I had a meeting with the Hernando County Sheriffs Office in regards to the letter I wrote them over my concerns: This is the letter I sent to the Sheriff: Ref: Katherine Bryan Hoover and Rehlin Hoover Sheriff Al Nienhuis 18900 Cortez Blvd Brooksville, Fl 34601 Dear Sheriff Nienhuis: This letter is in regards to William Dehayes killing my 25 year old pregnant daughter, Katherine Bryan Hoover and her unborn son, Rehlin leaving behind her 7 year old son, Nicholas whom I am raising. Katherine and her husband were visiting Dehayes on July 26, 2014, Dehayes decided to play with his loaded gun collection twirling them he says “like a cowboy would” while impaired by the methadone and Lortabs that he had been taking. This is according to Dehayes’s own testimony to Detective Breedlove. Police responding to the scene did not test his blood to determine the levels of either drug arguably contrary to Florida Statutes §790.155(1)(a) which states that if a firearm was used by a person under the influence of controlled substances and has caused the death or serious bodily injury of a human being, such person shall submit, upon the request of a law enforcement officer, to a test of his or her blood for the purpose of determining the presence of controlled substances therein. Why wasn’t Dehayes tested? When a grown man sits playing Cowboys & Indians with live weapons before a pregnant woman and children, I think his state of mind should be questioned and at the very least it should be considered an “improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon” contrary to Florida Statute §790.10. Then because Dehayes failed to clear the chamber of bullets, when he pulled the trigger, the firearm very predictably discharged when pulling the trigger, sending a bullet straight into Katherine’s temple causing her death mere hours later and the child she was carrying died 41 short minutes after birth by emergency C-Section. Now, according to law, a person is guilty of manslaughter if: 1) the victim is dead and 2) that the death was caused by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of the defendant. Culpable negligence is the duty to act reasonably towards others by consciously doing an act or following a course or conduct that the defendant must have known or reasonably should have known was likely to cause death or great bodily harm. FS §782.07 or FS §784.05. This shooter's actions seem culpable to me. Likewise, negligence is the failure to use reasonable care, which is the care that a reasonably careful person would use under like circumstances. Negligence is doing something that a reasonably careful person would not do under like circumstances or failing to do something that a reasonably careful person would do under like circumstances. A reasonable person would not admittedly consume methadone and Lortabs then proceed to twirl a live firearm in the presence of 2 women, 3 children and another man. To be sure, any responsible person handling a gun treats every firearm as if it’s live unless and until the magazine is removed and the slide is locked clearly exposing the entire chamber. We know Dehayes had been exhibiting other firearms but we are unaware all of the types he owns. The firearm that killed Katherine was a revolver which presumably has no magazine and therefore, safe handling requirements oblige ejecting the cylinder before handling it in the presence of others. Absent dismantling in this way, all firearms must be treated as live at all times. We also know he has no gun permit per Detective Breedlove for the .9 mm glock he owns and shows off on Facebook. Now, I’m no forensic scientist but, Katherine was approximately 5’3” standing and 46” seated; the bullet struck her temple at perhaps 44” height. What reasonable person would pull the trigger of a firearm at a 44” height trajectory unless he expected it to hit someone? Keep in mind there were 2 women, 3 children and 1 other man present in the home. These are my concerns about the investigative handling of this case: Clearly, there are major problems with Katherine and Rehlin’s case. Therefore, I started a petition to encourage the State Attorney Brad King to investigate anew, review the evidence, and compare other case law so that he would reconsider filing charges and bring Dehayes to justice. The petition has over 7500 signatures from people who agree with me. There were many people who commented and aired there complaints about the Hernando County Sheriff's Office not investigating cases properly. One such case is the Michelle O'Connell case. It was ruled a suicide and later found to be a murder. The culpable conduct necessary to sustain proof of manslaughter under FS §782.07 is of a “gross and flagrant character, evincing reckless disregard of human life, or of the safety of persons exposed to its dangerous effects, or there is that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of a conscious indifference to consequences, or which shows wantonness or recklessness, or a grossly careless disregard of the safety and welfare of the public, or that reckless indifference to the rights of others which is equivalent to an intentional violation of them.'' Cannon v. State, 91 Fla. 214, 221, 107 So. 360, 363 (1926). Dehayes’s blood should have been checked for alcohol or narcotics levels when he was sent to the hospital. Florida Statutes §790.155(1)(a) Dehayes should have been taken into custody and questioned immediately rather than several days after the shooting. Child Protective Services should have been called to investigate Dehayes, given that he was playing with guns as though they were harmless toys while his children were in the home. This is true, despite his additional admission that he leaves his weapons out in the open where the children have access to them (“the boys know not to touch them,” he says in his interview at the Sheriff’s office). Florida Statutes §790.10 In the recording from the interview room at the Sheriff's office, the detective advises Dehayes that Katherine and Rehlin’s deaths were due to an accidental shooting. The detective was coaching Dehayes, who mentions his longtime friend Sgt. Holbrook talked to him about the case, after-which the detective admits he knows who Sgt. Holbrook is and then deters the conversation. This seems irregular, evinces bias and lack of objectivity, coercion, witness tampering and conspiracy etc. This should be investigated. In closing, my daughter and grandson are the innocent victims of Williams Dehayes’s criminally negligent acts, yet he walks free while they lie dead and buried, grieved for by all who knew and loved them. Katherine and Rehlin’s rights were violated; they didn’t deserve to die and at 51 years old, young Nicholas and I are on our own with little to no income and depleted savings from paying for both funerals. I also come from a family full of Law Enforcement who also agree with me. Thank you Sincerely, Donna Bryan There were Five men in a conference room. The Major, The Captain, The Supervisor, Detective Breedlove and a new Lieutenant. They admitted they made a mistake by not calling Child Protective Services. The Major said everyone makes mistakes but we correct them and move on. He said he reviewed the case, had questions and he said he called the state attorney to get the answers to his questions. He said he was told about the appellate and supreme court stuff and that the reason they couldn't charge Dehayes under the statute of 782.09 killing of unborn child because the state attorney said no crime had been committed to the mother. He said they didnt take a blood test cause he appeared fine and he was having chest pains so they sent him to the hospital but did not ask for the blood test as he did not appear to be under the influence. They didnt investigate Carson as he was a wreck and they felt he had nothing to do with it. They said that Sgt. Holbrook who is no longer with the department has no standing with the department. He said he could reopen the case but he won't not without additional evidence. He said they gave a Culpable Negligent Case to the State Attorney but the State Attorney declined to prosecute. He thinks I dont like what they were saying I told him I believe the case was handled wrong and I asked why Peter Magrino said that she was killed when Carson handed the gun to Dehayes but in the interview video Dehayes admitted he shot her when he was playing tricks with the gun not when it was handed between the two and he said he couldn't answer that I would have to question Magrino but he tried to reassure me that Magrino views all the tapes before he will file charges against someone. I have not heard back from the FDLE yet. I can tell you before we got there they were all in the room together and Breedlove who said nothing looked like he was going to cry and looked like he had been rolled over the carpet before we went in to the meeting.He was also doing alot of writing while we were in there talking. The Major also had written some things down as well. I also told him he could take all the work I had and to please look at it and he will see what I was talking about but he wouldn't, I also quoted the Honsedl v. State. He thanked me for not being a lunatic and staying calm. They stayed in the room after we left we were there an hour and half. He said all he could tell me was to get the law changed cause they will not reopen the case. Once again they tried to snowball me or put me to sleep but it didn't work. I am now waiting on a call back from the FDLE who promised to call me back last week but didn't so my next step is to contact the FBI to try and get them to investigate this Corrupt Justice System and its Officials in Hernando County.