Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 06/26/2014 4:06:27 PM PDT by PoloSec
(CNN) -- A Michigan boy who was found alive and hiding in his father's basement after an 11-day search is now in the custody of his mother, a Detroit police spokesman confirmed Thursday afternoon.
Police also talked with Charlie Bothuell for the first time about his disappearance and the events leading up to the bizarre discovery of the boy hidden away in the basement on Wednesday.
Charlie, 12, first met with child psychologists before investigators took a statement from him Thursday, according to Sgt. Mike Woody. But police are not revealing what the boy told them.
While Woody did say authorities are not ruling out child abuse in the case, he would not comment on whether there was any sign of physical abuse on the child.
Finding the boy resolves the key issue in the missing child case, but the circumstances of his discovery leave other questions hanging.
"I've never seen anything quite like this," Detroit Police Chief James Craig told CNN affiliate WXYZ-TV.
"We found him barricaded in the basement, behind boxes and a large ... drum. There's no way he could have erected this makeshift area of concealment."
The boy's father said authorities checked the basement multiple times before Wednesday. Woody told CNN it appeared the child had arrived in the basement only recently and didn't appear to be captive. Missing boy found in father's basement Watch: Dad learns on air his son found
Still, Woody said that evidence -- including bloody clothing that investigators found at the home -- indicates something might have been "afoul."
The child's father is not allowed to have any contact with his son while the investigation continues. Woody said this is standard operating procedure in such a case.
Father learns news on live TV
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Crazy story. Of course, if Nancy Grace is involved, it’s a crazy story.
That guy needs to lighten up - he's too stiff.
Yeah she’s a real bottom feeder.
Local story without the interference of Nancy Grace. (Not much anyway)
If Obama and Dems get to wreck the economy far into the future then the boy may wind up permanently living out of the basement.
I don’t watch Nancy Grace but saw the clip on Fox when he was told his son was found. My impression was the dad’s reaction was fake. I haven’t followed the story but just happened to see it.
Its an increasingly bizarre story. Police suspected murder because of blood they found in the basement during an earlier search. Now the father appears to be blaming police for spending 11 days there without finding the kid but that seems like deflection.
“Now the father appears to be blaming police for spending 11 days there without finding the kid but that seems like deflection.”
The kid was not in the basement for 11 days without access to water.
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