Norman, Anthony Whitney
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Wovtd o.p('eor ,.~e -r.c.cA iS 1I'J•nfT<J.hCAry.o""fa"'Jall i'ff'-ter fo.iserJ fh 1hiT (o. ft: c.AYicJ-fr ~ def(J roc.l<. ,~,a hole a·~;~~~ cJ/Jijhr,· ne. ccne hod been s i t+,n .9 In A~Jtlj.., ~ lh re lfl ll/ lrJIS" J q;..ci wa'l de oJ ,J b1 r e l'v. Jtn 9 ro Jt!.. c•de o Yjl'f/ loiS, AFFIDAVIT OF FACT I, Emily Elizabeth Norman, do hereby make the following statements under penalty of perjury.
(1) On the weekend of 11128/2008 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 Snnday 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 not at home, and I ran·upstairs and hid in my mommy'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 police, and when they came, they asked me a bunch of . questions.
(10) Then I had to get in the ambulance.
(11) Then I 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 chec~ ~f I said the same words, and I did. r (17) The next day, more policemen came and asked me a few more questions, some 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.
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Notary Public, State ofTexas
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"""- w ~n flot- Jr<Jp CAn,...:fl I 1~~ C\ f(A_,'r rev/e w ot ,_.J..;J (~.Joe, I~r WouiJ; a. ffC'CAF r~e /.C. C.A. ~5 tl'fi~"'j t-tJ hL<ry any Cindl..ali/ dSc-.ef (o.. i'Je J t'n t-h jJ ( 01 Je 1.,. ,.,J e r q dee I' {o.c. k rrr c. h<J le () '-'lr C)/! 5 •)), r (i,,.,J "" b,•"en c s-I 1-f'tt"'l .. CJ ~~r.Jt.c..i v CJ e d b'f r e C.· · \.4 l I~"' J t:-u oJ e c:; u1 e. 0 8 jl') · q 2cJ tS . '' 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, 11/28/2008, 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 not at home, and I ran·upstairs and hid in my mommy'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 police, and when they came, they asked me a bunch of questions.
(1 0) Then I had to get in the ambulance.
(11) Then I 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 if I said the same words, and I did. (17) The next day, more policemen came and asked me a few more questions, "some of them were hard to answer, but I answered the other questions. . .
(18) Some of the ques~6ns were ... Where was youtdad? Did·you see the whole thing ...
Did your daddy kill yoJr Mom? ' '> (19) My dad was not at home when my mother died.
(20) I was up~tairs waiting for hours for him to come home.
Affidavit sayeth further not.
State ofTexas
Notary Public, State of Texas
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(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, 11/28/2008, with my other brother, Michael Antonio Norman.
(3) I believe they went to Dallas.
(4) Over t~e 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 not at home, and I ran·upstairs and hid in my mommy'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 police, and when they came, they asked me a bunch of questions.
(10) Then I had to get in the ambulance.
(11) Then I rode backto 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 finished, 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 ~f I said the same words, and I did. ' ·~ ( 17) The next day, more policemen came and asked me a few more questions, some 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.
~ ~p_\~ Jvo{fl10 tl Emily Elizabeth Norman State of Texas County of Harris Signed under oath before me on---s:v...\'1 ~l~\:2 by ~~'\'1 E\~-c...Q\o~ ~Dl-~a"' Respondent, personally known to me an<llfor identified by"6, ~~'r-. \.e~\-...\...cc.<-~e. IL\..,0~~ '( <=::>-s
Notary Public, State of Texas
J ''\"'''/' /~.~~~.~~r~;;~." VERONICA J. SCRIMSHAW I((~ '::"'§Notary Public. State of Texas -:,;':;,f:.... ~:.0/ My Comm1ssion Expires I ·,,,,;;f.~,;~.-· December 12, 2015
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