Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2015

Norman, Anthony Whitney

Norman, Anthony Whitney
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided September 2, 2015

Norman, Anthony Whitney

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AFFIDAVIT OF FACT I, Emily Elizabeth Norman, do hereby make the following statements under penalty of perjury.

(1) On the weekend of 11/28/2008 I was at home with my mother, Leydis Viche' Hernandez, and my new baby brother, John Anthony Norman.

(2) My father, Anthony Whitney Norman, had left home on Friday afternoon, 11128/2008, with my other brother, Michael Antonio Norman .

.{3) I believe they went to Dallas.

(4) Over the weekend, I went for walks with my mother and watched her speak to the neighbors across the street.

(5) At night on Sunday through Monday, my mother told me to take a nap for a few hours. Later I heard a loud noise. I was upstairs.

(6) I came down stairs to see what was happening. Then, I saw Mommy on the floor dead and a gun.

(7} 'MY daddy was notat home, and I ran:upstairs and hid in my moiilqly's and daddy's. · bed.

(8) When my daddy came back, he called me to come to him, so I did.

(9) My daddy called the p~lice, and when they came, they asked me a bunch of questions.

(10) Then I had to get in the ambulance.

(11) Then l rode back to my Grandmother's house. ' (12) Then my cousin came and a policeman came, then the policeman took me and my brother, Michael to CPS along with my cousin., (13) Then they asked me a lot of questions. I answered the questions.

(14) When I was fmished, I had to go with Grandma.

(15) When I got to grandma's house I was crying super much.

(16) When the police came back they asked me some question to check ~fl said the same words, and I did. (17) The next day, more policemen came and asked me a few more questions, -~orne of them were hard to answer, but I answered the other questions.

(18) Some of the questions were ... Where was your dad? Did you see the whole thing ...

Did your daddy kill your Mom?

( 19) My dad was not at home when my mother died.

(20) I was upstairs waiting for hours for him to come home.

Affidavit sayeth further not.

~ £LwnQ ~~ !Joi mo 1\ Emily Elizabeth Norman State ofTexas County of Harris Signed under oath before me on·~u\~ ~ 1 ·";).0\'S by \::~,\'1 E\~'"t.Q.\a~ ~O'l-"Y't'\a"'­ Respondent, personally known to me and/for identified byb,~~'n. \.e~~-\...cc.<..\c:. IL\..D~~l:'<::>?

Notary Public, State ofTexas

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