the guy. they did want to keep the child. in other words, she was gonna have an abortion. but pastor flanders and his wife had strong views about abortion, and when they discovered her situation, they offered to help solve her dilemma. they were going to adopt the baby. the flanders had an older daughter, who always wanted an older child, but one miscarriage after the other and, so as this church elder tell the detectives, the pastor and his wife came to an arrangement with marie. she would stay three months to nurse the baby and then she would leave. that was my understanding from before the baby was born. with the baby? no, the baby was a gift for the flanders. a gift? maybe. it was just like marie to be generous to ward the couple who were so generous to her. but to skeptical detectives, especially this brand-new mother, something about this story did not sound quite
she would leave without calling her seven-year-old daughter, paris. he kay called jeff and said she he should file a report. she says she said, i don t know what s going on but i think something happen. and i said, yeah i agree with. you and then just called the okaloosa county sheriff s office to report marie missing. the investigator said, we re going to open a case and investigation on this. which surprised me because she s an adult. she could ve just left. because marie was a very adventurous, she liked to travel. and when the mood struck her, sometimes she just took off for a few days on some women. but some things seem to different this time. she would ve never have left without talking to me about it and talking to paris. she d been gone a week when the sheriff asked detectives keith monks to look into it. that takes a message, something off, said her family. this doesn t sound like marie. so when you got that one, the antenna must have gone up? the antennas di
couldn t be hidden. the story floating around? there had been an abusive boyfriend who abandoned her and left her pregnant. and a july, 2011, marie gave birth to a baby girl and named her grace. the pastor and his wife took care of both of them. it was explained to me that they were helping her out. that she was down on her luck. she was by all appearances, saved. spiritually by faith, and practiced practically by the pastor and his wife. so, imagine the surprise, when a strange group text message popped up on the phones of her family and friends. can you still remember the words of that mass text? she said that yesterday she left for a long beach to do something that she always wanted to do. she didn t want us to try to stop her. her last words were i love and appreciate you all. but the biggest surprise?
saying, i have to focus on my mental health. and the localfavourite in tennis, naomi 0saka, japan s face of the games, was knocked out of the ladies singles. with more, here s our sports correspondent andy swiss. matt baker: all attentions turn to simone biles. - she s become synonymous with sporting perfection. simone biles starting off for usa in the women s team final, but her customary precision wasn t there. a big stumble, a low score, and it seemed something wasn t right. soon after, she left the arena with her coach, only to return a few minutes later and after speaking with her team mates, it was announced she was withdrawing from the rest of the final for what was described as a medical issue. biles stayed on to offer her support but without her, the usa could only manage silver behind the russian olympic committee. and afterwards, she said she needed to focus on her mental health. i m 0k, just dealing with things internally that will get fixed out within the next couple
what the world wanted them to do. as for the remaining competitions, she said her approach would be one day at a time . with more on that and news of some other big names, here s our sports correspondent, andy swiss. commentator: all attentions turn to simone biles. - she s become synonymous with sporting perfection. simone biles starting off for usa in the women s team final, but her customary precision wasn t there. a big stumble, a low score, and it seemed something wasn t right. soon after, she left the arena with her coach, only to return a few minutes later, and after speaking with her team mates, it was announced she was withdrawing from the rest of the final for what was described as a medical issue. biles stayed on to offer her support, but without her, the usa could only manage silver behind the russian olympic committee. and afterwards, she said she needed to focus on her mental health. put mental health first because if you don t then you re not