Sarcastic and dismissive. But she respected Keli's effort to spare her parents from the inconvenience of knowing her troubles.
John Borovnik was not a detective, he worked for DOCs (now FACs). The context is that Keli signed a adoption care agreement for her third baby. This meant that her baby was placed in foster care whilst Keli underwent pre-adoption counselling, paperwork was complete, and she participated in the selection of an adoptive family. Keli failed to keep up contact with the adoptions officer and the care agreement lapsed. Legally this meant baby #3 was abandoned so DOCs had to get involved. John Borovnik’s job was to try to make contact with Keli and inform her of what was happening for her child. So, he has called her, presumably he has explained Keli’s choices re the baby (ie get back in touch with adoptions or DOCs will have to take custody of the baby). Then he has attempted to establish the whereabouts of Tegan, the other child not adopted so presumably in Keli’s care. The got you might be some restrospective history. Although, Borovnik’s context is important as well. He worked with abusive, neglectful parents. He would have been made aware that Keli was making herself difficult to contact during the adoption process, and that she told a number of lies through that process, some of which were discovered by the adoptions officer during the process. Because adoption is a legal matter, involving statements filed in court, this was causing a lot of delay and complication, and then the care agreement lapsed. Borovnik as a DOCs worker has likely interpreted this as a mother not prepared to act in the best interest of her child above her own interest (which is probably a fair assessment given how things have turned out). Following this, Keli faxed her adoptions worker, and in this fax she provided information about Tegan’s whereabouts - except, Andrew Norris/Morris, or even a biological father, never rated a mention. Instead Keli said a couple from Perth had befriended her and were looking after Tegan. Much was made of Keli’s contradictory accounts (of which there were several) about Tegan’s whereabouts.
John Borovnik was not a detective, he worked for DOCs (now FACs). The context is that Keli signed a adoption care agreement for her third baby. This meant that her baby was placed in foster care whilst Keli underwent pre-adoption counselling, paperwork was complete, and she participated in the selection of an adoptive family. Keli failed to keep up contact with the adoptions officer and the care agreement lapsed. Legally this meant baby #3 was abandoned so DOCs had to get involved. John Borovnik’s job was to try to make contact with Keli and inform her of what was happening for her child. So, he has called her, presumably he has explained Keli’s choices re the baby (ie get back in touch with adoptions or DOCs will have to take custody of the baby). Then he has attempted to establish the whereabouts of Tegan, the other child not adopted so presumably in Keli’s care. The got you might be some restrospective history. Although, Borovnik’s context is important as well. He worked with abusive, neglectful parents. He would have been made aware that Keli was making herself difficult to contact during the adoption process, and that she told a number of lies through that process, some of which were discovered by the adoptions officer during the process. Because adoption is a legal matter, involving statements filed in court, this was causing a lot of delay and complication, and then the care agreement lapsed. Borovnik as a DOCs worker has likely interpreted this as a mother not prepared to act in the best interest of her child above her own interest (which is probably a fair assessment given how things have turned out). Following this, Keli faxed her adoptions worker, and in this fax she provided information about Tegan’s whereabouts - except, Andrew Norris/Morris, or even a biological father, never rated a mention. Instead Keli said a couple from Perth had befriended her and were looking after Tegan. Much was made of Keli’s contradictory accounts (of which there were several) about Tegan’s whereabouts.
