25 hours surrounding the crime
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 5, 2002
From staff reports
A timeline, based on testimony, around the time of Makaio Radke’s death:&t;!—-&t;.
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
A timeline, based on testimony, around the time of Makaio Radke’s death:
April 20
9:00 a.m. Peggy Radke arrives home from her night-shift job in Owatonna.
10:30 a.m. Radke leaves home for a while to make a long-distance call from her friend’s house.
11 a.m. County social worker Lisa Frank visits the house and stays for about 20 minutes.
1 p.m. Radke and Kristina Ann Baker leave for Austin, leaving Paul Gutierrez to watch the children. Baker had a job and Peggy had a payment to make there.
2:30 p.m. Radke and Baker arrive at the home of Baker’s mother in Austin. Radke goes to bed.
2:43 p.m. Baker calls Gutierrez at home, then leaves for work.
7:00 p.m. Gutierrez calls Baker’s mother, asking for Baker or Radke. Radke was still asleep.
8:12 p.m. Baker finishes her shift, then visits a friend.
9 p.m. Gutierrez calls his foster mother, indicating something happened to the baby.
11:45 p.m. Radke and Baker leave Austin.
April 21
12:44 a.m. Radke and Baker stop at Wal-Mart in Albert Lea. Radke buys a bicycle and other goods.
1 a.m. Radke and Baker return home and find Gutierrez dozing on a sofa in the living room.
2 a.m. Baker goes to bed. Radke stays awake all night watching TV. She does not check the children’s bedroom.
4:20 a.m. Radke goes for a walk outside for 10 minutes.
6:30 a.m. Baker woke up, and saw Radle was feeding her daughter. Baker goes back to bed.
7:30 a.m. Baker originally said, but later retracted, that she heard Makaio Radke crying at this time.
8 a.m. Gutierrez goes out for a walk with the dog.
8:30 a.m. Baker wakes up. Radke calls a child-custody monitoring organization to report some bruises on her daughter’s bottom.
9:50 a.m. Gutierrez reports to Peggy Radke that Makaio was found cold in his crib.
9:52 a.m. A hang-up 911 call is made from 505 Johnson St.
10 a.m. Gutierrez calls a friend, saying he played too rough with Makaio.
10:10 a.m. Peggy Radke arrives at Albert Lea Medical Center with Makaio.
10:19 a.m. The baby is confirmed dead.
10:35 a.m. An Albert Lea police officer arrives at 505 Johnson St. Gutierrez leaves the house through the back door