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<p>Well, I would assume that the day care staff would have mentioned that the kid had never arrived. </p>
<p>Not: “Oh, Cooper, he isn’t here now (shrug”)"</p>
<p>But: “Cooper never arrived - he hasn’t been here all day”</p>
<p>Okay, maybe Dad took him to the office or the took a day off and went to the park or left him with a friend for some reason so I will call him right now and ask, “Where’s Cooper?” would be normal. “Oh, well then he must be dead in the car,” is not normal. Nope, sorry. It’s just not.</p>
<p>Nope! Not normal at all.</p>
<p>^^^^^^Agree.</p>
<p>^^Agree. </p>
<p>Not only that, but the fact that he texted her or emailed her saying “Don’t forget my Buddy” just makes it even more preposterous that he claims to have forgotten the child. How could anyone find it believable that he texted his wife to remind he to pick him up and didn’t then realize that he, himself had forgotten him? It’s absurd.</p>
<p>Also, for whatever reason, the phrasing of the reminder “Don’t forget to pick up my buddy” just sounds sort of staged to me. I can’t imagine my H texting that to me. He would use the child’s name. </p>
<p>I agree. It’s also just kind of an odd reminder. What mom needs to be reminded to pick up her only child? None of it makes any sense.</p>
<p>I also read that she has left the state after hiring a defense attorney. </p>
<p>Right. And if they had that type of casual texting-during-the-day relationship*, why didn’t she text him in the morning to see how drop off went for his “buddy”? Or why didn’t he just say something, like “drop off successful”?</p>
<p>(*Not to be confused with his “sexting-during-the-day” relationships.)</p>
<p>Its likely that he dropped off/picked up the child after work since the daycare is by his worksite and they live several miles away. Would makes sense that he would remind her to pick him up if its a break from their normal routine (since she works from home, though its sounds like she has very few clients) as he was going to the movies. The whole thing does sadly sound like a staged set up. Oh, and she’s returned home to Alabama for the time being, according to the news.</p>
<p>Jym, I agree that a reminder to pick him up does not seem odd to me at all but if he did remind her, it would have jogged his memory about the fact that he forgot him. It didn’t jog his memory because he didn’t forget him. He left his “Buddy” to die.</p>
<p>She is starting to creep me out. She may have been sitting at home all day knowing what was happening. And, I don’t get this dietician working from home thing while they were below broke and the kid was in daycare. Daycare is not usually free and what do dieticians do at home? Plan menus? Right. </p>
<p>If, and I mean If (as I in I dont believe it) he really forgot about his son bec he was distracted by his sexting and wanted to get to the office, he’d probably have forgotten he didnt drop him off in the first place. Sad that ones child isnt the primary thought in a parents mind.</p>
<p>Actingmt,
I also questioned the need to have daycare, but others here disagreed.</p>
<p>When the daycare/working at home issue came up, I believe that we all thought she was working a substantial number of hours. If she had been working, then I agree that child care or a nanny would have been necessary. But now it sounds like she wasn’t working, or wasn’t working much. </p>
<p>Okay, that explains it. I never really bought the dietician working at home story much at all. Anyway, now she’s moved out of state and her husband has been fired from Home Depot, mostly for sexting all day reportedly.</p>
<p>I was one of the people who didn’t think it was odd INITIALLY that the child went to daycare when the mom was working, even if her office was in the home. It is hard to get work done with a toddler around. But that was when I thought she was working full time, which may not be the case after all.</p>
<p>Ok, while I do think that this case is fishy all around, I do have to defend moms who use daycare. My D was in daycare full time from the age of six weeks. When I lost my job (when she was 2 1/2), we kept her in daycare 3 days a week. We could afford it, it was part of her routine, she liked being around other kids and the teachers, etc. I don’t see any issue with parents using daycare, even if they aren’t working full-time. Just my 2 cents. BUT other things about this case, make me suspicious. </p>
<p>Agreed… when my D2 was born, D1 was just four. She is one of THE most social creatures on the planet, and honestly would have been miserable at home with me and the baby every day. She went to pre-school 3 days/week during my maternity leave and my husband’s paternity leave, and it was definitely best for everyone involved. Guessing the daycare was probably subsidized by HD and very reasonably priced, too.</p>
<p>Okay, did the daycare call when the kid didn’t show up? They usually do. And, if mom is at home they would likely call her, too. Also, they were broke and he had fully financed college with loans and recently graduated and just started working at HD. They had money problems. So, full-time daycare for a broke stay at home mom of one toddler who may or may not be an occasional freelance dietician does not make sense to me either. </p>
<p>“Daycare is not usually free and what do dieticians do at home? Plan menus? Right”</p>
<p>My sister is a registered dietitian and yes they can work out of their home. My sister works part time out of her home and also visits clients where they live. It’s never really been stated that I’ve read that she doesn’t leave the house at all for her job. Lots of people “work” from home but really thats just where their office is. In addition it’s possible to be one of the dietitians that an insurance company has on call. For example our health insurance has a number we can call to talk to a nurse or dietitian 24 hours a day…</p>
<p>They have listed the company Leanna Harris works for so it is/was a real job for a real company. However I think she is either in on the murder or the mastermind behind the whole thing. </p>