By David Lohr
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During her call to 911, Steward told the dispatcher that she had been outside with the girls when she left to answer the telephone. However, when police questioned her, she told them she had put the children down for a nap around 10 a.m., when she also fell asleep. She said she woke up about an hour later to the sound of a ringing telephone, and it was then that she noticed both children were missing. She said she observed the garage door was open and that was when she went outside looking for them and found them in the pond.
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Steward admitted to authorities that she had been drinking, but she said she had gone to bed at midnight. Her statement conflicted with several witnesses who told police Steward had spent Tuesday night and the early morning hours of Wednesday morning drinking alcohol at a friend's bonfire party. Steward allegedly left the party between the hours of 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. to babysit her stepsister.
"OK im [sic] finally done drinking and im [sic] rocked lol (laugh out loud)," is the context of a text message police say she sent to a friend between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., at or about the time she was supposed to start watching the children.
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Statements made to them by Maggie's mother also concerned police. According to Reneâ, she arrived at Steward's house at about 8:10 a.m. to see if Steward would watch Maggie for a few hours. When she arrived, Steward was asleep and Jenna was crying. Steward assured Reneâ not to worry and that she (Stewart) was just a little tired. Nonetheless, Reneâ told Steward to take a nap and that she would leave if Steward felt ok when she woke up. About 30 minutes later, Reneâ woke Steward and asked her if she was ok. Steward assured her she was, and Reneâ left.
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