they did not flee but left for their own safety but they would show up for the arraignment, one would think. that was supposed to happen at 4:00 p.m. it s 10:00 p.m. if that claim was true, why did they withdraw $4,000? it defies common sense they re not fleeing. i wouldn t focus too much on their they appeared on the phone sitting in their car because the world exists on phones and zoom. court hearings happen on zoom all the time. the other circumstances are troubling and quite frankly in the back of everything chris said, we had every reason to believe these individuals might have been flight risk, certainly the sheriff has indicated they were being investigated and were central players to the crime.
only said she would consider charges against the parents at that point when the arraignment occurred and fast forward she said she would be making a charging decision, those are all words that are i m going to bring charges. you arepartners, you would go look for them in advance. there has never been a time in my career or the under sheriff who has 44 years there where charges have been announced at a press conference when the person is not in custody. ever. look, the reason i m asking you this is because every person i think in this country especially those not in law enforcement and not close to the investigation are going what? the parents are gone? how did they get away? four people are dead. many more are injured. i don t understand this. this is the reason i m being tough on you with the questions because i don t understand what the prosecutor said or not, i just don t see how a case this big and this important all of a sudden the parents are missing
yeah, but the arraignment was via zoom so, you know, the fact of where they were sitting for to watch an arraignment wasn t a flag by itself and understand, too, that at that point there were no charging decisions, let alone the fact that might be a serious charge, maybe a negligence or misdemeanor. the first we heard of felony charges is when we heard it from the media. that s something that never has happened in 21 years. listen, i understand that as a layperson, though, one would think, i think most people would think you have some eyes on them or some sort of surveillance or you would know their whereabouts as the sheriff. but let me move on. yeah, but let me answer that. let me answer that. so if we re going to set up a surveillance crew, it s not like tv where one person goes out and sits in their rearview mirror. that s not how it works in the real world. a surveillance team is quite a few people that work around the clock. those people are working the actual homicide. s
notified of charges with the media, but should your office have been ready for that since the prosecutor had been talking about it openly? that was one of the first things that people asked about. and she was even asked about it, will the parents face charges? we were absolutely ready. we anticipateed we would get heads up and activated the team to start looking for somebody if charges were imminent or were anticipated but the last thing we had heard was, she would make a charging decision. that s very different than, hey, you guys should start looking for them. probably tomorrow, i ll issue a warrant. no red flags to you when they had trouble showing up for their son s arraignment? they had no ties to the community. that s not a red flag? they have ties to the community. they lived here for years. they were in a car for it.
the parents did not flee but left town for their own safety but they would show up for the arraignment, one would think. i mean, that was supposed to happen at 4:00 p.m. it s after 10:00 p.m. if that claim was true, why did they withdraw allegedly $4,000? it defies common sense that they re not fleeing right now. i wouldn t focus too much on their the fact tht they appeared on the phone sitting in their car because the world exists on phones and zoom. arraignments, court hearings happen on zoom all the time. so i wouldn t be too alarmed by that. the other circumstances are troubling and quite frankly and to back up everything chris said, we had every reason to believe these individuals might have been flight risk, certainly the sheriff has indicated they were being investigated and were