According to her, she found out he wanted a divorce and no longer wanted to be with her or the children. She got on the bus and brought the kids back to De Queen. Over the next few weeks she became despondent and depressed and ultimately decided to take her life. |
Arlington was originally a logging town. Ships used to come up the river and float logs down, back in the day, |
Each family, as we all know, is very, very different. They have different spending priorities and they have different teaching and learning priorities. |
He (Morales) said he did not have a girlfriend. He said he stayed up there (in New York) Christmas because of money and he would take a vacation in the summer and be able to stay longer when he returned to De Queen. |
He said she became hysterical and they got into a big fight. He said he couldn't take her doing this anymore. I assume this was an ongoing argument. |
He said she was not in her right state of mind. He said she has a better head on her shoulders than he does. He said she is very intelligent. |
He's already been to the penitentiary. He knows what it's like. He wants to go back, ... You would be giving him what he wants. |
He's very proud and sincere, but he's not going to try to convert anyone. |
Her children saw her take the poison, and according to her, she said _ and we're talking about a 5- and 8-year-old child _ they told her that they wanted to die with her. She says in her statement, 'I blessed them and then I suffocated them. |
Hopefully they will not be racist and bigots and that stuff. It's all about change and this is where it starts, right here. |
I charged her as an adult, and that's one of the four or five offenses that you can charge a juvenile as an adult. We weighed the possible punishments that were available in juvenile court, and we didn't think that equalized her involvement in the murder. |
Ink is in the blood, as they say. |
Mrs. Mendez, although in the hospital, is under arrest at this time. I do not believe there is any dispute as to who killed these three children, and therefore who will be charged. |
No mental-health evaluations were done. This is just high-level coaching. |
Private equity firms still have huge funds to invest. The boom will keep going and they will do bigger and bigger deals until the leverage market has a correction. |