DATE

INCIDENT / OCCURRENCE

WHAT TO DO

SOURCE

10/1975

DEFENDANT'S MOTHER DIES

03/1976

DEFENDANT'S SISTER, ANGELA BRONSEN, (15) HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

04/1978

ANGELA QUITS HIGH SCHOOL AT AGE 17 - MARRIES JONATHAN ALLEN SMITH (22)

JONATHAN IN NAVY - FREQUENTLY AWAY

11/1978

ANGELA BEGINS DRINKING AND PARTYING WHILE JONATHAN AWAY

12/1980

DAVID BRONSEN AND VANESSA ROGERS MARRY NEAR UNIVERSITY

06/1981

DAVID RECEIVES DEGREE FROM STOCKARD UNIVERSITY - ACCEPTS JOB AT DAUBER

VANESSA WORKING AS OFFICE ASSISTANT FOR INTERIOR DECORATING BUSINESS

10/1981

DAVID AND VANESSA MOVE TO 759 ARCADIA STREET IN OAKRIDGE TO TAKE CARE OF AILING FATHER

01/1982

DAVID'S FATHER DIES

DAVID EXECUTOR OF ESTATE

ANGELA AND DAVID INHERIT EQUALLY

ESTATE = 4 HOUSES AND $80,000 BANK ACCOUNT

06/1982

ANGELA AND JONATHAN MOVE INTO ONE OF THE HOUSES PREVIOUSLY A RENTAL

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

12/23/82

FIRST CHILD (MATTHEW) BORN TO DAVID AND VANESSA

08/1983

ANGELA FIRED FROM JOB AT WEST OAKRIDGE BANK

ANGRY WITH DAVID OR ESTATE DIVISION

BELIEVES SHE WAS CHEATED - SAYS DAVID HIDING MONEY

09/1983

ANGELA IN DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM - GETS INTO THERAPY

01/1984

ANGELA BEGINS TELLING FORMER NEIGHBORS OF PARENTS THAT SHE WAS CHEATED BY DAVID AND MOLESTED BY FATHER

OBTAIN THERAPY RECORDS

GET NAMES OF NEIGHBORS FROM CLIENT

INTERVIEW NEIGHBORS

1984 - PRESENT

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS KNOW OF ANGELA'S ALCOHOLISM - MOST DON'T BELIEVE HER

1986

ANGELA'S HUSBAND FILES FOR DIVORCE

LOCATE AND INTERVIEW!

1990

ANGELA ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

TELLS PEOPLE SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE FATHER MOLESTED HER, BUT STILL ANGRY WITH DAVID

SAYS DAVID THE ONE THAT MOLESTED HER

FIND OUT WHO SHE TOLD

MEDICAL RECORDS FROM NORTH CEDAR MED CENTER

02/1991

ANGELA STOPS DRINKING

DAVID AND VANESSA HELP HER TO CLEAR HER BILLS - ANGELA GETS A JOB WITH A HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE

ANGELA AND VANESSA ARE ABLE TO GET ALONG FOR A WHILE - MORE COUNSELING

GET COUNSELING RECORDS

05/1992

ANGELA AND JONATHAN ATTEMPT RECONCILIATION - ANGELA BEGINS DRINKING

06/1992

DAVID AND VANESSA TELL ANGELA SHE CANNOT COME TO THEIR HOME TO SEE THE CHILDREN BECAUSE OF HER DRINKING - VANESSA SHOWS UP, SCREAMING, ARRESTED

GET POLICE REPORT

POLICE REPORT FILED

05/1993

JONATHAN LEAVES - ANGELA CONTINUES HER DRINKING - WORKS PART OF THE TIME - CANNOT PAY PROPERTY TAXES

07/1996

DAVID & VANESSA MOVE THEIR 5 CHILDREN INTO LARGER HOME AT CURRENT ADDRESS

08/1996

ANGELA COMES TO HOME - DRUNK

THREATENS TO CALL POLICE AND REPORT DAVID "FOR THE MOLESTER" HE IS - POLICE CALLED BY VANESSA

ANGELA ARRESTED

GET POLICE REPORT

late 1996

ANGELA HAS DRINKING FRIEND, IRENE FENLEY, WHO LIVES IN DAVID'S NEIGHBORHOOD

LOCATE IRENE FENLEY - INTERVIEW

1997

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, TED WALKER, APPROACHES DAVID - ASKS IF DAVID EVER ARRESTED FOR MOLEST

INTERVIEW TED

1999

DAVID AND VANESSA ADD A FAMILY ROOM TO THEIR HOME - DURING SUMMER CONSTRUCTION KIDS HAD CAMP OUTS IN BACK YARD - A TENT ERECTED

FAMILY PHOTOS AVAILABLE

08/1999

MOTHER CALLS TO COMPLAIN THAT HER CHILD (DAWN) WAS NOT ALLOWED IN BRONSEN'S YARD (KID WAS A TROUBLE MAKER)

NEIGHBORHOOD BEGINS TO TAKE SIDES

INTERVIEW THE MOTHER OF COMPLAINING KID

09/1999

KELLY (12) COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL COMPLAINING THAT DAWN HAD STARTED RUMORS AT SCHOOL TELLING KIDS THAT DAVID NOT HER REAL FATHER

ROCHELLE (10) IS TOLD BY A CLASSMATE "I CANNOT PLAY WITH YOU. YOUR FAMILY'S WEIRD".

GET NAMES OF KIDS AT SCHOOL

ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW DAWN

2000

PROBLEMS DEVELOP AMONG GIRLS AT SCHOOL - MOSTLY KELLY AND ROCHELLE'S SCHOOL MATES - CLIQUISH BEHAVIORS - REMARKS ABOUT DAVID

05-29-01

EDWARDS GIRL AND A COUSIN TELL FRIENDS AT BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT THEY WERE MOLESTED BY A PERSON IN THE PARK.

FIND OUT WHO THE KIDS WERE WHO ATTENDED THE PARTY - INTERVIEW.

FIND OUT WHETHER THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE.

IF NOT, WHY NOT?

CLIENT'S DAUGHTER

ROCHELLE

07/12/01

POLICE CALLED TO THE FAMILY HOME OF EDWARDS FAMILY ON RANDLE ROAD.

GIRLS ALLEGED SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO HARASS THEM WHILE THEY PLAYED IN THE YARD.

ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE GIRLS SAID. SEXUAL ABUSE ACCUSATION?

CLIENT

08/01

(DATE NOT CLEAR)

ROCHELLE TAUNTED BY JENNIFER PHILLIPS (V1) AND SAMANTHA EDWARDS (V2). SAID "YOUR FAMILY STUCK UP", WHEN ROCHELLE'S MOTHER TOLD HER SHE COULD NOT SPEND THE NIGHT AT SLUMBER PARTY AT THE PHILLIP'S FAMILY HOME.

FIND OUT IF PARTY TOOK PLACE.

INTERVIEW GIRLS WHO ATTENDED.

FIND OUT IF ANYTHING WAS SAID ABOUT ROCHELLE.

ROCHELLE

08/03/01

MOTHER AND STEPFATHER OF JENNIFER PHILLIPS GO TO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND VOICE A COMPLAINT ABOUT DAVID.

GET COPY OF POLICE REPORT.

FIND OUT IF ANY PHYSICAL EXAM WAS DONE.

IF SO, SUBPOENA REPORT.

GOSSIP

08/07/01

DAVID ARRESTED.

GET POLICE REPORT - FIND OUT WHY DELAY IN ARRESTING.

POSSIBLY INTERVIEW OFFICER WHO TOOK REPORT.

POLICE REPORT.

08/09/01

DAVID RELEASED FROM JAIL ON BAIL.

INTERVIEW DAVID AND WIFE IN DEPTH

START DEVELOPING WITNESS LIST AND CHRONOLOGY

HARASSING PHONE CALLS BEGAN.

FEMALE VOICE. "YOUR FATHER IS GOING TO JAIL". "HOW CAN HE BE OUT OF JAIL"? "HE IS A CHILD MOLESTER". (APPROXIMATELY 20 CALLS IN THE PERIOD OF TWO DAYS)

PHONE COMPANY CONTACTED. DAVID PUT CALLER ID ON PHONE.

CALLER ID DID NOT IDENTIFY BLOCKED NUMBERS. CALLS DISCONTINUED POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET THROUGH.

ONE VOICE MAIL LEFT ON TAPE.

TAPE IS HELD IN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

09/24/01

PRELIM (TRIAL DATE: 11/21/01)

09/26/01

LOCAL NEWSPAPER PRINTS ARTICLE STATING 2 VICTIMS

10/07/01

A 3^RD GIRL COMES FORWARD AND CLAIMS THAT WHILE DAVID LIVED AT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, HE ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE HER AND TOUCH HER (5 YEARS PRIOR)

ATTEMPT TO GET INTERVIEW OF THIS CHILD