He's coming across as pretty dramatic in the transcripts to be fair. The medical staff will sadly be used to grieving relatives reactions to being told a patient has died, and he must have presented as being more on the dramatic side, plus the fact one member of staff noted there were no tears.Is all this no no no malarkey an act to make them feel sorry for him.... as most child abusers show no remorse! To be fair if my 1 year old died I would also be hysterical and probably acting the same way... I dont know why the doctors would comment on the fact he was overly dramatic? Unless they could tell it was very put on?
I read it as perhaps it was a bath/shower and they had a baby seat, one that sticks to the bottom of the main bath tub. So he’s trying to say he’d sit Preston at one end while he showered, so wouldn’t actually be leaving him in the water. But then I’ve got no idea how he’d be able to say he’d drowned. I suspect all the things he said at the hospital were to display the fact that he was pretending to be absolutely mystified on what could have happened to result in the death of Preston, possibly in the hope that the medical professionals would draw their own conclusion of some sort of tragic accident and that would be that. I believe absolutely everything he says and does at that point is to try and save his own skin. He also said to the paramedic ‘he climbs’ so was definitely trying to create multiple scenarios that could have been to blame.Comment saying he sits in the bath seat all the time whilst he gets in the shower and he plays peekaboo he loves it.....so not the first time hes apparently left him in bathtub alone, next comment is he doesnt like baths thats why grandma washed his hair this morning he doesnt like baths?!?! Contradicting? Doesnt make sence? If you knew he doesnt like baths more of a reason TO NOT LEAVE HIM IN THE BATH knowing a child will escape the bath if he doesnt like it !!!
I'm a social worker, and I'm hoping the general introduction process was around 1-2 weeks and was agreed as facts by all parties therefore didn't need to be covered in oral evidence.Our introductions were seven days. Day 1 spend an hour at foster care, day 2 a few hours, day 3 spend a morning and do the morning routine, day 4 spend the evening and do the bedtime, day 5 foster carers bring them to your house for a sleepover, day 6 a break so baby can have goodbyes with foster carers, day 7 collect them and take them home. That's usual for most people I know. Some do do bumps, where adopters turn up at the park or something a few times so baby recognises you.
Our foster carer put our pictures up around him too, at his level, in his cot etc so he was constantly seeing our faces. Prior to introductions we did video calls and although he didn't really interact with us on the calls, he heard our voices. We also sent voicenotes so our voices would be familiar to him. You create a scrapbook as well with photos of your home which foster carers can show them. It is really well thought out to be honest, it's not just swoop in and take them.
Unless hes reminding him of "the story"Even John caught him out on a lie! I hope he doesn’t try to protect him. Although he’s just as culpable!
Are you sure that wasn't the other adopted baby, Leiland James Corkhill? He was murdered by his adoptive mother and there is a similar photo of Leiland with his birth mother.Can someone help me find an article from a few weeks ago with Preston’s birth mother? There were photos of them together at a contact centre, and she was in full PPE (face shield, apron, gloves) due to Covid. I’m sure it was the BBC but I can’t find it anywhere.
Ah yes! It was. Thanks for setting me straight.Are you sure that wasn't the other adopted baby, Leiland James Corkhill? He was murdered by his adoptive mother and there is a similar photo of Leiland with his birth mother.
I’ve still got my scrap book and life story book 27 years later I love to look through them sometimesOur introductions were seven days. Day 1 spend an hour at foster care, day 2 a few hours, day 3 spend a morning and do the morning routine, day 4 spend the evening and do the bedtime, day 5 foster carers bring them to your house for a sleepover, day 6 a break so baby can have goodbyes with foster carers, day 7 collect them and take them home. That's usual for most people I know. Some do do bumps, where adopters turn up at the park or something a few times so baby recognises you.
Our foster carer put our pictures up around him too, at his level, in his cot etc so he was constantly seeing our faces. Prior to introductions we did video calls and although he didn't really interact with us on the calls, he heard our voices. We also sent voicenotes so our voices would be familiar to him. You create a scrapbook as well with photos of your home which foster carers can show them. It is really well thought out to be honest, it's not just swoop in and take them.
I've managed to find a bit of info. It looks like there was a general meeting in February with possible adopters, foster carers, SW and Preston.I'm a social worker, and I'm hoping the general introduction process was around 1-2 weeks and was agreed as facts by all parties therefore didn't need to be covered in oral evidence.
I’ll be honest and say I doubt a baby of that age quite had the reasoning skills to associate baths with SA. It’s not impossible I guess, but unlikely. Plenty of babies and toddlers go through phases of hating baths, especially hair washing.Find it strange how he says he didnt like bath times (prob because he realised thats when the sa was going to happen)
Over-performative grief is very common in murderers and abusers. Not only in situations like this, but when eg a child has disappeared and the family make a public appeal on TV. There are signs that forensic psychologists can pin down that suggest that an individual needs checking more closely. (I'm not saying that they're always the guilty, party but it is rare that they don't know more than they're letting on.). I think it's a combination of attention-seeking, bad acting and self-pity ("Omigod I might get found out!).He's coming across as pretty dramatic in the transcripts to be fair. The medical staff will sadly be used to grieving relatives reactions to being told a patient has died, and he must have presented as being more on the dramatic side, plus the fact one member of staff noted there were no tears.
Possibly "doing too much", the killer of Star Hobson was noted as being performative at the hospital.
Children and animals learn very quickly which situations/people will cause them pain or any sort of harm.I’ll be honest and say I doubt a baby of that age quite had the reasoning skills to associate baths with SA. It’s not impossible I guess, but unlikely. Plenty of babies and toddlers go through phases of hating baths, especially hair washing.
And me of Kane Mitchell who murdered baby Teddie, it was a 24 hours in police custody episode and they had all the body cam footage of the theatrics in the hospital. Absolutely harrowing watch but just showed the level of drama often employed by these perpetrators to try and cover their heinous acts.The descriptions of JV behavior in hospital are reminding me strongly of the murderer in a case a few years ago (Baby Star)
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