The scream lasted three to five seconds and stopped as abruptly as it started. She assumed it was somewhere between midnight and 2:00 a.m., but didn’t look at the alarm clock. "Melody Stanton awoke abruptly from a deep sleep - the prior stillness of the Boulder night had been pierced by the harrowing scream of a child. This information was never divulged to the press by BPD or leaked on instructions from Eller by his lackey Steve Thomasīonita Sauer paralegal for one of BPD's Dream Team, Dan Hoffman recorded the story of Melody Stanton and the scream in the notes she made of the case between 19 She was interviewed by Detective Barry Hartkopp of BPD on January 3, 1997. Not wanting to get involved initially Stanton had not reported what she heard to police but after Brumfit made her realise just how important her information was, Stanton did reported it to police. During the conversation Stanton recalled the terrible scream she had heard the night of the murder and mentioned it to Brumfit. After the news of the murder came out, Melody Stanton who lived diagonally across the street from the Rasmeys, was talking with another neighbour Diane Brumfit.
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