From the home’s own cameras, in Redwood Valley, 2025, in the order they happened. Each clip is shown with its date, time and camera. J.J. was a baby then; he is blurred in every frame.
February 10, 2025, 8:18 p.m. — the kitchen
Kitchen camera, 8:18:33 to 8:19:02 p.m. J.J.’s mother stands at the right edge of the frame holding him against her shoulder the whole time. Vincent Hyler, at the counter, turns and comes toward her until he is within arm’s reach of her face, then goes back to the counter.
February 25, 2025, 6:17 p.m. — the carport
Front-door camera at dusk, 6:17:18 to 6:17:38 p.m. Vincent Hyler stands in the carport holding J.J.; a small figure is far off on the road beyond the car. He then carries J.J. inside.
March 6, 2025, 7:15 p.m. — the living room
Living-room camera, 7:15:04 to 7:19:11 p.m. Vincent Hyler in the center of the room for four minutes; the person he is speaking to is off camera.
March 6, 2025, 10:34 p.m. — the hallway
Kitchen and hallway camera, night mode, 10:34:08 to 10:34:16 p.m., recorded from the Ring app the next morning.
March 14, 2025, 1:39 p.m. — the changing table
Nursery and living-room cameras. J.J. is on the changing table when Vincent Hyler leaves the nursery at 1:39:24 p.m., and still on it when his mother reaches him at 1:44:33 p.m.: 5 minutes 9 seconds. Vincent Hyler is in the living room at 1:40:43 to 1:40:58 p.m.
March 16, 2025, 3:01 a.m. — the front doorbell
Front doorbell camera, 3:01:21 to 3:01:39 a.m. Vincent Hyler at the front door in the “KING 17” hoodie he wore in the March 15 living-room recording, about twelve hours earlier.
March 16, 2025 — the doorbell, the deputies, and that night
Front-door and living-room cameras, from 3:01 a.m. to 11:49 p.m., in six segments: the doorbell, the deputies, and J.J. carried out of the house that night.
March 20, 2025, 7:56 p.m. — Judith Hyler
Living-room and front-door cameras, the same minute. Inside, J.J. held at a woman’s chest; outside, Judith Hyler at the front door and leaving with a light-blue bag and a black backpack.
The 39-minute March 15, 2025 recording is transcribed, time-stamped, on the documents page. Write to me through Contact.
