Evie arrived for Visit 15 (Part 1) with strange bruises on her right leg
Evie arrived for visit 15 with suspicious bruises on her right thigh and shin.
On March 31, 2019, Evie arrived at the Crabtree Kittle House Bed & Breakfast in Chappaqua in need of a new diaper. She was otherwise in good spirits. We plopped her up on the bed and proceeded to diaper duty. Again as Evie's doctor confirmed, there was no sign of anything unusual with respect to her bum, but just under the elastic of diaper on her upper right thigh were two dark bruises. They looked like pinch bruises.
Further down her leg, on her right shin were four symetrical bruises, each about the width of a small rod. They were fresh and "unusual." The supervisor noted the bruises her report and a note was forwarded to Dad's attorneys. The bruises had not been there the day before.
Just after the visit on March 31, Mom sent a note to Evie's attorney claiming to have found "concerning" bruises on Evie after the visit that "were not there" before the visit. Mom did not know then that the bruises had been discovered and documented minutes into the visit with Dad and documented by the court-appointed supervisor.
So Dad, thought the bruises were concerning and so did Mom. Given the history of abuse at the Walsh household and with so many staying under one roof police and child protective services were contacted. A week later, after some prodding, a patrol man made his way to the Walsh household and made a report.
"The bruises were normal," Steve and Maura Walsh told police. "Kids get bruises."
The next day, Tara's attorney would write the court stating that there were "no bruises" and oddly "no history of abuse" at the Walsh household. The letter accused Dad of making the whole matter up.
The Walsh family allowed no further visits until September. Months later when Mom's attorney John C. Guttridge discovered he had likely been used to cover up up deliberate child abuse and a scheme to cast the father as a child abuser, he recused himself from the case.
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