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According to the agreed statement of facts, GoPro footage shows Crier and Mack walking behind the church multiple times on April 18, 2017.

It states shortly before noon, Crier and Mack were observed walking behind the church, and a woman nearby saw Crier walking with Mack pushing a stroller behind him.

“She observed them loiter by a vehicle parked in the lot for a minute before walking to the garbage bin. She saw one of the individuals open the garbage bin at the corner of the church and throw a white blanket taken from inside the stroller into the garbage bin,” said the agreed statement of facts.

The woman saw the other individual push the stroller a few more feet “before reaching inside the stroller and, with a bit of a struggle, pull out an object she thought was plastic.”

It was later confirmed to be Raine, dressed in a blue snowsuit. He was left in a sitting position with a blue blanket entirely covering him on the northeast side of the church between an exit door and a brown wooden box.

On April 21, at about 2:20 p.m. a woman discovered Raine while out for a walk, at first thinking he was a bundle of garbage.

When she pulled the blue blanket back, she discovered the child and ran and got help. The agreed statement of facts says he was found with a bruised head and blood on his face. He was wearing a blue snowsuit, Batman onesie and what looked to be new shoes.

In the afternoon, court heard testimony from Alexa Noseworthy. Crier, Mack and Raine lived with Noseworthy for about a month and during that time, Noseworthy said she witnessed increasing physical abuse of Raine.