It was at the canal where they first hurt James. One of them picked James up and dropped him on his head. Jon and Robert ran away, and left James alone by the canal wailing.
A woman saw James and assumed he was with some other children nearby. Jon and Robert turned around and walked back toward James. "Come on, baby."" James with a big bruise and cut on his forehead, once again followed his tormentors. They covered the child's head with the hood of his jacket so that his wound would be less visible. Holding James's hand, they walked back toward Stanley Road and crossed at a busy intersection. .
Jon now decided to carry James by the legs, while Robert held him by the chest. They awkwardly carried the boy to a grassy plateau by a reservoir where they sat on a step and rested, placing James between them. At the grassy knoll by the reservoir, an elderly woman noticed the baby, who was obviously hurt. She approached them and asked what the problem was. James was in tears, his face bruised and red.
"We just found him at the bottom of the hill,"" Jon and Robert claimed as if they didn't know him.
She told the boys to take him to the Walton Lane Police Station just down the road and gave them directions there. The boys then walked down the knoll, eventually ending up at County Road. It had been nearly a two-mile hike by now. Another woman walking a dog eyed the boys with the toddler and asked what was going on. They told her that they found the lost boy at the mall and were on their way to the police station. Another concerned woman, who had a little girl with her, overheard the conversation and joined in. "Well,"" she said, "you've walked a long way from the mall to Walton Lane Police Station."".
Jon said, "That's where the woman directed us."" When she asked where they lived, Robert was about to answer, but Jon cut him off. "The police station is on our way home."".
The younger woman with the child looked down at James, who was hurt, and appeared upset.
