Recent content by JudyBolton

What led to the first suspect (who was determined not to be suspect) and has anyone seen an explanation for who scrubbed his online presence? I did see the Brown president, Paxton, deny any knowledge of this.

The good news is thanks to the camera footage and key card history - the authorities should have a clear, undeniable timeline.

While he wasn't there on the cruise, he was on Face time with her when an incident occurred with the 16-year-old step brother. His father also confirmed that he had told him about the incident. I fail to see an obvious motive for this boy and his father to lie about Anna.

I got the impression from things stated at the emergency hearing that the previously scheduled hearing concerned the inability of the biological father to see his other 2 children (the oldest already lived with him).

In case you didn't hear this part - the oldest son left the Kepner household due to some sort of violent incident with Anna's dad. He is living with his biological dad at this time. It's not too strange to imagine that he had stories to tell his dad about how things were going in that...

I'm not a regular cruise customer so unfamiliar with the rules. However, the step-mom stated in court that, "they ended up not needing the passports." Either they didn't leave the ship when they stopped or they were able to accept an alternative form of identification. OK - The Carnival...

During the emergency hearing, it was stated that Shauntel took the children on the cruise again the biological father's wishes. Something about needing his signature for passports and he refused but they ended up not needing them. Is that a serious violation? I wonder if that was a...

My interpretation of the judge was that she did not want to deal with any of this - she kept making reference to the future hearing (Dec. 16th maybe?) where a different judge would hear the biological dad's case. She emphasized "emergency" over and over again and seemed set on not doing...

Another thing I learned from the hearing was that all of the children attended the same school. Now, they've been asked to leave due to media bombardment and have transferred to a different school (possibly larger with more security?). I remember earlier here we speculated whether they...

And once again we have Shauntel on the stand referring to them as "the three amigos" - so someone is lying and I don't believe it's Anna's ex-boyfriend.

I think I remember that the step-mom asked the judge to seal everything but he did not, only certain things. I wonder how much of this hearing and ruling will be available to the public.

Do we know if he attended the same school (or schools) as Anna? I saw the post listing the 3 high schools she had attended. I'm surprised none of the students are speaking out about him. Often teenagers are eager to "spill the tea" so to speak when there is a high profile event.

I just heard two lawyers (Peter Tragos & his dad) discuss this issue in relation to the "Slender Man Attackers" and how mental competency is proven legally. There is some variation state to state but bottom line opinion was that it is difficult to meet the criteria in a murder trial.

What a word salad!

There is a screen shot of the death certificate posted at 2:17 today. Some family member discussed it with the media. They may have stated the portion that has been blacked out on the screen shot. It was stated that COD was only released to the family not the public.