German woman charged in drowning of her 5-year-old grandson while on US vacation

[Catlady711]

His wife tried to run away from the two-story condominium building, but he forced her into the car and the couple drove to the local fire station, Segree wrote. The boy was dead when authorities arrived.

Ok so what I want to know is if the guy stopped his wife from leaving, and went to the trouble to force her into the car and drive to the fire station, why the heck didn't he take the boy with them, or call 911??? Idiots!

[Catty1]

This adds a bit more detail...looks like the grandfather took the boy out of the tub. It's not clear as to whether he was put in the car. It was likely too late then.

Is it possible they did not know about 911? Or possibly the grandfather was just freaked out and wanted to get everyone to the fire station? Hopefully there will be more details at the trial...

http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton...oy-267657.html

The man told Franklin County police that he left for the store around 2 p.m., and when he returned at 4:30 p.m., he found the front door open and his wife coming from the beach wearing a jacket and long underwear, according to the affidavit. His wife was wet from the neck down, Heinz Bordt told police.

Marianne Bordt allegedly told her husband she tried to kill herself in the ocean, police said. When he asked about the couple's grandson, Marianne Bordt told her husband she killed him because she didn't want the child to grow up in a "divorced home," the affidavit says.

Heinz Bordt told police he found his grandson partially submerged in the bathtub with his face in the water, and he pulled the child out, placing him on the living room floor, according to police.

As the Bordts exited the residence in order to drive to the local fire station, Marianne Bordt tried to run, forcing her husband to force her into the back seat behind the driver, according to the affidavit. Heinz Bordt drove to the fire station, but the little boy was dead.