Opinion ID: 2005220
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Monday, June 7, 2004

Text: On Monday, June 7, 2004, Jason, Josh, and Eddie left the house at 6:30 a.m. to look for work with a temporary employment agency. The landlord came to the house at about 8:30 or 9 a.m. to paint the windowsills inside the house, and Christian came downstairs while the landlord was painting. At 1:45 p.m., Blair, Christian, and Blair's friend, Melissa Jones (Melissa), accompanied Liz to a doctor's appointment. The group later returned so Christian could take a nap. Blair changed Christian's diaper, dressed him in shorts, put him in his crib, and closed the door to his room. She left with Melissa to run errands and asked Liz to watch Christian for a couple of hours. At some time during the day, Liz made nachos for Christian, and he ate them in the dining room. When Blair and Melissa returned at 5 p.m., Blair went to Christian's room, changed his diaper, and took him downstairs. Jason and Eddie returned to the house at around 5 or 5:30 p.m., and each showered in the upstairs bathroom. At that time, Eddie noticed the door to Christian's room was closed. Blair said that she fed Christian a hamburger and mashed potatoes at about 5:30 p.m. and that he drank about 18 ounces of water. Jason and Eddie left to go to a bar at 7:30 or 8 p.m. Blair changed Christian's diaper and put him to bed in his crib between 8 and 8:30 p.m. The railing of the crib had been removed because Christian was climbing over it and Blair did not want him to fall or get his leg caught. Blair left the house with Melissa at about 9 p.m., while Jason, Josh, Liz, Eddie, and a friend remained at the house watching television. Blair said she told everybody who was listening to [her] that she was leaving for a little bit. She did not specifically ask anyone to check on Christian. She said that usually no one checked on him at night because if his bedroom door was opened, he would wake up and not go back to sleep. Liz did not see Christian downstairs between 6 and 11 p.m. When Liz went upstairs to shower at 10 p.m., she saw that the door to Christian's room was closed, with a towel above the door. (Blair said she placed the towel there because Christian had learned how to open the door, and he sometimes got up earlier than the adults. Blair wanted to prevent him from getting into the bathroom and getting into stuff he wasn't suppose[d] to.) Liz knocked on Blair's door and got no response. She tried to open the door, but it was locked from the inside. Liz went to bed at about 11 p.m.