I believe for a minute she took off to start a new life two weeks after giving birth.

Newborn and 6 year old boy their children together. Older female child is his child from previous marriage. From what I’ve gathered

 

[renarde]

She has lived there for years you can see on her FB a pic of her son flying a kite at the same complex in 2014. Maybe she makes good money in tips ? She’s worked at CB for long time as well according FB posts as well .

Not so sure about that. I've seen several addresses listed for her. One of them was a different apartment complex in Austin, much further south. I think they've moved around a lot. The current address isn't even in the school's attendance zone.

 

[Knox]

Gone over there or called. He seems to assume quite a lot.

At the end of the Fox interview, he does say he called all her friends and no one had heard from her. But you're right, he assumed for over 4 hours she was at a friend's house at the complex. But he never once walks over there to check?