Posted on 10/23/2009 4:53:28 PM PDT by Cardhu
DENVER The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents released Friday.
Mayumi Heene told sheriff's deputies that she and her husband Richard "knew all along that Falcon was hiding in the residence" in Fort Collins, according to an affidavit used to get a search warrant for the home.
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They should have said Toonces the cat was on the balloon, then I would never have doubted their story.
Exactly. One of the best weapons law enforcement has is to keep people thinking they're not too quick.
babygene, you should probably set a password on your screensaver...it seems that a child posted in your absence.
Based on the numbers they had for the weight of the craft, it would have. It was 18 pounds heavier than they'd been told, so it wouldn't...but it was close.
The answer isn't "stupid." I wouldn't call it "clever," though, as it's a pretty standard police trick. Just because many perps (and FReepers :-) aren't quick enough to realize the police can mislead, too, doesn't mean it's anything special.
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This makes me sad for their children. I hope the kids have non-crazy grandparents or similar to go stay with. The foster system is not a good place for kids to be (in general — I am aware that there are some excellent foster parents out there, being personally acquainted with one of them — but there is also an awful lot of abuse and neglect in the foster system).
My maternal grandfather was a cop; my paternal grandfather was a fireman. Needless to say, I support the police and firemen.
They may have tried. The Colorado State math professor said it wouldn’t have taken off with the kid inside.
I hope they get a nice fat bill for all the emergency services they caused to be used.
As well as a bill for the crops destroyed when those vehicles had to drive through ready to harvest fields to rescue the balloon.
Many peoples livelyhoods were negatively affected by this hoax.....
I’m for their punishment but we have enough broken families in this country. Let them pay their fines, get their counseling, but I don’t think the children should be taken from them. This was their first offense and there shouldn’t be any others, with all the notoriety shone on this case.
It appears as if Mr. and Mrs. have separate attornies. I smell divorce.
Wow! Talk about issues....
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