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Coming out of lurkdom to say that stories I read early on said that her appointment was to date the pregnancy, amongst other reasons. I'm not sure how clear my explanation will be, but here it goes: It's quite common for cycles to be irregular after a miscarriage (not to mention people whose...

Reading between the lines, I'm thinking that Dad and Charlie were working out together, possibly at a communal gym or running laps, and Charlie went back to the apartment (Edit- actually, it looks like townhouses. Point still remains) to use the toilet. Stepmother saw him, but he never made it...

The body was not of Lorraine Roach, but an artist missing since December. However, a billboard was unveiled today. I hope it leads to some answers for the Roach family. The article also states that police suspect foul play; I'm not sure if that's been officially confirmed before or not, though...

Early on I said that the kids were old enough to tell the truth and probably too young to lie (under the circumstances), so I was willing to give more weight to the parents' story. When the dad claimed that the kids said mom took Myra... not good. There was a report that dad took the four...

I'm not arguing with you. Justice2013 stated that the parents waited six hours to report her missing, when the sheriff has said nothing to indicate whether they waited six hours or six minutes. It was an important distinction to note, before it was repeated until it became "fact" and resulted in...

The article doesn't say when they were called in relation to discovery of disappearance, which was my point. We know she was last seen at 10 am, but when did her parents REALISE she was missing? In my ridiculous example, I had last seen the kid at 1pm and that would be the likeliest time of...

I assume Quill meant that time of disappearance and time of disappearance discovery could be hours apart, and we don't know when the police were called in relation to when the parents realised she was gone. For a slightly silly example, a couple of weeks ago one of my children was in a rather...

This isn't much of an issue if Dad assumed Myra went with Mom; older kids come inside, he thinks that mom took Myra with her at the last minute for one reason or another, he makes lunch for the kids who are "supposed" to be home. Mom gets back after a few hours of shopping, parents realise she's...

The reason I'm inclined to believe the mom here is the timing. He was put down around 1:30, so a 4:30 feed is pretty likely but not definite. Unless there was a reason she HAD to be awake and raise the cry at 4:30 (scheduled feeding*, somebody getting up for work, whatever), it would be...

It's got to be the case if it's written in the Daily Mail! (Parody song that sums up that rag in under 3 minutes.) I actually doubt he is the father. He confirms dating her in 2010, and she would have gotten pregnant mid 2009. August, assuming they were born around the due date. If the...

Because kids aren't stupid, really. It's possible mine are just super-close, but they will NOT go more than 24 hours talking to each other. We've had days were A would go to their grandparents for the night, and we'd swap A for B and B would spend the next night. If the kids didn't see each...

Scotland allows charge downgrades even during the trial, according to the government website I linked.

I'm not an expert of the Scottish legal system, but I don't think leaving him alone would be considered wicked recklessness. It's all a bit complicated because the legal terms are very similar to terms in the public conscience (reckless endangerment) but different ideas. My understanding is that...

No. From the website: Murder is committed when the accused has acted with the intention of killing the victim or where the accused's conduct has been 'wickedly reckless'. Culpable homicide is committed where the accused has caused loss of life through wrongful conduct, but where there was no...

It looks like the Scottish options are "murder" or "culpable homicide", the differences explained on this government page as follows (italicising by me): My bet is that 'wicked recklessness' is what's in play here, that poor boy.

I think it's a moot point in this case, but the ONLY time my daughter wants to sleep alone is if she's ill. She's been like that since she could talk. Would rather sleep with a parent or sibling most days (she's rarely allowed), but if she's sick she holes up and yells "Go away mama!" if I fuss...

I read the initial post as talking about social services in general rather than child welfare. I know (for example) that our local health visitors are more proactive in keeping in touch with families where there is only one parent or a poor support system, even if it's not an official policy.

I don't even think you have to be a bad parent for that sort of dichotomy to be established. I bet my neighbour would describe me as nice but harried, leading to speculation that I was struggling with the new family addition. I'm not, but she only sees us as I hurry the children to school and...

I'm assuming body, and remains was used to avoid repetition since the sentences were right after one another. That said, I highly doubt the journalists have any details about the state of Mikaeel's body at this point in time.

Snipped by me, but I have one kid who looks ill for weeks after even a minor cold, and one kid who has to run an incredibly high fever before even beginning to look sick. He also rarely has a runny nose with his colds, just a chesty cough. Neither kid runs a fever unless they are incredibly ill...