So the mother doesn't have an alibi... in that maybe she wasn't home while the children slept? Horrid thought!
The mother said she went to bed in the early morning (3 or 4 a.m.) hours and checked on the kids before going to bed.
The kids didn't go to bed 'til 1 or 2 a.m. and the mother didn't miss the child for a couple of hours after she got up. There were several other kids.