During the hearing, Colleen Rimer shook her head as the prosecutor alleged a cover up involving the entire family.

It will be up to a jury to decide what happened the day that Jason died in the vehicle, but the I-Team has some insight into what happened when the boy's body was finally found.

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The call came in at around 8:30 on a Monday morning. Instead of dialing 911, Colleen Rimer called 311 — Metro's non-emergency number.

Upon telling the dispatcher she had found her son dead in her car, Metro contacts the fire department and initiates an emergency response.

Metro Dispatcher: She's on the line right now; they think that her son is dead in the car.

A Metro dispatcher connects with the fire department as Colleen Rimer quietly listens in.

Dispatcher: Ma'am, Ma'am.

Rimer: Yes.

Dispatcher: How old is your son?

Rimer: He's 4?

Dispatcher: And he's inside of the car?

Rimer: Yes, we came home form church yesterday at 2:00, well actually it's closer to 3:00. And I guess nobody got him out of the car. And he was left in the car. Nobody ever looked, and I went and came home and went to sleep.

Allegedly suffering from laryngitis, Rimer strains to speak. The dispatcher probes her about Jason's condition, until Rimer explains she's inside the house.

Dispatcher: Is anyone outside? Can you take the phone outside to where the baby is?

Dispatcher: Hello.

Rimer: I'm sorry, no I can't, can you hold on just a second.

For the next 60 seconds, the dispatcher repeats the same instruction — bring the baby to the phone.

Dispatcher: I need for someone to go get that baby, you or one of the children, someone else get on the phone with me, I don't care which one of you it is, someone go to that baby, bring the baby as close to the phone as possible.

Rimer: I got someone going to the baby.

Another two minutes pass — again the dispatcher pleads.

Dispatcher: Did they bring the baby in the house, or do the paramedics have the baby or do you know what's going on with the baby?

Rimer: The baby just came in the house.

Dispatcher: Who came in the house?

Rimer: My son brought the baby back in the house.

Dispatcher: Are you with the baby now by the phone? Are you with the baby now?

Rimer, it seems, never went to her son. The seven minute call ends when she confirms the paramedics are with Jason.

Rimer: Thank you.

The call reveals a calm, yet seemingly confused Colleen Rimer. For reasons that aren't clear, she is unable or unwilling to follow the dispatcher's instructions.

Much has also been made about her decision to dial 311 non-emergency number. Though on the recording, she can be heard telling someone in the room she's on the phone with 911.

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Sparks flew in the courtroom Wednesday morning as Colleen and Stanley Rimer were arraigned.

The Las Vegas couple is charged with murder, child abuse and neglect for leaving their four-year-old son, Jason, in a hot car for 17 hours.

Stanley and Colleen Rimer plead not guilty to the charges. Stanley Rimer's attorney argued that his client was sick in bed the entire time his son was in the car.

“Had their been any sort of warning, of course, he would have gotten up. He was never made aware the child was missing,” said Tim O/Brien, Stanley's Rimer's attorney.

During the arraignment, the prosecutor called the Rimers irresponsible parents.

“I think it's reprehensible and I can not imagine that if this goes to jury trial that anybody is going to beleive that man was in his bedroom for 17 hours and never knew that his child wasn't in the house,” said Vicki Monroe, deputy district attorney.

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Monroe also talked about how Child Protective Services had visited the house more than 20 times and that the children were living in filth while the parents had a air conditioner and refrigerator in their room.

The Rimer family has a long history with the Department of Family Services that extends over a 20-year period. The couple's four other children are in child protective custody.

The judge kept the bail at $250,000. The Rimers remain the the Clark County Detention Center.

A hearing just ended to determine custody for the Rimer family's surviving four minor children. The parents are facing murder charges for the death of their 4-year-old.

Jason Rimer died in June — after going unnoticed in the family vehicle for 17 hours. His parents are facing charges of second degree murder and child neglect. Stan and Colleen Rimer have four other minor children.

According to the Rimers' attorneys, a decision has been made about custody. While Stan Rimer's brother Phil tried to attain custody, the court didn't go in that direction.

Instead, the minor children are being taken from Child Haven, where they have been, to another safe location — not to be released to the public. The attention this case has been getting had upset the kids, so the court wants to protect them.

Family members will be allowed suprvised visits with the children.

The Clark County Grand Jury has indicted Colleen and Stanley Rimer for the death of their 4-year-old son, Jason, which means they will go to trial for his murder. The boy was left for 17 hours in a hot SUV.

The Rimers are facing 7 counts ranging from second degree murder to child abuse and neglect. Four of the counts are for other children in the home.

The five page indictment outlines the charges against Colleen and Stanley Rimer. Wednesday, the judge found there is enough evidence to move forward with the charges of second degree murder and child abuse.

The indictment reads that the Rimers “permitted or allowed Jason Timer to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering as a result of neglect or endangerment.”

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He died after being left in the family vehicle for about 17 hours. Because the 4-year-old had special physical and mental needs, he was unable to get out of the car himself.

The couple also faces six counts of child abuse for Jason and their other children. The indictment says the house was filthy and the children had untreated lice. It also says that they were subject to verbal and physical abuse.

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The Rimer family has a long relationship with Child Protective Services dating back more than 20 years. Jason's death has raised the question of whether the agency should have been able to prevent it.

The Eyewitness News I-Team has obtained the Rimer family's CPS records and has new information about what the agency did and didn't do during Jason's short life.

When a child involved in the child welfare system dies from abuse or neglect, the community questions whether the agency did enough. We don't have that answer. But what we can tell you is that the agency spent a lot of time with this family.

During Jason's short life, employees involved with the Rimers' cases met face-to-face with family members more than 20 times. Yet caseworkers never saw a need to remove the children from the home.

The allegations of abuse and neglect made against the family came from a variety of different people. The longest open case — seven months — involved Jason's medical needs.

Early on, caseworkers questioned his mother's ability to care for him. Notes describe Colleen Rimer as lethargic, depressed and unwilling or unable to follow his feeding instructions. Jason had to be fed through a tube as a baby.

Ultimately, it was Colleen Rimer who notified police of her son's death.

Records dating back 20 years note Colleen seemed overwhelmed and unable to manage her large family. At the same time, they detail Stan Rimer's aggressive and abusive behavior.

Family service director Tom Morton was unavailable for an interview Wednesday but has agreed to meet with us Thursday.

The next step for the Rimers is an arraignment that is scheduled for July 31, and it is there they'll get a chance to enter a plea on the charges.

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Police are looking for a 17-year-old suspect who reportedly shot and killed a man during a home invasion. There were reports the suspect was barricaded inside a home but police say it turned out to be a false alarm.

Police cars and crime tape were everywhere, keeping the public from interfering with their search for 17-year-old Jonathan Romero. They said Romero is injured, but armed and dangerous.

Police say it was a love triangle that turned deadly Friday morning. Police say the 17-year-old suspect, Jonathan Romero came to the house to confront his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, pushing the door open at 6:40 a.m.

“He got into an altercation with the current boyfriend and during the course of that altercation, he shot and killed the current boyfriend who was in the house at the time,” said Lt. Lew Roberts of Metro Homicide.

Neighbors Eyewitness News talked with said they never heard a gunshot and are surprised such a violent crime happened on their street.

“It's always quiet, just like this, besides all the cars. It's always like this day or night, so I am shocked,” said neighbor Pablo Ceja.

Ceja moved his family here from Los Angeles to get away from crime, but he says crimes of passion can happen anywhere.

“The boyfriend-girlfriend thing, things like that are always gonna happen, it's not gangs or robberies,” he said.

Homicide detectives interviewed neighbors and gathered evidence all morning while dozens of other officers concentrated on finding the shooter.

Romero is Hispanic and was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt and light blue pants. If you have any information about him or the incident, please call Metro's Homicide Unit at 828-3521.

A custody hearing will take place Friday afternoon for the surviving Rimer children. Their brother Jason was found dead in the family car after being there for 17 hours.

Stanley and Colleen Rimer are both behind bars, facing charges in their son's death. Four other children in the home were placed in protective custody.

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The hearing will determine whether those children should be turned over to a family member.

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The case has gone to a grand jury in an effort to keep the Rimer children from having to testify in open court.

The parents of a 4-year-old who died after being left in the family SUV were in court Thursday morning. Stan and Colleen Rimer faced a judge for their preliminary hearing.

But as the Channel 8 I-Team first reported, the case has gone to a grand jury.

Last month, 4-year-old Jason Rimer died after spending more than 17 hours locked in the SUV in the heat.

The man whose truck smashed through a Las Vegas bus stop on Monday, killing one person and critically injuring another, has a history of driving under the influence.

That's according to the Harris County district attorney's office, in the Houston area. Officials say 44-year-old Steven N. Murray was convicted four times in Texas for driving while intoxicated during the 1990s, and two other charges of DUI against him were dropped.

Metro says 55-year-old Patricia Hoff was killed when Murray's pick up crashed into a bus stop on Boulder Highway near Flamingo Monday.

Another woman 26-year-old Porshe Hughes was seriously injured in the crash. She's hospitalized at Sunrise Hospital in critical condition.

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A liquor store clerk was shot to death Tuesday night during what police say may have been an armed robbery gone bad or a planned attack on the victim.

There was no else in the store near Washington and Nellis when the shooting happened around 9 p.m.

Witnesses told police they heard one gunshot and saw two men leave the store and drive away in a dark colored car that may be a Crown Victoria.

The victim's identity has not been released. Police say this is the 62nd homicide of the year.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 385-5555.

The Channel 8 I-Team has learned the Clark County District Attorney's office plans to seek a grand jury indictment against Stanley and Colleen Rimer.

The Rimers are accused in the death of their 4-year-old son Jason when he was left in the family SUV for 17 hours, unnoticed.

Sources tell the I-Team the grand jury convened to hear the case against Stan and Colleen Rimer Tuesday afternoon. D.A. David Roger could not confirm the timing, but he did acknowledge his office has served notice it plans to seek an indictment.

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Stan and Colleen Rimer face felony murder charges for the death of their son, Jason, along with multiple counts of child endangerment for the abuse and neglect of their surviving children.

Roger tells the I-Team concern for those kids is the main reason his office is foregoing the preliminary hearing.

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“These children have been traumatized by many, many things in this case, and it would be difficult for them to testify under oath in a public courtroom in front of cameras and many, many people about the events of their lives. It would also be difficult for them to testify in front of their parents,” said Roger.

Sources tell the I-Team roughly a dozen witnesses are expected to appear before the grand jury. In addition to the Rimer children, Metro Abuse and Neglect specialists and Child Protective Services investigators are among them.

Roger said the family's extensive history with CPS will be key evidence in the case. The agency logged 21 abuse and neglect reports against the Rimers — the bulk of which it found to be unsubstantiated.

Eighteen months before Jason's death, a CPS investigator warned the Rimers against excessive physical punishment and told the children to tell someone at school if they had problems at home.

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