Originally Posted by juliebug:
"There's no question she went shopping," the source said on Friday. "They're trying to determine when exactly she returned, although it was a very close proximity (in time) to the fire."
But Tata's brother vigorously disputed claims that his sister went shopping, saying she was at the home-based child care operation the entire time leading up to the fire on Thursday.
"That's crap," said Ron Tata, 26, of Houston. "She was there the whole time. I'm 100 percent positive for sure. She was cooking and she went and put a baby down, changing a diaper, came out, the food was burning — she tried to put it out.
"The fire spread — it was a grease fire," Ron Tata said. "She called the ambulance. Her neighbors were outside, and she's pulling kids out, asking people for help, neighbors stood by and just watched. She went in for the third kid, she passed out and the firefighters went in there and rescued her."
Jessica Tata did not respond to requests for comment on Friday. Calls to her cellular phone went unanswered.
thats not what the 2 guys that help pull out the kids said. Funny how going to put a baby down is much different than the story about going to the bathroom. Also, who in the h*ll leaves a stove with grease in it to go and change a baby and put them down to sleep. You would be gone for about 15 min. doing this. And how the heck does this brother know, he wasn't there at the time.