7 year old boy blamed for causing his own death

here is the last part of the letter to calif atty general.
5. The biggest LIE that has been told by members of the California Highway Patrol is the location of the impact that resulted in my sons death. Photographic evidence taken the day of my sons death by members of the California Highway Patrol clearly shows that Mark Shiflett's vehicle skidded with both left wheel's over the double yellow line for approximately 30 to 40 feet. The skid marks continue uninterrupted back over the double yellow line and for another 50 to 60 feet to the side of the road where the truck came to a stop. Based on a proper analysis of the skid marks it is clear that the collision happened when the truck was over the double yellow line into the opposing lane where my son was riding his bicycle. I was told by members of the California Highway Patrol that the only person who saw the actual collision was Mark Shiflett, and because Mark Shiflett told them that the collision happened when he skidded back over the double yellow line into his own lane, that they had to take his word. You have to remember that Jacob was also an eyewitness and they intentionally refused to obtain his testimony. Once again failing to obtain eyewitness testimony in a fatality collision especially when the driver has every reason to lie to the officers is not proper investigative techniques and defies logic and reason. It is very clear and proven by factual evidence that the collision occurred in the area of the roadway where the skid marks change direction. The only thing that could have caused the vehicle to change direction in the middle of the 95 foot-long locked wheel skid is an impact with another object. The vehicle changed direction in the middle of this skid when both of his left wheel's were over the double yellow line and into my sons lane.
The impact with my sons body caused the vehicle to skid off to the right and merge back over the double yellow line and off to the right side of the road. My sons body impacted the truck on the left side of Mark Shiflett's vehicle in the area of the left front headlight, and this area of his truck was over the double yellow line into the opposing Lane. This impact is consistent with causing the truck to veer off to the right and back over the double yellow line to the opposite side of the road where it came to a rest.
The officers purposely and intentionally failed to properly analyze this skidmark and willfully and intentionally falsified the location to benefit them so they would not have to arrest Mark Shiflett for driving recklessly over the double yellow line.
It is very easy to see how and why these officers covered up facts and evidence surrounding my sons death. All you have to do is look at the collision investigation manual and determine the course of action they should have taken and compare it with the course of action they took the day of my sons death, and it clearly shows that the officers ignored the collision investigation manual and perpetrated a series of lies and misconceptions surrounding my sons death in order to protect themselves from civil liability regarding my sons death.
These officers willfully withheld vital facts and information from the collision report, perpetrated a series of lies and misconceptions, willfully manipulated the location of the impact that resulted in my sons death, failed to interview all of the witnesses, failed to order the driver to submit to proper chemical testing especially when the driver was out on bail on two serious DUIs and was a registered drug and alcohol offender.
How could it be proper in any light to allow a registered drug and alcohol offender out on bail on two DUIs to leave the scene of a fatality collision without being properly tested?
For going on 11 years I have lived with this horrible injustice surrounding the death of my innocent seven-year-old son. I have worked tirelessly to try and expose this injustice to no avail. The California Highway Patrol is the seventh largest police agency in the nation, and have a lot of power and immunity due to their status.
The California Highway Patrol is responsible for protecting politicians including the Governor and the President of the United States when he visits California. Because of these facts this is a highly politically charged and politically backed police agency responsible for the protection of many of our politicians. Because the California Highway Patrol is such a powerful agency I have not been able to expose this horrible injustice or get a proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding my sons death.
Besides filing four complaints through internal affairs of the California Highway Patrol, I have contacted every mainstream talkshow host including Oprah Winfrey, John Walsh, Montel Williams, Steve Wilkos, Dr. Phil, Maury Povich and many others.
I have also sent hundreds of e-mails and letters to various media agencies across America. Because my son was not kidnapped and murdered the media has ignored my repeated requests to just examine the evidence surrounding my sons death and do an investigative report. In my recent e-mails and letters I have asked these various media outlets to allow me to present the evidence to them so they could investigate it, and they could draw their own conclusions based on the evidence. The media agencies who HAVE responded told me they are," not interested".
Is a sad day in America when those we trust to uphold the truth and protect the innocent, could falsely blame an innocent seven-year-old child for causing his own death when clearly he was a victim of two felony crimes that resulted in his death.
In the interests of Justice for my innocent seven-year-old child, the circumstances surrounding my sons death need to be reinvestigated and the appropriate action taken to stop this from happening to other children as well as other parents. It is absolutely ludicrous to blame a child for causing his own death.
The statements I have made in this letter are only half of the whole picture. Close examination of all the evidence I have in my possession will clearly prove that these officers covered up my sons death. Several other state agencies are also involved in this cover up. Child protective services refused to investigate my sons death. How could child protective services refuse to investigate the death of a child who was a victim of child endangerment? The Lake County Sheriff's office refused to investigate my sons death and submit a report to child protective services. I was told by Lake County Sheriff's office that I needed counseling, and there was nothing for them to investigate! When I went to the District Attorney's Office in Lake County California to ask the district attorney to investigate my sons death, the district attorney threw me out of his office. He told me that without a police report there was nothing he could do.

Here is the sconnd part of the letter to atty general.
Now let's move on to the second felony crime that was committed against my son that caused his death. The driver of the vehicle that struck and killed my son, Mark Shiflett, was out on bail on two very serious DUIs he had just received a week prior to my sons death. In the years after my sons death I began gathering evidence to try and determine why members of the California Highway Patrol covered up my sons death, and falsely blamed him for causing his own death. I went to the court clerk's office in Lake County several months after my sons death to try and find out more information about the driver. What I discovered was positively shocking.
It turns out that Mark Shiflett was a career criminal with four prior prison terms. I have factual evidence documented by the court clerk that proves Mark Shiflett was arrested by the Clearlake Police Department on January 27, 2001 for a serious DUI in which he had high levels of alcohol as well as meth. The Clearlake Police Department took the appropriate action and arrested him, impounded his vehicle and he was taken to jail.
Shiflett bailed out, got his truck out of impound and began driving once again. Court paperwork shows that two days later on January 29, 2001, Mark Shiflett was cited by the California Highway Patrol for another serious DUI. This time the appropriate action was not taken. Mr. Shiflett's truck was not impounded and he was only "cited" for this second serious DUI within two days. We must also keep in mind that Mark Shiflett was a registered drug and alcohol offender with several prior prison terms. For an as yet undetermined reason the CHP let him go on this 2nd serious DUI within 2 days.
Six days later on February 4, 2001, Mark Shiflett struck and killed my son while driving over the double yellow line in a reckless manner. He was also under the influence of methamphetamines. When the California Highway Patrol arrived at the scene of my sons death they immediately determined that the driver was out on bail on two serious DUIs, and had just been released six days earlier by members of the California Highway Patrol. The officers realized there was a huge liability issue involved and withheld vital facts and information from the fatality collision report involving my sons death. There were many lies and misconceptions perpetrated at the scene of my sons death, by members of the California Highway Patrol, and I will point out some of those lies.
1. Factual evidence gathered by the Highway Patrol the day of my sons death proves conclusively that Mark Shiflett was driving over the double yellow line in a reckless manner when he struck and killed my son. Among this evidence is photographs taken by the California Highway Patrol which clearly show 40 feet of skid marks over the double yellow line and the skid marks continue back over the double yellow line to the opposite side of the road where his truck came to rest. As stated in the report, the total length of the skid marks were, 95 feet of continuous locked wheel skid. The officers refused to include this information in the collision report and told me that the vehicle code violation,(driving over the double yellow line) was not relevant and they refused to include this vital information in the report. This in itself is very serious misconduct, as it is stated in the California Highway Patrol collision investigation manual that ALL evidence shall be included in the report especially vehicle code violations, in any fatality or injury collision. Vehicle code violations such as driving over the double yellow line are specifically mentioned in the collision investigation manual as "relevant information, and shall be disclosed in the report". These officers chose to deem this vehicle code violation, not relevant, and intentionally chose not to include it in the report.
2. Although Mark Shiflett was out on bail on two serious DUIs he just received a week prior to my sons death, I've been told by several members of the California Highway Patrol that they did not have, " probable cause", to even ASK Mark Shiflett to submit to proper chemical testing, and did not want to "violate his rights". For members of the California Highway Patrol to engage in this type of behavior is highly irregular. In most fatality collision's it is the duty of the officer to obtain chemical testing, especially in a fatality collision where the circumstances are very suspicious. The fact is these officers had probable cause but refused to exercise it with the intention of protecting themselves from liability. The fact that members of the California Highway Patrol allowed Mark Shiflett to drive away from his second serious DUI within two days, just six days prior to my sons death, is the reason these officers perpetrated this horrible injustice and withheld this vital information from public view.
3. My sons nine-year-old brother Jacob was on the roadway and witnessed the collision that resulted in his brother being struck and killed by Mark Shiflett. As stated in the collision investigation manual, "all witnesses in any fatality or injury collision shall be interviewed and their testimony obtained and recorded in the collision investigation report". The day of my sons death the officers willfully refused to obtain Jacob's testimony even though it is stated in the report the Jacob was on the roadway. For the officers to willfully fail to obtain Jacob's testimony clearly illustrates that their behavior was not consistent with the guidelines of the collision investigation manual.
I contacted the Highway Patrol the day after my sons death and complained that they had not obtained Jacob's testimony. Two days after my sons death officer Cynthia Huhn came out to talk to Jacob. Jacob told her that he witnessed Mark Shiflett driving recklessly over the double yellow line as he drove up big Canyon Road. At this point after obtaining this eyewitness testimony that proved Mark Shiflett was driving recklessly over the double yellow line as he came up Big Canyon road, California Highway Patrol should have furthered their investigation. They included Jacob's statement in the report and then took no further action, claiming that the vehicle code violation Mark Shiflett committed, was," not relevant".
4. Two years after my sons death, Workman's auto insurance did a deposition of my sons brother Jacob. In Jacob's deposition Jacob states plainly that Mark Shiflett was driving over the double yellow line when he struck and killed my son. He also states that Mark Shiflett was driving extremely fast. Jacob also states that Mark Shiflett drove past Jacob while driving over the double yellow line into Jacobs Lane nearly colliding with Jacob. Jacob states that the wind from Shiflett's truck nearly knocked him over.
After he passed Jacob is when he struck and killed my son Tyler. Jacob stated that Shiflett was over the double yellow line and my son Tyler was in his own lane when he was struck and killed. This testimony in this Superior Court deposition, is testimony that should've been obtained by the California Highway Patrol the day of my sons death, but these corrupt officers intentionally refused to obtain this testimony with the intention of withholding it from public view.
Among the other testimony in this deposition is testimony Jacob gave about the stepgrandfather allowing the boys on this dangerous highway unsupervised and without safety helmets. Jacobs states in the deposition that the stepgrandfather had given the boys permission to ride their bicycles on this dangerous highway on numerous occasions, unsupervised and without safety helmets. This is where Jacobs states that the stepgrandfather had been telling the boys to," get off your bike and jump in the ditch if you see a car coming".

here is part of a letter I just sent to the calif. attorney general asking for a grand jury investigation. It gives more detail about the crimes comitted against my son and why the CHP covered up my sons death.
Dear Kamala Harris,
I am writing this letter to request a formal Grand Jury investigation into the mishandling of the death of my seven-year-old son Tyler James by members of the California Highway Patrol in Lake County California, in 2001. My son Tyler was a victim of two felony crimes that resulted in his tragic and needless death. Believe it or not members of the California Highway Patrol falsely and intentionally concluded that my son Tyler, "caused his own death", and the two individuals who committed these crimes that caused his death were not even questioned by members of the California Highway Patrol, the police agency that initially responded to the scene of the collision that resulted in my son's death.
February 4th of next year will be 11 long years since I lost my wonderful son. 11 years is far too long to have to wait to find Justice for an innocent child in this great nation. To begin I would like to explain the circumstances surrounding my son's death to show you that he was in fact a victim of two felony crimes.
First of all I raised my son as a single father from when he was 3 1/2 months old, and my most important goal in life was to raise him into manhood. Needless to say we were very close. I moved back to Lake County so my son could be raised in a small-town environment and around other family members. At the time of my son's death he had an older nine-year-old half-brother named Jacob who he had become very close with.
Jacob was being raised by his grandparents who lived on Big Canyon Road in Lake County, California. Big Canyon Road at the time was a dangerous country Highway with a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit separated by a double yellow line.
On February 4, 2001, my son Tyler was on a weekend visit, visiting his half-brother and the grandparents. Prior to my son's death there had been several conversations between myself and the stepgrandfather Jim Carreker, about the safety and well-being of the boys regarding bicycle safety and the dangerous roadway that they lived on, Big Canyon Road. Jim Carreker had promised me on several occasions that my son would always wear his helmet during these weekend visits, and he would NEVER be allowed near the Highway. I took Jim Carreker at his word and believed that he would keep my son safe.
On Sunday morning, February 4, 2001 Jim Carreker gave my son Tyler and his brother Jacob permission to ride their bicycles out onto this dangerous 55 mile-per-hour Highway unsupervised and without safety helmets where my son was struck and killed by a criminal with a jaded past. Jim Carreker committed this heinous act behind my back and without my knowledge, after promising me my son would never be allowed even NEAR this dangerous Highway.
Two years after my son's death there was a deposition of my sons nine-year-old brother Jacob, in which Jacob stated that Jim Carreker had been giving the boys permission to ride their bikes on this dangerous Highway without helmets or supervision for several months prior to my sons death. In this deposition Jacobs states that Jim Carreker had been telling the boys to, "get off your bike and jump in the ditch if you see a car coming". As stated in the California Highway Patrol collision report, my son was not wearing a helmet at the time of his death, and he was in fact riding his bicycle on this dangerous 55 mile-per-hour Highway without supervision. My son's brother Jacob was also not wearing a helmet, and was unsupervised.
Although these facts are true and proven by documented evidence, the California Highway Patrol refused to submit a report to child protective services stating these facts, so that Jim Carreker could be prosecuted for felony child endangerment. The California Highway Patrol also refused to cite Jim Carreker for allowing my son to ride his bicycle on this dangerous Highway without a safety helmet. Lieutenant Commander Hayward, of the Lake County California Highway Patrol told me that the helmet violation was not a, "citeable offense". This was just another lie among the dozens of other lies and misconceptions that have been perpetrated by members of the California Highway Patrol regarding my sons death. The fact is I contacted the Bureau of statistics of the California Highway Patrol and found that thousands of citations had been issued prior to my sons death for helmet violations, prior to 2001.
The way my sons death was handled is a mockery of the Justice system and a very serious miscarriage of Justice. When I requested for the California Highway Patrol to submit a report to child protective services stating that my son had been given permission to ride his bicycle on this dangerous Highway without a helmet or supervision, Commander Hayward told me that I was trying to place," false blame", on Jim Carreker. He told me a story about how his 22-year-old stepson lost control of his motorcycle and slid under the rear of a car and was killed. He stated," The grief he suffered from the loss of his stepson caused him to try and place false blame on the driver of the vehicle his stepson rear ended". I was appalled by the attitude of Commander Hayward, as my son was not 22 years old, he was only seven years old and could not be held accountable for his own actions. I tried to explain this to Commander Hayward and he simply explained to me, that's not the way he sees it!
Dr. Phil explained it in proper terms," a child of seven years old does not have the life experience to make informed decisions regarding their own safety and well-being, and cannot be held accountable for their own actions". Furthermore, according to state law, it is the responsibility of the adult in charge to provide a safe environment for any minor child.
Any adult who is in charge of supervising minor children who fails to provide a safe environment for any minor child is guilty of criminal neglect and child endangerment.
When you consider the despicable way that Jim Carreker endangered my sons life, by lying to me and deceiving me about my son's safety and well-being, and then sending him out to a dangerous Highway to his death, he most certainly should have been prosecuted for felony child endangerment, and gross negligence that resulted in my sons death.
Lake County is a rural country small-town environment, and there's a lot of corruption among law enforcement even on the state level. For officers of the law who we trust to uphold the law and protect the innocent to act in such a despicable manner, and blame and innocent child for causing his own death is clearly a violation of state law as well as a violation of the guidelines of their sworn duty.

felony child endangerment by his step grandfather for allowing him to ride his bike on a 55 mph highway without a helmet and supervision that is felony one...and reckless driving / manslaughter by the driver who was driving recklessly over the double yellow line and speeding my web site tells a more complete explanation www.tylerjames.org click the link "read the book"