GUILTY VA - Noah Thomas, 5, Pulaski County, 22 March 2015 #1

[YidArmyRach]

This has come up in almost every single case where a young child is reported missing and is later found dead at the hands of the parents. There is always the suggestion that the child died by accident but instead of getting help they hide the child. I can't recall one case where a child has accidentally died and the parents covered it up to look like homicide.

I can recall one where this was the police's suggestion!

 

[lillygator]

where is Noah??

 

[JeannaT]

This has come up in almost every single case where a young child is reported missing and is later found dead at the hands of the parents. There is always the suggestion that the child died by accident but instead of getting help they hide the child. I can't recall one case where a child has accidentally died and the parents covered it up to look like homicide.

There was a case of a foster boy who died after being wrapped in a rug. It was an accidental death, technically, but really what an awful thing to do. They reported the child missing.

And not to step in a hornets nest, but I think that theory is EXACTLY what many of the folks who follow the JonBenet Ramsey case think - she died accidentally at the hands of her parents so they "dressed it up" to make her death appear to be a bizarre sado-masochistic killing.

 

[Soulmagent]

Perhaps they believe they have a very good idea what has happened in this case, but can't say at the moment?

Every false conviction starts off this way.

 

[JeannaT]

Honestly, although they're looking at ANY angle, LE seems convinced he wandered away. They are doing absolutely everything in their power to find a wandering child.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I would imagine that their home has been gone over with a fine tooth comb. That and luminol. The mom has not been named as a POI has she? You could very well be right, but from the expressions on the face of LE, for some reason, I don't get that feeling. IMO

Strangely enough, it isn't Standard Operating Procedure to go over the home like you want to believe. No luminol and no in depth searches without a warrant will be conducted. A simple walk through was probably done, if that. LE needs Probable Cause in order to search the house and without signs of foul play...hard to get at this point...imo.

Do we have a location of the father's work address? A 5 year old boy taking off early in the morning could be hungry and wanting to find his dad perhaps. So far, we have no reason to suspect the parents to my knowledge. A child this age can travel a great distance (miles) easily.

 

[Soulmagent]

Strangely enough, it isn't Standard Operating Procedure to go over the home like you want to believe. No luminol and no in depth searches without a warrant will be conducted. A simple walk through was probably done, if that. LE needs Probable Cause in order to search the house and without signs of foul play...hard to get at this point...imo.

Do we have a location of the father's work address? A 5 year old boy taking off early in the morning could be hungry and wanting to find his dad perhaps. So far, we have no reason to suspect the parents to my knowledge. A child this age can travel a great distance (miles) easily.

I think they would just ask for whatever they needed and either they get permission or they don't. With or without a warrant the same things happen.

 

[JeannaT]

Strangely enough, it isn't Standard Operating Procedure to go over the home like you want to believe. No luminol and no in depth searches without a warrant will be conducted. A simple walk through was probably done, if that. LE needs Probable Cause in order to search the house and without signs of foul play...hard to get at this point...imo.

Do we have a location of the father's work address? A 5 year old boy taking off early in the morning could be hungry and wanting to find his dad perhaps. So far, we have no reason to suspect the parents to my knowledge. A child this age can travel a great distance (miles) easily.

When you consider that MOST missing child cases of children this age are solved very very quickly - within an hour or so of the child reported missing, it makes sense not to come in with luminol in the first several hours. Resources are needed at that time to do the ground searching and checking friend's homes. I don't know what percentage of elementary age kids reported missing within an hour of being missing are found - but the percentage is very high.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I think they would just ask for whatever they needed and either they get permission or they don't. With or without a warrant the same things happen.

Most don't work that way. If things go south later on and evidence could be tossed...it isn't worth jumping the gun early on.

 

[Sweetgrits]

Wait - I thought in Noah's case, this is a married intact couple who are biological parents of both Noah and the new baby?

Then I'm mistaken. I thought that it was dad and stepmom.

 

[ami]

:twocents:

I've taken many a nap while my child watches TV, especially when I had other children under one year. It's inevitable. Usually, I was on the couch with them but I'm sure I fell asleep in another room on occasion, too. For goodness sake, I've fallen asleep in the laundry room while folding laundry before!

TV was invented for mothers to use as a babysitter, I'm sure. I guess I just don't see putting her child in front of the TV and taking a nap as a horrible thing to do. Obviously, though, this time it turned out horrific. Question is: will she ever be able to sleep again?

I totally agree. Especially when your child is the type that doesn't stray, isn't a 'runner', tends to get sucked in to a tv show for an hour and will pry your eyelids open as you sleep to ask for a juicebox rather than open the fridge themselves - my child was this way and TV for him and naps on the couch for me were normal when baby #2 came along. It was also normal for my own parents to be in the other end of the house letting me play on my own while they were making dinner - I guess in theory I could have hightailed it out the front door and into the night as they were occupied and I was closer to the door than they were, but it wasn't considered necessary to monitor kids you considered good/quiet that closely within the walls of your own home.

 

[laura08]

The Landlord used to always be out& about and says she wish he had seen something since he is right there at top of driveway another commenter wrote this on Noah's missing fb. She said she used to live there in the area and said that there is farms behind Noah's home.

 

[Dockins]

I can't get past the pond. Little guys love water usually. Hoping it gets 110% cleared soon.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Investigator: 2012 attempted abduction report not connected to Noah Thomas
5-year-old Pulaski County boy has not been seen since Sunday morning

DUBLIN, Va. -- Search crews are now on their third day looking for missing Pulaski County five-year-old Noah Thomas.

As of Tuesday morning, crews have no plans to stop searching, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Jim Davis. They have found nothing of significance so far.

~Snip~

WDBJ7 asked an investigator about a report of an attempted abduction in the Highland Road area in 2012. The investigator said there is no connection to that report and the disappearance of Noah. The investigator said the details of the 2012 abduction attempt were unsubstantiated.

~Snip~

Davis was not at the news conference Monday evening because he was meeting with the Thomas family. Earlier Monday, Davis said that they did not suspect foul play in regards to Thomas’ disappearance.

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/dev...s-office-searching-for-missing-child/31952240

BBM

 

[Kaydence]

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/pulaski-man-charged-with-abusing-6monthold-son/28110174

The mother has not been named by MSM.

 

[iamnotagolem]

Hmmm... could Noah be missing because of retaliation for this?

It didn't sound like AW was the one who reported the abuse, also I think the father who was arrested for the abuse is still in jail.

 

[JerseyGirl]

they are still accepting volunteers today at the New River Valley Fairgrounds.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/p...cle_9684bd0b-0bc0-5e3f-af68-6b13023d6226.html

 

[Ms Suzanne]

Maybe he willingly walked off with someone he knew or was acquainted with or lured away by someone.

 

[blazelet]

It's about to get dark guys - day three.

If he was out there wandering, it seems very likely he'd be found by now. It's rural yeah, but hundreds of people looking with helicopters and dogs...

I'm really worried about this little guy :/ Where are you Noah?

 

[Skeeter]

The Landlord used to always be out& about and says she wish he had seen something since he is right there at top of driveway another commenter wrote this on Noah's missing fb. She said she used to live there in the area and said that there is farms behind Noah's home.

I asked that girl under her comment if the landlord and noahs family shared a driveway.