WATE 6 ON YOUR SIDE LEGAL
ANALYST GREG ISAACS IS HELPING
US NOW UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL
SITUATION SURROUNDING THE
PLAYERS IN THE EVELYN BOSWELL
CASE. TWO OF THEM IN COURT
TODAY, ONE EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO START
THOUGH WITH ANGELA BOSWELL,
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING AN
ATTORNEY SO GREG KIND OF EXPLAIN
HOW DOES THIS WORK. BO TODAY,
THE CASE WAS SET FOR A
PRELIMINARY
HEARING TO DETERMINE THAT'S A
HEARING TO DETERMINE IF
THERE'S PROBABLY CAUSE . THE
GRANDMOTHER OF THE MISSING 15
MONTH OLD, ANGELA IN COURT WITH
HER BOYFRIEND. THEY
WERE CHARGED WITH STEALING A
CAR. THEY TOOK A BMW FROM
SULLIVAN COUNTY TO NORTH
CAROLINA. AUTHORITIES THINK
THEY ARE FLEEING POTENTIAL
PROSECUTION REGARDING SOME
MISCONDUCT WITH BABY EVELYN.
INTERESTING WHAT HAPPENED TODAY,
SHE SAID SHE CANNOT FIND A
LAWYER TO TAKE HER CASE. TOLD
THE JUDGE HEY, I DON'T THINK
THIS IS
A CRIME TO BEGIN WITH. NOW HER
BOYFRIEND, IT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING, YOU HAVE A VERY
SERIOUS SITUATION. THE GAME
BEHIND
THE SCENES IS THE AUTHORITIES
ARE
TRYING TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE TO
GET INFORMATION TO HELP FIND
ONE.
THE 15-MONTH WHO HAS CAPTIVATED
THE NATION, DISAPPEARED SINCE
DECEMBER, THEY WERE
LAUGHING, EXCHANGING LOOKS, THE
BOYFRIEND AND ANGELA WHO HAD
BEEN CHARGED
ALSO SOME GAMESMANSHIP, THE
LAWYER FOR THE BOYFRIEND WANTED
TO GO FORWARD WITH A
HEARING. THE PROSECUTOR IN
SULLIVAN COUNTY SAID HEY, NOT
READY. OKAY. WE WANT TO DO BOTH
OF YOU TOGETHER SO YOU HAVE SOME
LEGAL GAMESMANSHIP.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE MOTHER
OF MISSING 15- MONTH OLD EVELYN
WAS IN COURT, SHE WANTED A BOND
REDUCTION. SHE'S BEING HELD ON
FALSE STATEMENT CHARGES, THAT'S
A
CLASS D FELONY, CARRIES 2-4
YEARS.
THE JUDGE SAID KNOW. YOU'RE
GOING TO STAY HERE UNDER A
$25,000 BOND. YEAH, THEY WERE
ASKING
FOR A $10,000 AND LIKE YOU SAID
THE
JUDGE SAID NO, HOLDING IT THERE
AT $25,000. LET ME ASK YOU THIS
THOUGH, THE GRANDMOTHER, SHE'S
OUT ON BOND, SHE HAS AN
ANKLE BRACELET. A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE
THINGS
WORK. THESE MONITORING SYSTEMS.
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON BOND THE
JUDGE CAN SET CERTAIN
CONDITIONS OF RELEASE.YOU CAN'T
DRINK, YOU CAN'T HAVE A FIREARM,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ANKLE
BRACELET IF THEY THINK THAT
YOU'RE
A RISK OF FLIGHT. TENNESSEE IN
ADDITION TO THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
IS VERY STRONG IN TERMS OF
SAFEGUARDS FOR BOND IF YOU'VE
NOT BEEN CONVICTED IT IS AN
ABSOLUTE RIGHT UNDER STATE
VS.....BUT HERE'S THE GAME AND
ALL THIS IS LEADING UP TO, YOU
HAVE A 15
MONTH OLD THAT HAS SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARED SINCE DECEMBER,
WAS NOT REPORTED MISSING FOR
APPROXIMATELY
TWO MONTHS AND NOW THEY ARE
TRYING TO GATHER EVIDENCE. ONE
TO
HOPEFULLY FIND THIS CHILD, IF
NOT
TENNESSEE ALLOWS YOU TO
PROSECUTE AND CONVICT SOMEONE
WITHOUT A BODY IN A HOMICIDE
CASE.
FAMOUS CASE IN NASHVILLE IN
2006,
AN ATTORNEY PERRY MARCH WAS
CONVICTED OF THE DEATH OF HIS
WIFE,
NEVER FOUND THE BODY, YOU CAN'T
JUST USE THE WORDS OF THE
DEFENDANT SO YOU HAVE MEGAN
GIVING
FALSE STATEMENTS BUT YOU CAN USE
ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL
OR DIRECT EVIDENCE OR STATEMENTS
FROM ANYONE ELSE IF
YOU CAN'T FIND THE BODY BUT THAT
IS
WHAT'S GOING ON. BO, SOME OTHER
DEVELOPMENTS, THEY HAVE
SEARCHED BOON LAKE, ANOTHER
POND, NO SIGN OF THIS MISSING
CHILD.
WE'RE GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE.
GREG THANK YOU, I KNOW THERE
WILL BE A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT
AS THIS
MADISEN
THANKS BO - LETS TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK AT EVELYN BOSWELL.. A
REWARD FUND FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO HER SAFE RETURN IS
NOW UP TO MORE THAN 71-THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
IF YOU'VE SEEN HER - OR HAVE
INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP
INVESTIGATORS - CALL
1-800-TBI-FIND.
MADISEN
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