Opinion ID: 2631632
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Abbott's version

Text: Abbott testified that he was doing laundry and passed by the victim's bedroom door. The victim asked him to come into her room and read with her, and Abbott told her that he would, but he first needed to take his laundry downstairs. Abbott started his laundry and then went back to the victim's room to read. While reading, Abbott heard a thumping noise below them and realized that it was the washer. He left the victim's room and went downstairs to fix the thumping. After he fixed the washing machine, he smoked a cigarette in the garage. After approximately five to fifteen minutes he went back upstairs and looked in the victim's room, thinking she would still be reading. Instead, she was sleeping, and Abbott pulled the book out from under her head and turned out her light. She awoke and asked him for her bunny and her blanket, and he handed them to her and left the room. Abbott went back downstairs to finish the laundry. Abbott then went back upstairs, and when he was at the top of the stairs, he saw the victim walking toward her mother's room. He believed that she was sleepwalking as she had done in the past. The victim walked to her mother's bedroom door, looked in, waved her hand like never mind, and then walked past Abbott. Abbott asked her what she was doing, and she said that she was going to tell her mother good night. The victim walked back into her mother's room, and Abbott went back downstairs to the laundry room. He then heard Tracy call his name and ask him to come upstairs, which he did. Tracy confronted Abbott and asked him to leave. Abbott told Tracy to call David and ask him to come to the house. Abbott then left Tracy's house but called later that evening and spoke with both Tracy and David.