Papers: Man called teen 13 times before abduction

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

AP-Excite

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Court papers shed new light on the slayings of a California mother and son and abduction of a teenager by a family friend, revealing that the suspect tortured his victims before he killed them and exchanged more than a dozen calls earlier that day with the teen.

Warrants unsealed Wednesday do not describe the torture but say firefighters found the mother's body in James Lee DiMaggio's garage near a crowbar and what appeared to be blood next to her head. DiMaggio is believed to have shot and killed their family dog, found under a sleeping bag in the garage with blood close to its head.

Investigators found the child's body as they sifted through rubble.

DiMaggio and 16-year-old Hannah Anderson exchanged about 13 calls before Hannah was picked up from cheerleading practice on Aug. 4. Both phones were turned off, and the home burned several hours later.

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In this June 2011 file photo provided by Andrea Saincome, Hannah Anderson, center, reclining across the laps of others, and James Lee DiMaggio, right, pose for a picture with other members of the extended Anderson and Saincome families. Via a social media site, Hannah Anderson says longtime family friend DiMaggio “tricked” her into visiting his house, tying up her mother and younger brother in his garage before escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness. Anderson says she cried all night after being rescued and learning that her family members were found dead at DiMaggio's burning house. Seated from left are: Christina Anderson; Christopher Saincome; Christina's sisters Samantha Saincome and Andrea Saincome; their niece Hannah Anderson, reclining; Alexi (last name unavailable, friend of Hannah's), and DiMaggio. On the floor are Ethan Anderson, left, and Andrea's infant child, whose name was not provided. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Andrea Saincome, File)

[diabeticman]

1. And here we go. Nancy Grace and the like will start their "Was she really a victim story" and all

that crap.


Before anyone starts freaking out about what could have been or anything. Let me ask you: How many of you have nieces or nephews. How many have friends who have kids.

Maybe my wife and I are unusual but help friends out by babysitting. We have a friend who has a 12 year old that will come over to play our X Box OR come talk to my wife because right now she feels her mother doesn't understand her at all. She is becoming a BIG Star Trek Fan. She has talked about the history of Star Trek and at times asked me to explain some things to her.


I wish people would THINK before jumping on this information.

[question everything]

4. Supposedly she told a friend that she did not like to be alone with him in his car

that he "freaked" her.

So, first, was her family aware of this? Why would the mother and the kids go to his house?

And why not call her mom or dad before accepting a ride with him?

Some years back a neighbor asked me to pick her young son from his kindergarten school. She had to alert the teacher that I was coming and I had to show an ID.

Obviously you don't need this with a 16 year old but, still, kids, teens, even adults, should know when it is safe to accept a ride from someone, especially with someone who feels you uncomfortable.

[cosmicone]

2. Whatever it may be

allowing a 16 yo daughter to go on multi day trips with a 40 year old man is insane on the part of the parents.

Unless the girl was complicit, it wouldn't have happened. Doesn't mean she was evil but only naïve and starry eyed with hormones raging perhaps.

[alp227]

3. How do you know her parents allowed it?

Quite a startling victim blaming accusation.

[cosmicone]

6. It was in multiple news stories

where Hannah's friends talked about it.

I am not blaming her.

[LisaL]

11. How could he possibly take a child on trips without permission from the parents?

[oberliner]

5. What are you suggesting here?

Can you clarify?

[cosmicone]

7. I am just saying

that it is possible (however remotely) that she went with the guy willingly. She had gone on a week-long trip with him to hollywood for her birthday in June which was cut short by a few days. She probably didn't know that he had killed her mother and brother.

That doesn't make DiMaggio any less guilty and he deserved what he got.

However, I'd be perfectly comfortable being proven wrong after all the information is out.

[oberliner]

8. Gotcha

Everything I've read said that she did not go willingly. That seems the most likely to me.

[theHandpuppet]

9. +1000!!

Couldn't believe that when I read it. What in the hell were they thinking?????????

[freshwest]

10. Precious little boy and the others murdered. No words.

[KinMd]

12. That headline is incorrect

they exchanged 13 calls, the police aren't saying how many times each called the other. Now if this was an episode of Law and Order say, you all know what the twist would be