I'm trying to think this through. According to the mother, she moved Shaniya to the couch at 5:30 a.m. From where? And why? The mother must have wanted privacy in the area Shaniya was prior, so she moved her. So then, what did she need privacy for? I can think of 3 things. 1, she needed to get ready for work and the child would have been disturbed by the mother's activities in the original location. Does the mother have a job? What are her hours? 2, the mother was fighting with someone and moved the child to get her out of the way. Who was she fighting with, and about what? 3, the mother wanted privacy for sexual activity, thus had to move the child to the couch. I briefly considered a drug deal, but in that case the child would have been moved away from the living room and the couch instead of to it.
I wonder if the mother and Coe had a fight. Mom moves the child into the living room. Continues the fight for awhile. Then she either takes a shower, goes out for a walk, whatever. In the meantime, Coe, angry, takes the child figuring, "I'll show that beotch."
He takes off with the child, discarding the feces covered blanket because he doesn't want it in his car, then takes his anger out on the child, who must have been terrified and crying and wanting her mama.
Anyway, just my train of thought. Why move the child to the couch at 5:30 a.m? And from where?