Did Mayumi Heene spill the beans on hubby?

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Sat Oct-17-09 08:26 PM
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Did Mayumi Heene spill the beans on hubby?

Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 08:28 PM by SoCalDem

Perhaps she told because she feared losing her kids?
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-17-balloon-boy_N.htm
Criminal charges to be filed in balloon boy case
Updated 6m ago
Comments made by Falcon during a CNN interview stoked the idea the family could have been planning the balloon incident as a hoax to get attention.
By David Zalubowski, AP

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A sheriff in Colorado says criminal charges will be filed in saga of boy who was believed to be in balloon.

Earlier today, the father of a 6-year-old who vanished into the rafters of his house while the world thought he was trapped in a helium balloon met with sheriff's officials again amid questions about whether it was all a hoax. The saga grew stranger by the day. Richard Heene knocked on the windows of journalists camped outside his home early Saturday and promised a "big announcement" in a few hours, then did an about-face when he told reporters that they should leave questions in a cardboard box on the front doorstep.

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A circus-like atmosphere formed outside, including men holding signs and occasionally yelling "balloon boy." One sign read, "Put balloon boy on TV: America's Most Wanted." Other gawkers carried aluminum-foil stovetop popcorn makers that resembled the silvery balloon launched from the family's backyard Thursday, with 6-year-old Falcon Heene believed to be onboard. A man pulled a red wagon with coffee for sale. The sign had "$2" scratched out with a new price of $1. Some neighbors stopped by to drop questions of their own into the box. Falcon's mother, Mayumi Heene, also went to the sheriff's office about two hours after husband did. The couple's three sons remained home, apparently being watched by sheriff's officials. Authorities wouldn't comment on what was happening. "We're trying to figure things out. That's all I can say," sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said.

Sheriff Jim Alderden has said that he wanted to re-interview the family after Falcon told CNN that "you said we did this for a show" when asked why he didn't come out of his hiding place. Then Falcon got sick during two separate TV interviews when asked why he hid. The balloon was supposed to be tethered to the ground when it lifted off, and no one was supposed to be aboard. A video of the launch shows the family counting down in unison, "3, 2, 1," before Richard Heene pulls a cord, setting the balloon into the air. "Whoa!" one of the boys exclaims. Then his father says in disbelief, "Oh, my God!" He then says to someone, "You didn't put the (expletive) tether down!" and he kicks the wood frame that had held the balloon.

Falcon's brother said he saw him inside the compartment before it took off and that's why they thought he was in there when it launched. Heene said he had yelled at Falcon before the launch for getting inside. Alderden thinks it's likely that Falcon ran off because he was scared of getting in trouble, later falling asleep in his hiding spot. He said he doubted that such a hyperactive boy could be ordered to stay quiet for the five hours he was missing.

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