Investigators believe slain 11-year-old William McQuain may never have known about his mother’s death, according to police sources.
Police believe William was not at home when his mother, 51-year-old Jane McQuain, was killed in the bedroom of her Germantown, Md., sometime during the night of Sept. 30, sources said.
The next day, Curtis Lopez, the boy’s stepfather and woman’s estranged husband who is suspected in both deaths, picked up William, police believe. That morning they went to the storage facility where McQuain rented a unit. Surveillance video shows Lopez with William, who appeared to be in a playful mood, rollerblading in the parking lot.
That afternoon, more surveillance shows them at a Liberty gas station on Clarksburg Road, with William again acting like a normal 11-year-old.
After that, police believe Lopez took William to a nearby wooded area, attacked him and left him to die, sources said.
William’s injuries were so severe it took longer than expected to conduct an autopsy, sources said.
Police found William’s body Tuesday, http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Search-for-Missing-William-McQuain-in-Montgomery-County-132052118.html ending an Amber Alert activated Oct. 13 when McQuain’s body was found.
Lopez remains in North Carolina, where he waived an extradition hearing after being arrested in connection with McQuain’s death.
