Heyward Case Controversy
posted 5:42 pm Thu October 18, 2007 - Hanahan, SC
There is new controversy in the Sametta Heyward case. Heyward was formally charged with two counts of homicide by child abuse on Wednesday.
Her lawyer, Andy Savage, now alleges the Hanahan police department bungled the case, but the solicitor’s office says otherwise.
He wants a change of venue to “This isn't something where we're trying to cover up evidence. We want law enforcement to see, examine and evaluate the evidence that we know is there that they ignored at the time they seized her vehicle,” Savage said.
That evidence includes food and fans that Heyward left in the car for her two children.
He says the police department didn't even know the children died in the trunk.
Savage says that’s too many missteps to have a fair trial and he wants a change of venue to Charleston county.
“We want to do everything we can to ensure a full and proper police investigation. There hasn't been one yet,” Savage added.
Ninth circuit solicitor, Scarlett Wilson disagrees, saying Hanahan police did what they were supposed to do and that there shouldn't be a change of venue.
“The children in this situation were last seen in
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