Bichsel v. Blumhost

FRANK D. CONNETT, Jr., Special Judge.

On Sunday morning, February 7, 1965, about 9:00 a. m., Patricia Bichsel drove into Deepwater, Missouri, a town of about 750 population in Henry County, to use the laundromat. Her child, Jodie, an alert, normal, five year old boy, accompanied her. Jodie played inside the laundromat until about 9:30 a. m. when he went outside. About 9:40 a. m., Mrs. Bichsel took some clothes out to the car and saw Jodie playing with some kittens on the steps of the nearby old telephone building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Blumhost and their son, Laney. Ten minutes later she…