Re: McMartin case facts

["John M Price PhD" <jmprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, lisa fontes wrote:

> I am looking for an article which I read a number of years ago which
> asserted that in the McMartin day care center, tunnels were found when
> the building was razed, full of Disney toys and so on, seeming to add
> credibility to some of the children's more "fantastic" accusations. I
> would appreciate the reference--cannot find it anywhere.
> Thanks.

I'd like to see that as well.  AFAIK, that is a bogus tale of some true
believers in this fiasco of false allegations.  Even the simplest of
assessments - how could all this be going on in a busy daycare center,
with parents coming and going, post office delivering mail, etc. and not
be seen - is not done on the statements.  The issue of Judy Johnson's
mental health is also never addressed, nor her apparent obsession with her
son's 'bottom'.  Finally, the fact that across the country another day
care case was ongoing, but evidence was limited.  The tables turned,
however, when investigators from the McMartin case advised them.  
Suddenly, it looked a lot like McMartin.  Seems fishy to me. 

As to the direct question, the DA did not find tunnels, and the parents
planted evidence.  There being so much invested in this case, though,
people do not want the facts to get into the way of their beliefs.

There was a second dig, as it were, by one E. Gary Sickel, PhD, but from
what I have heard of the talks, the photos are nondescript, and can pretty
much be anything.  The report is available on some sites, however they
leave out the forensic geologist's assessment of the day care site.  I
have that at my FTP site:

DA Report:

ftp://ftp.calweb.com/users/j/jmprice/sra/tunnels1.txt

(It seems the parents had planted evidence, specifically turtle shells.  
Oh well.)

Forensic geologist letter:

ftp://ftp.calweb.com/users/j/jmprice/sra/geol-mm.txt

There are also some GIF images of these documents on the my site as well,
lest anyone say I mistyped them when I cleaned up the OCR.


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