My theory, based on the timeline we have and Shannon and Brians ages, is that when Shannon graduated high school she could have only been 17, considering she is now 25 and its graduation time of year. I dont know that we have Shannons birthday, but at the time she was 17 Brian would have been 21 years old, and had she gotten pregnant at 17, theres the motive for hiding baby number 1. He was much older and could face time for statutory rape, especially if her parents were strict or didnt like how much older he was. Being in the last few months of my "teen years" (I turn 20 in Oct.), I completely understand being young and in love, and not wanting to get the guy I loved in trouble (When I was 17 I was a few days late and my bf at the time decided we should just run away to another state and tell no one, it was an option for him based on family values and not wanting to see his family disappointed (I would have never done it, but I wasnt in love with a guy 5 years older either.), NOT that I'm justifying this at all, I've just been really thinking about this little girl and did the math and it seems to add up this way, and it seems to be more logical than they breed these poor babies for whatever reason.)or, I would also understand being the much younger person in the relationship, the innocent one (so to speak, she was only 17, and no matter what the crime you're still young and stupid at that age), and the much older, and smarter (not much in his case) guy in the relationship taking control. Maybe she was young and really loved him, maybe she didnt want to lose him, MAYBE, she was scared of him. My timeline is this:
2003- 17 year old Shannon Smith graduated HS and shortly after got pregnant (under age!) by Brian, who was then 21, and they hid this pregnancy for fear of him going to jail.
Nov. 2004- Baby number 1 (Or Sunshine, as you all have been calling this poor baby) was born at home with no doctors and only exists to the couple who had the little girl.
(Based on BGs lies so far, and Jinxys inside scoop, I'm not sure whether or not to believe that the little boy was only 7 months in 2007 when he allegedly died of natural causes (started having breathing problems) like BG says. So we really dont know when this baby was born. Could they have been twins? It would make a little more sense, but would go on the opposite when hiding the pragnancy.)
2005- The couple moved into their trailer, if the birth of the child was in Nov. (Basing this timeline off the one posted by Capri, however nothing in this story seems to stay the same for long) then they would have only hidden this child a couple months before moving depending on how early in 05 they moved, and we dont know if they had lived together before, so it might not have been hard. (Also if the child was born in Nov. Shannon would have concieved around February, meaning the better part of her pregnancy was after Summer, making it somewhat easier to hide.)
2007- Their little boy died of "natural causes" (breathing trouble)
(I don't believe much of what BG has said, however, if he is telling the truth that he was alone with the baby and did not seek medical help, out of lack of caring for the baby, or out of fear that the lie he was living would get out, letting the baby boy die.) (Or, had BG gotten frustrated or something happened that he did murder this poor baby boy, where could Shannon go without people thinking she was crazy?)
Shannon comes home to the reality that her non-existant little boy is dead. She would have been 21, still somewhat young, and honestly living a lie like that for so long would definitly make someone a little(/lot) bit on the crazy side. Also losing a child comes with a lot of greif and baggage, (Assuming her lawyers story about loving the kids, just hiding them, is true. Which I think that there is no mother in the world that doesnt feel that mother child connection. Also these kids had to be taken care of at some point, especially when they were really young. And I dont believe she would have kept two children she didnt care about, she would have had an abortion or dropped the babies off somewhere.) greif that she couldnt share with anyone, after all, this little boy isn't real to anyone she knew. Something like that would send a mother who loved her child into a deep depression, a depression she had to hide. Maybe she was so deep in herself, in the lie she had lived, that she couldnt be in the lie anymore so she wanted it to go away, maybe, maybe, maybe. We may never know the actual reason for the little girl going into the crib, but so far it would make sense, and that much trauma to a person could make them do anything. She could have just no been able to bear looking at her baby girl, especially if the two were twins, maybe the girl was older and a witness, maybe she gave up, maybe, since BG was the one to build the "cage", he was the instigator of the plan. If my theory about why they hid the pregnancy is correct, he would have been the boss. A lot of times males are dominant over women, he is a lot older and bigger than her, and he seems to really like her based on his FB/Myspace comment "Isn't she hot?". Maybe he was the one who was in control. He is talking a lot, so mayb he is trying to cover his behind. He also allegedly told a friend that he "got the worse stuff out of the house". There is much more to the story that we don't know, but my best bet is that Shannon was the innocent 17 year old who was in love with a control freak, not that she isnt guilty, because in my opinion they are both sick twisted fks. (OR, Maybe he really did love his wife and sa the pain she was in so he decided to try to protect her from it all by locking the little girl away)
2008- The two are engaged
2009- They are married
Summer 2010- BGs date for baby girl being locked up (Child they announced is conceived aroung June, reason for locking up little girl? Mom is seeing some light in the psycho tunnel and maybe they just decide to rewind back to the first little boy and start over, bury the secret inside themselves like it never happened????)
March 2011- Son Connor is born, mom somehow sees this as an opportunity for closure? Starts over when she had the first little boy?
AND now here we are, wondering how a mother could abandon one hidden child after tragically (or purposely) losing the other. (I believe Brian was alone at the time of the little boys death, which would have been tragic to her, unless it went the other way and he is the protector, but I cant see that scenario making sense, not even crazy person sense.)
