WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010 2:00pm

ARRAIGNMENT FOR DULEY

Most of Duley's family and friends came in together with sunglasses over their eyes, sitting on the front row waiting for Duley to make her appearance in front of dozens of cameras and spectators.  Wearing shackles and carrying a cloth in her hands, Duley slowly made her way in front of the Magistrate along with her defense attorney, Carl B. Grant. 

She answered questions slowly and tearfully when asked if she understood the charges brought against her - two counts of murder.  Duley admitted to investigators Monday evening that she suffocated her two young sons, strapped them into their car seats, and allowed her vehicle to become submerged in the Edisto River off of a boat landing on Shillings Bridge Road in an attempt to stage an accident to cover her crime. 

After her exit, Grant candidly spoke to members of the press outside of the complex, stating that if a bond hearing had been held today, Duley would plead not guilty.  He has not seen her written confession from Monday.  Even with all of the extensive press coverage around the investigation, Grant still believes Duley will receive a fair trial in Orangeburg County.

Psychiatric evaluations still have not been completed on Duley.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010 10:00am

PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ORANGEBURG COUNTY SHERIFF LARRY WILLIAMS

Here is what you want to know, to sum up the press conference:

Part of his initial statement: “At the conclusion of our lengthy evening on last night, the determination or the statement was made by the mother that she had suffocated the children and of course the children were dead when they was place into the water. She has given that statement to that effect and of course we are working the investigation as being reported by being the recipient of statement from the mother, now defendant of murder, which we have this morning served two warrants of murder against Ms. Duley.”

Ms. Duley checked into the Trump's Inn the day of the incident, suffocated the two young children by placing her hand over them, then placed them in their child safety seats in the car before heading to the boat landing off of Shillings Bridge Road.

Sheriff Williams went on to describe Ms. Duley. “She was a mother that was unemployed. She had no means of taking care of her children. She lived with her mother. And her mother was, I guess, a very firm individual and believed in values from what we can determine. And she often talked with her daughter about…maybe being a more of a mother. Being more reliable, I guess, in a way. And of course, the day before, the night before, the kids were placed at the river, there was a disputed between the mother and Ms. Duley. And we believe this is a direct response from Ms. Duley. I believe she was fed up with her mother telling her she couldn't take care of the children or she wasn't taking care of the children, and she just wanted to be free. And we believe that her thoughts were ‘for me to be free and for me to do what I wish to do, whatever that may be, if I didn't have the children, I'll get rid of them.' …that is what our theory is.”

Duley's arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday at 2pm. Charges are two counts of murder.