Opinion ID: 2005220
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Tuesday, June 8, 2004

Text: When Jason and Eddie returned to the house around 12:30 or 1 a.m. Tuesday, neither saw Blair. Blair said she and Melissa went to Melissa's house, which was two houses east of Blair's house, at about 4 a.m. They smoked a rock of methamphetamine, and Blair stayed there the rest of the night. On Tuesday morning, Jason and Eddie did not see Blair. Jason said he did not check on Christian. Eddie watched television with Josh and Liz. Liz did not leave the house on Tuesday and did not see or hear Christian or Blair all day. The door to Blair's room was open, but no one was inside, and the door to Christian's room was closed with a towel over the top of it. Josh said he heard Christian crying at some point. Josh opened the door, checked on Christian, closed the door, and went back downstairs. That afternoon, Liz told Melissa to tell Blair she needed to come home because Liz could not care for Christian alone and the men needed to go to work. Melissa gave Blair the message. Jason was gone from the house that afternoon and then left again around 8:30 p.m. to go to a bar with Eddie. Jason did not see Blair at the house that day. Before Jason left, he opened the door to Christian's room and found Christian playing on the floor with some toys. Eddie said he saw Blair in the living room sometime that evening, but he did not see Christian or have any conversation with Blair about Christian. The door to Christian's room was closed when Eddie went upstairs to shower. Blair said she sent a text message to Eddie's telephone at about 5 p.m., stating, I'm fine. . . . I'll be home later, later tonight and . . . tell Liz sorry and thank you for watching Bubba. Liz said that Eddie gave her Blair's message at about 9 p.m. The message came as a surprise because she had no clue she was supposed to be caring for Christian. Liz heard Christian playing in his room and gave him a drink of water sometime between 9 and 10:30 p.m. Blair and Melissa spent the day visiting friends and eventually returned to Melissa's house at about 9:30 p.m.