Re: UPDATE: Baby Harmony/Mom's crying an act, says grieving dad


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Dead baby's father: Mom's crying an act
THOMASI MCDONALD
A seemingly distraught Johni Michelle Heuser can be heard crying while
her
mother talked with an emergency dispatcher Friday morning to report that
Heuser's baby daughter, Harmony Jade Creech, was missing.
During the 911 call, Heuser wailed, sobbed and retched as she clung to
the
child's father, Sgt. Ronald Creech II, who expected a joyous reunion
with
his daughter after a 15-month deployment in Iraq.

But Heuser's wails and sobs were an act, Creech and law officers say.
The
baby's decomposing remains and clothing were found in a diaper box in
the
attic of the Harnett County home where the 911 call was made.
Investigators
say they think the baby had been dead for several weeks, and neighbors
had
complained since this summer of a foul odor coming from the red-brick
home
on Ray Road in Spring Lake.

Heuser, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Creech, a native of Alabama, had just arrived at the home he rented for
Heuser before he was deployed. He had not seen his child since November,
when he spent 15 days with her during a mid-tour leave, said Maj. Tom
Earnhardt, a spokesman with the 82nd Airborne Division, on Tuesday.

Earnhardt released a statement from Creech that said Heuser had
convinced
him and others that Harmony was alive.

"Harmony's mother was good at deceiving everyone who would ask about
Harmony
and where she was," Creech said in the statement. "The stories were
credible, and everyone believed her. My goal for the last year was to
complete my mission and return home to my children. I have returned home
to
a tragedy I would not wish upon any parent of any child."

The Harnett County Sheriff's Office released a recording of the
emergency
call that Heuser's mother, Brenda Irizarry, made to report Harmony was
missing from her crib. Heuser sobbed quietly at first and tried to quiet
her
other three children. Irizarry calmly explained to the 911 dispatcher
that
the child's father had just returned home from Iraq and wanted to see
his
child. Irizarry said that the window in Harmony's room was open and that
she
was gone, along with her diaper bag and clothing.

Heuser's quiet sobs dissolved into wailing when her mother asked her
what
the child was wearing. Pink pajamas with the words "Daddy's Girl" across
the
front, Heuser answered in a high, quavering voice.

Heuser told her mother to tell the dispatcher she saw her daughter at
11:30
p.m. the night before.

"It was right after you left when I fed her," Heuser said to her mother
between sobs.

Local and federal authorities had doubts about Heuser's story from the
start
of their investigation. Harnett Sheriff's Maj. Gary McNeill said Tuesday
that Heuser had flunked a certified voice stress test administered by
the
sheriff's office and a polygraph test by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

"The statements she was making to us indicated she was deceptive," said
McNeill, who added that the investigation continues.

http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/331551.html

"Heuser had flunked a certified voice stress test administered by the
sheriff's office".
I'd like to know more about what they used. This sort of technology is
fascinating, and would be getting more sophisticated all the time. Wish
the
reporter would follow up on this. Maybe I'll email her/him and suggest it.

jc


Great idea, let me know if you get a response. I wonder if the baby died
from neglect or if she was murdered.


td





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