ORONO, Minn. (FOX 9) - A newly-filed search warrant is raising questions as to why the mother of 6-year-old Eli Hart was allowed to go home after a traffic stop that eventually led to the discovery of the boy’s body in the trunk of her car.
Julissa Thaler was pulled over after driving on her rim and with a window smashed out. In new documents filed in connection with the murder investigation, Orono police officers said they saw what appeared to blood on her hands, face and clothing.
They also saw a bullet hole and spent shell casings. Police wrote that Thaler told officers the blood was from the removal of a tampon, and that suspected body tissue in the car was from deer meat she recently picked up from a butcher.
After 30 minutes, Julissa Thaler was given a ride home by police. It was after that when 6-year-old Eli’s body was found in the trunk.