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July 1986
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BOB and BETSY Kelly are granted license to operate Little Rascals Day Care
Center. (old location, Court Street).
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March 1987
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SHELLEY Stone begins caring for children at the old Little Rascals Day
Care Center.
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September 1988
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DAWN Wilson hired as a cook, ROBIN BYRUM hired to work with children
at Little Rascals.
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September 26 1988
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BOB and BETSY Kelly move into the new Little Rascals Day Care
Center on East Eden Street.
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September 29 1988
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BOB Kelly slaps Joel Mabrey.
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January 19 1989
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Initial complaint charging child abuse at Little Rascals filed with the
state Department of Social Services.
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late January
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BOB Kelly hires Chris BEAN as his lawyer.
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April 14
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BOB Kelly arrested. Bond eventually reaches $1.5 million.
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April 25
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Probable cause hearing for BOB Kelly during which his lawyer,
Chris BEAN, learns from Distict Attorney, H.P. WILLIAMS that his son has been
named by other children in the case.
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April 28
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Little Rascals Day Care Center closes.
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May 8
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First grand jury indictments handed down against BOB
Kelly.
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June
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BOB Kelly's lawyer, Chris BEAN formally withdraws from the case.
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1989
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August Bill HART assigned Special Prosecutor by State Attorney
General.
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September 1
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BETSY Kelly arrested. Bail eventually reaches $1.8 million.
SCOTT Privott arrested. Bail set at $1 million.
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September 25
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SHELLEY Stone arrested. Bail: $375,000
DAWN Wilson arrested. Bail: $880,000.
Grand Jury adds to number of indictments in case.
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October 13
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SHELLEY Stone makes bail. Is released.
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December 11
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Pretrial motions held before Judge TILLERY
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January 9 1990
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ROBIN Byrum arrested. Bail: $500,000
DARLENE Harris arrested. Bail: $350,000.
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January 8 1990
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Grand Jury adds to the indictments
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January 22 1990
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Grand Jury adds to the indictments.
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February 21
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Judge Bradford TILLERY orders defendants to be tried
together.
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May 21-22
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Pretrial motions held before Judge TILLERY
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September 17
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TILLERY's order tying cases is overturned, trials severed.
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October 9
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Judge TILLERY resigns from case.
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October 24
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Judge D. Marsh MCLELLAND of Burlington appointed.
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December 16
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ROBIN Byrum and DAWN Wilson's bonds are reduced to $200,000.
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December 20
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ROBIN Byrum released on bond.
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December 1990
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Defense team's request for change of venue because of pretrial
publicity is approved, trial moved Farmville in Pitt County .
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February 8 1991
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DAWN Wilson released on $200,000 bond.
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May 7
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FRONTLINE's first report on the case, "Innocence Lost," airs.
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July 22
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BOB Kelly's trial begins in Farmville with jury selection.
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August 12
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BOB Kelly jury selection completed.
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August 19
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BOB Kelly jury empaneled. Evidence begins.
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October 4 1991
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BETSY Kelly's bond reduced from $1.8 million to $400,000.
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October 9
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BETSY Kelly is released on bond.
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December 10
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State rests its case in BOB Kelly trial.
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March 4 1992
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Defense rests its case in BOB Kelly trial.
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March 12
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State concludes rebuttal evidence in BOB Kelly trial.
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March 27
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Judge MCLELLAND begins charging the jury in the BOB Kelly trial.
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March 30
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Judge MCLELLAND gives final instructions to the jury in the BOB Kelly
trial.
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April 22
April 23 1992
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BOB Kelly convicted on 99 of 100 counts.
BOB Kelly sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences.
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April 28
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District Attorney H.P. WILLIAMS announces he will not
be involved in prosecuting future Little Rascals cases.
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November 2
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DAWN Wilson's trial begins in Hertford.
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January 26 1993
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DAWN Wilson convicted.
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February 4
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DAWN Wilson enters prison.
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April 15
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SCOTT Privott's bond reduced from $1 million to $50,000.
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April 26
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SCOTT Privott released from Chowan County Jail.
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July 16
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BOB Kelly's lawyers file his record on appeal to the North
Carolina Court of Appeals.
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July 20-21
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FRONTLINE's second report on the case, "Innocence Lost: The
Verdict" is broadcast.
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August 17
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DAWN Wilson gives birth to son, Zachary, in jail.
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September 8
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DAWN Wilson released on $250,000 bond pending appeal. Under house
arrest.
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November 22
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BOB Kelly files motion for new trial based on improper
conduct by jurors.
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January 18-20 1994
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BOB Kelly's motion to dismiss on basis of improper
conduct by jurors argued by David RUDOLF in front of Judge Marsh MCLELLAND in
Farmville.
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January 21
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BETSY Kelly pleas "no contest," accepts sentence of seven
years in prison. With two years and two weeks credit for time served, she is
eligible for probation almost immediately.
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January 1994
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BOB Kelly's motion for a new trial denied.
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January 28
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BETSY Kelly begins serving her term in the North
Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, Raleigh
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mid-April
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BETSY Kelly's parole denied.
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April 21
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BOB Kelly's appeal filed.
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May 16
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DAWN Wilson's appeal filed.
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June 6
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SCOTT Privott pleas "no contest."
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November 28
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BETSY Kelly released from prison on mandatory parole.
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January 9 1995
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Mark MONTGOMERY argues BOB Kelly's case, Kirk OSBORN argues DAWN
Wilson's case before the State Court of Appeals.
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May 2
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Appellate Court of North Carolina overturns the convictions of BOB Kelly
and DAWN Wilson.
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September 7
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Supreme Court of North Carolina upholds Appellate
Court decision.
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September 8
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BOB Kelly has hearing in Fayetteville for reduction of bond to
$200,000.
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September 22
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BOB Kelly makes bond. Is released in Fayetteville.
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October 5
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DAWN Wilson's house arrest ends.
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October 29
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BOB and BETSY Kelly separate.
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April 29 1996
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State indicts BOB Kelly on new charges.
He is arrested and held in Chowan County Jail.
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May 1 1996
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BOB Kelly's bail set at $50,000. He is released when his employer, GLENN
Livingston pays it.
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October
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SHELLEY Stone's bond reduced to nothing.
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December 2
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BOB Kelly's lawyer, Gerald BEAVER, moves to dismiss new charges against
BOB Kelly. Motion denied.
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December 3
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Gerald BEAVER moves to have the new charges joined to the Little Rascals
charges. Judge Giles CLARK rules in his favor.
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December 16
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Charges dropped against ROBIN Byrum, SHELLEY Stone, and DARLENE
Harris.
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May 22 1997
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Little Rascals charges dropped against the remaining defendants, BOB Kelly and
DAWN Wilson. Prosecutors say they still intend to prosecute Kelly on unrelated new charges that he raped a young girl outside the day care in 1987.
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September 23, 1999
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Remaining charges against BOB Kelly dropped.
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