Families, friends puzzled by charges against accused child-killers
MOTHER OF A TODDLER REPORTED
MISSING ON CHRISTMAS EVE BACK
IN COURT TODAY ON NEW CHARGES.
TRISTAN BLUE WAS REPORTED
MISSING NEARLY A WEEK AGO.
>> TRISTAN'S MOTHER AND FATHER
ARE BEHIND BARS.
LATE TODAY POLICE CONFIRMED THE
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN BEAVER
DAM LAKE ARE HIS.
JULIA SIMMS IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE
WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER WITH
THE LATEST ON THIS
INVESTIGATION.
JULIA.
>> WELL, FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY
THE COUPLE STRUGGLED
FINANCIALLY.
THEY HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
EVERYONE WE SPOKE TO TODAY,
SOME DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ON
CAMERA BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL SO
UPSET.
THEY SAID AT THE END OF THE DAY
THESE PARENTS LOVE THAT LITTLE
BOY AND NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND
HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD
HAPPEN.
>> CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO
MURDER.
>> Reporter: BRIANA DANGERFIELD
IS ACCUSED OF HELPING COVER UP
HER SON'S MURDER.
THE LITTLE BOY WAS REPORTED
MISSING THE MORNING OF
CHRISTMAS EVE.
TWO DAYS LATER DIVERS FOUND
REMAINS BELIEVED TO BE TRISTAN
BLUE IN BEAVER DAM LAKE.
WARRANTS STATE THE YOUNG MOTHER
KNEW HER BOYFRIEND KILLED THE
TODDLER.
>> WOW YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE
THE LAST THING HE'D EVER THINK
ABOUT DOING.
>> Reporter: STEVEN BLUE'S
UNCLE SAYS THE FAMILY IS
DEVASTATED AND CONFUSED.
>> THIS INCIDENT JUST CAME OUT
OF LEFT FIELD.
FAMILY IS REALLY DEVASTATED.
>> FENDS FRIENDS ARE SIMILARLY
STUNNED.
THEY SAY THE 25-YEAR-OLD HAD
WORKED UNTIL RECENTLY AT NC
STATE IN PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
THEY DESCRIBED AN ON AGAIN, OFF
AGAIN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN L
DANGERFIELD AND BLUE.
HIS FACE WOULD LIGHT UP WHEN
SHE SIMPLY TALKED ABOUT HER
LITTLE BOY.
IT MAKES WHAT HAPPENED SO VERY
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
>> WHEN I HEARD ABOUT WHERE
THEY FOUND HIM -- I KIND OF
BROKE DOWN.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT TO A 2-YEAR-
OLD?
>> Reporter: THE JUDGE TOLD
DANGERFIELD IF CONVICTED SHE
FACES CLOSE TO 40 YEARS BEHIND
BARS.
SHE'S DUE AGAIN IN COURT LATER
THIS MONTH.
CULLEN, AS FOR BLUE, HE'S BEING
HELD WITHOUT BOND.
>> JULIA SIMMS, THANK YOU.