Hannah Overton Interview from Jail on ABC News
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Monday November 03rd 2008 11:35 AM
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Hannah Overton has been accused of poisoning her young adopted son Andrew by
forcing him to ingest massive amounts of salt, and not calling 911 as he was
dying on the kitchen floor. In an analysis of Overton's court testimony, and
exclusive interview footage, the Believability Meter sheds a new light on
this tragedy. Watch as Overton talks in this video about the events leading
up to Andrew's death. The reading stays red as she recounts him soiling his
bed, the day before he died, thus requiring the disposal of his mattress,
and then goes red again when Overton claims she found Andrew in the pantry,
climbing on a chair to reach the salt and pepper high above the floor.
It seems the only thing the Believability Meter does find credible is Hannah
Overton's description of her frustration with Andrew, which could actually
amount to a motive when considered in the context of increasingly erratic
behavior just before his death. The Believability Meter seems to think that
much of her story is more likely a fiction concocted to explain away
potentially damning evidence then a description of actual events. Do you
think Hannah Overton poisoned Andrew, either accidentally or out of
frustration, or is she just an overwhelmed mother facing jail time for
opening her home to a less fortunate child? Share your thoughts with us.
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What other parents have ever been prosecuted in Nueces County or in any other County in Texas for withholding medical care. Not 1. This is not about persecuting Christians or parents or foster parents or adoptive parents. This IS about a little boy who was forced to sleep on plywood- Hannah admitted this the night of the murder on tape - not allowed to eat except breakfast, per the Overton children's own taped interviews, not allowed to use the restroon, having his sheets burned, burn marks on his body, bruising all over this body that were attributed by all of the medical experts who actually saw him to abuse, a head injury and an overdose of sodium poisoning- which Hannah admitted to administering the night of the murder to an ICU Doctor (before her $ 700,000 defense team materialized and came up with "explanations for every injury" and twisted this into a persecution of a religious martyr.). Hannah, by her own taped admissions, admitted to seeing the victim drift in and out of consiousness for two hours and going into shock and struggling to breathe for two hours. She had special training as a paramedic and even had CPR gear. She called everyone but 911. Larry told his mother they didn't call 911 because the victim was covered in bruises and they were scared of losing their own biological children. The foster mother who watched Andrew continuously for 18 months before the Overtons took over right before he was murdered (he was only with the Overtons for a few months before the murder) attended the Overton church and is very kind. She has adamantly stated that Andrew had no disorders. It is appalling that the Overton supporters would attack a 4 year old boy in order to try to "save" the Martyr, Hannah Overton. It is also appalling that they would turn this into a scare campaign, trying to act like all parents would be at risk of this kind of prosecution. How ridiculous. Prosecutor Sandra Eastwood recently spoke at an event to honor victims of violent crime and thanked all of the wonderful doctors, churches and civic groups in the Corpus Christi community.











This is not about Christians being persecuted. Hannah Overton's church has unfairly martyred Hannah Overton to collect more money. Many honorable doctors who actually examined the victim in relation to this case testified. This is unbelievable. This woman was a nurse. She knew better. The victim, Andrew, had no behavioral problems and no eating disorders, per the foster mother (the only one the victim had) who took care of him for 18 months immediately prior to the murder. The very Doctor who came out as the supposed savior for the defense by saying the victim had behavioral problems and that it was all just a terrible accident totally discredited himself when he admitted to: writing a report right before the murder stating that the victim had NO behavioral problems, stating to other Doctors before Hannah Overton's capital murder jury trial that she (Hannah) "ought to fry" , being listed by the defense as their number one defense expert prior to the trial, and admitting that he was not specially qualified as a forensic psychiatrist or medical examiner. The actual Doctors who had knowlege of the case testified at trial- these included a world expert Pediatric Criticial Care expert and a highly regarded medical examiner who actually examined the victim in relation to this case.