A GREAT DEAL of the information in the above posts is inaccurate. Wrong. False. No bueno.

For example, Hannah did not force Andrew to drink “two cups full of water mixed with salt, pepper, chili powder and cajun seasoning.”

That myth started with an affidavit filed by a CPS worker that said Hannah had confessed to doing that and to beating Andrew. Problem is, that information was proven false in a family court hearing. The investigator said he had no idea where that info came from. The individual who filed the affidavit no longer works for CPS. What did the local media do? They just stopped reporting some of the more sensational details and kept the parts about giving spices in water as punishment. It sells more papers that way.

Andrew died because his sodium levels were off the charts. Because of a hurried & incomplete autopsy, we may never know exactly why his sodium was so high. We do know there were several indications of diabetes, which can cause the body to retain salt. We know that the canned soup he was eating that was flavored with Zatarain’s is high in sodium. But 23 teaspoons? No. BTW, Zatarain’s keeps its ingredients a secret, so no one but them knows how much sodium it contains. Seems an unlikely murder weapon.

The highest likelihood is that Andrew’s body was not processing sodium correctly due to an undiagnosed disorder and that combined with high sodium foods or something he ate on his own tipped him over the threshold.

Hypernatremia takes about an hour and a half to fully manifest the symptoms. In an hour and a half from when Andrew first threw up and said he was cold, the Overtons had him at the nearest Urgent Care Clinic.

It took medical staff at that clinic and 2 hospitals, plus lab tests, to figure out what was wrong with Andrew. Why would Hannah or any lay person be expected to know immediately what was wrong? Andrew had been throwing temper tantrums not long before he got sick — if your 4 year old had tantrums then threw up, would you call 911? That’s what they convicted her of — not calling 911, not seeking medical attention “soon enough.”

In hindsight, it’s easy to say she should have done this or that. In the moment, with the information she had, it was not at all clear.

This is not a left vs right, Christian vs Other issue. This is about a justice system that needs reform because it rewards prosecutors for convictions, not justice. And it provides no oversight for prosecutors and many other authorities. For example, the medical examiner in this case, who pronounced the manner of death as “homicide” did so on insufficient evidence. He testified — and there was news coverage in June, 2007 — that he is overworked and performing far more autopsies than is allowed by the regulating board. Not to mention that the investigator was standing there while the autopsy was performed, with his police report in hand.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg . . . the appeal brief lists 30 issues . . .

By the way, Hannah and Larry do not subscribe to the “Creative Correction” principles.

If you want complete info and supporting documentation, contact JusticeReform@gmail.com.

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