LISA IRWIN - 10 months - Kansas City MO

Mom of missing Mo. girl: 'We just want our baby back'
Parents plead for child's return; police have no suspects in disappearance of 10-month-old

updated 1 hour 1 minute ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The parents of a missing 10-month-old Kansas City girl begged that she be dropped off someplace safe, no questions asked, prompting the mother to plead: "We just want our baby back."

The parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, spoke to the media for the first time Wednesday afternoon, almost two days after their child, Lisa, disappeared from her crib.

The couple made a tearful plea, urging people to come forward with information about their child and took no questions from reporters.

"Anything, even the smallest bit of information could lead to her return," the father said.

Lisa Irwin was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Monday when her mother put her to bed. Her father, an electrician, discovered Lisa missing when he got home around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday from a late-night shift at work, police said.



"Detectives are looking at every possible angle," Capt. Steve Young of the Kansas City Police Department told msnbc.com. "All we know is that there should've been a 10-month-old in that house and we are doing everything we can to find the kid."

On Wednesday, FBI agents with dogs searched the family's home, a light-green ranch-style home in an older neighborhood along a winding street near hills. An FBI spokeswoman acknowledged the agency was committing significant resources to the search, but declined to discuss why the agents entered the home or what they found.

Officers scoured the neighborhood and knocked doors throughout the neighborhood in their hunt for Lisa Irwin.

"We've received several tips and we certainly encourage people to call, but we also need information that is specific to the case," Young told msnbc.com.

Police discounted the notion that Lisa could have crawled away and are investigating the possibility that an intruder entered the home through a window and snatched her.

Young said the parents have been cooperative and aren't considered suspects. "As you can imagine nobody knows more about what's going on in that house than the parents do," he said.

A daylong search Tuesday that included more than 100 officers, FBI agents, and police dogs yielded no substantial clues. Interviews with the parents that ended late Tuesday also didn't provide any clues, Young said.

Nothing turned up around the house or in a search of the two cars in the family's driveway either, investigators said, according to NBC's Peter Alexander.

The parents were staying with relatives away from their northern Kansas City home. Police said they were aware of the parents whereabouts, but would not disclose their location.

Lisa Irwin’s grandparents and neighbors told KSHB-TV, NBC News affiliate in Kansas City, they have not heard from the couple since they left police questioning Tuesday evening. The grandparents told the TV station that they were caring for the couple's two other children.

Tip from neighbor 'went nowhere'
Police canceled the Amber Alert Tuesday evening since the public awareness had been raised.

Police spokesman Darin Snapp said a report that a neighbor saw a man in the neighborhood carrying a baby overnight Tuesday "went nowhere."

Lisa has blue eyes and blond hair. She is 30 inches tall and weighs between 26 and 30 pounds. Police say she has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear and a beauty mark on her right thigh. She also has a cold with a cough.

She was wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44784274/ns/today-today_news/t/mom-missing-mo-girl-we-just-want-our-baby-back/#.To2rwrLPxYU

Lisa's parents: Cell phones missing after baby abducted

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
Missing 10 month-old Lisa Irwin's parents spoke in-depth Thursday morning about their daughter.

They said their cell phones were stolen but that nothing else appears to be missing from their home.

They also described the first few moments when they discovered that their little girl was missing from her crib inside their home in the 3600 block of North Lister Ave.

They frantically searched their home but discovered only an open window, an unlocked front door and lights turned on.

Jeremy Irwin said he immediately knew something was wrong when he returned home from work early Tuesday.

Jeremy Irwin said he came home from his overnight shift around 4 a.m. Tuesday. He noticed a window opened in the front of the house. After checking on his 6- and 8-year-old sons he went to the bedroom of his daughter, Lisa, and noticed Lisa missing.

Lisa's parents said early Thursday that they can't think of anyone who would abduct their child, and that no one had shown an unusual interest in her before she was taken.

Police conducted checkpoints in the neighborhood during the overnight hours Wednesday, hoping to catch possible witnesses up in the time frame when authorities believe Lisa was taken.

Police said they have followed up on nearly 50 leads between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

The parents of missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin made an emotional plea for her safe return Wednesday afternoon.

"We just want our baby back. Please bring her home," Deborah Bradley tearfully pleaded.

Jeremy Irwin spoke softly and slowly as he asked his daughter's abductor to drop her off somewhere. He also asked the public to provide tips.

"Anything, even the smallest bit of information could help lead to her return," said Irwin, who sniffled several times during his initial remarks. "Anybody who have her. You can drop her off at any place safe, a fire station, a hospital, a church, no questions asked."

As he was speaking, the baby's weeping mother interrupted him to plead for her daughter's safe return.

"Our two other boys are waiting for her," Bradley said. "Please. Drop her off anywhere, we don't care, just somewhere safe. Where she can come home, please."

Irwin also thanked all the searchers and volunteers who are assisting in finding his daughter.

Crime scene technicians in white suits on Wednesday are combing the parents' Northland home and backyard for clues in an effort to find Lisa. Agents focused on a first-floor window through which the family believes the kidnapper entered the home.

Dogs are also being used in an effort to find the girl's scent. Officers on all-terrain vehicles searched a sandpit north of Highway 210 Wednesday afternoon.

A Kansas City patrol car is stationed outside Lisa's home around-the-clock.

Police issued an Amber Alert about 7:15 a.m., about three hours after her parents said they discovered her missing. The parents said the girl was snatched from her crib as she was sleeping.

Detectives met early Wednesday morning to determine the next step in the investigation. The couple's older sons are being watched by neighbors.

Kansas City Police Department spokesman Capt. Steve Young said the parents are assisting detectives.

"Nobody knows more about what's going on in that house than the parents do," Young said.

More than 300 residents who live in the area have consented to have their homes voluntarily searched, he said.

Several residents told KCTV5 that they had nothing to hide and were happy to assist police in their efforts to find Lisa. Parents also said they are taking more precautions to ensure their family's security and talking to their children about stranger danger.

Wednesday's developments came after an extensive search Tuesday. KCTV5's Amy Anderson reported about 10 p.m. Tuesday that more officers arrived at Lisa's Northland home. Anderson said the crime scene area was apparently expanded and "officers are once again zeroing in on the house and backyard."

Authorities say the suspect entered through a bedroom window and snatched the baby from her bed as she was sleeping.

She was last seen on Monday around 10:30 p.m. when her mother put her to bed in a crib, police said. Her father is an electrician and he arrived home from an overnight shift about 4 a.m. He discovered Lisa missing and frantically called police, friends and family tell KCTV5.

Irwin became emotional at times as he waited outside his home Tuesday for answers about his daughter's disappearance. Friends and family came by to offer their support.

Police said they issued the Amber Alert about 7:15 a.m. Tuesday in part because Lisa lived with both her parents, who were at home and are accounted for. The Amber Alert was canceled at 7 p.m. since the public awareness has been raised, but police said they would continue to search for Lisa.

"The family is being cooperative with detectives," Young said. "If there were any holes in their story, we would know by now. There are no holes in their stories. . . . There is a 10-month-old who isn't where she belongs and we are trying to find her. We will keep going bigger as long as we need to."

More than 100 law enforcement officials are looking for the girl. This includes local, state and federal officers including agents from the FBI. Officers on horseback are involved in the search along with police dogs. Firefighters with rappelling equipment are also assisting.

"What makes this case unusual is we still haven't really developed any hard information to go off of," Young said.

According to police, it appears the suspect entered and exited through a bedroom window. Young said a first-floor window appeared to have been tampered with. Police waited more than three hours to issue the Amber Alert because they wanted to interview family members and ensure their stories checked out.

Lisa has blue eyes and blonde hair. She is 30 inches tall and weighs between 26 and 30 pounds.

Lisa was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it.

Lisa is described as having two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear, a beauty mark on her right outer thigh and currently has a cold with a cough.

Neighbors tell KCTV5 they are upset about what has happened in their peaceful neighborhood and plan to keep windows closed and locked from now on. One neighbor described seeing a strange man walking through the neighborhood on Monday.

One neighbor told police that a stranger was seen walking a baby wearing only a diaper about 1 a.m. in the street by the baby's home. Young said this tip didn't pan out.

The public is asked to avoid searching the area because "maintaining the integrity of the scene is paramount," Young said.

Even though the Amber Alert was canceled Tuesday night, Young emphasized this doesn't mean that detectives aren't working just as diligently to find the girl.

"They are going to work this thing until the end," Young said. "The main point here is to find this child and get her back home safely."

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/15611288/police-10-month-old-girl-abducted

Police: Baby Lisa's parents no longer cooperating

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
The Kansas City Police Department had a bombshell announcement Thursday night.

The parents of a missing 10-month-old baby are now refusing to cooperate with investigators.

"We are continuing to track down leads as we get them," Kansas City Police Department spokesman Capt. Steve Young. "But earlier, the mother and father decided to quit cooperating with police, but our door is always open."

Police said they were closing the command post as a result.

The announcement came 63 hours after Lisa Irwin was reported missing at 4 a.m. Tuesday by her father. Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley said they discovered their daughter had been snatched from her crib when Irwin returned home from an overnight job.

For three days, police had repeatedly said the parents were cooperating with investigators and were detectives best bet to find out what happened to the baby. They said the cooperation had been helpful.

But that changed dramatically Thursday night.

"They have always been free. They have been cooperative up to this point but earlier this evening they decided to stop cooperating with detectives," Young said. "It doesn't help the investigation."

He refused to say whether the parents had taken polygraph tests. He said police have no suspects.

The announcement came on the same day that the parents made tearful national pleas for the safe return of their daughter. Bradley sobbed as she begged for her daughter to be brought home.

"She is everything. She is my little girl," Bradley said. "She means everything to our boys... We can't live without her."

The parents had told reporters that three phones, including cell phones, were taken from their home by the kidnapper. They said this meant a delay in notifying authorities about the kidnapping.

But Young said those claims had turned up nothing.

"We have looked into it. Obviously, it hasn't produced really anything we can go forward with," Young said. "It has produced really nothing."

Hundreds of police officers and others have saturated the area, Young said. Regarding the closure of the command post, "That's probably inevitable at some point," he said.

Less than 40 minutes later, police announced Thursday night that command post was folding.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/15637354/police-say-baby-lisas-parents-no-longer-cooperating-with-investigators

Irwin Family Member Issues Statement

POSTED: 9:16 pm CDT October 6, 2011

Hours after police said the family of missing baby Lisa Irwin have stopped cooperating with the investigation, a member of the Irwin family said that's not necessarily the case.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/video/29413197/detail.html#ixzz1a3ie4Fy6

(CNN) -- The parents of a missing 10-month-old
Missouri girl are no longer cooperating with detectives investigating
her disappearance, authorities said Thursday evening.

Previously, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin were cooperating and helpful, said Kansas City, Missouri, police Capt. Steve Young.

"I don't have to illustrate how that affects the investigation," Young said of the development. "It speaks for itself."

Young, who said "our door is always open" to the parents, told reporters that there are no suspects in the case.

Earlier Thursday, the parents told reporters about how they discovered Lisa Irwin to be missing.

"She's everything," Bradley said of Lisa. "She's our little girl.
She's completed our family, and she means everything to my boys. We need
her home. I can't be without her."

Irwin urged anyone with information to call police. "Anything, even
the smallest information, could help lead to her return," he said.

Lisa Irwin was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Monday, asleep in her
crib, police said. They were called to the home at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.

"It appears the suspect entered/exited through a bedroom window,"
authorities said in a statement. "Evidence at the scene leads police to
believe the child has been abducted."

Jeremy Irwin told reporters that he found Lisa missing when he got
home from work. "The front door was unlocked," he said Thursday. "Most
of the lights were on in the house, and the window in front was open --
all very unusual."

The couple claimed three cell phones were missing at their home, Young said, but the information has not turned up anything.

Police have said the parents are not considered suspects in Lisa's
disappearance. Young on Wednesday told reporters the family had been
cooperative, but "everything is still on the table. We haven't ruled
anything out."

He said then that investigators "really haven't developed any good,
hard information that we can go forward with." Nearly 50 tips have been
received through a hotline, he said, but not all of them have been
pursued, as some of them have been vague -- a person calling to report a
child seat seen in a car, for instance.

"I know everybody's hearts are in the right place, but that's not anything we can do anything with," Young said.

Police have conducted more than 300 "knock-and-talks" and searches of
residences in the area, and more than 300 officers were searching for
Lisa. There have been three searches of a wooded area near the family's
home, he said.

"I promise you, if there's anything we think we can be doing, we've probably done it two or three times already," Young said.

An Amber Alert was issued for Lisa early Tuesday but has been
canceled. "Although the investigation and search for Lisa Irwin
continue, an active Amber Alert is no longer necessary in this case,"
police said.

However, Lisa is still considered missing and endangered, according to authorities.

Lisa is described as 30 inches tall with blue eyes and blond hair,
police said. She weighs between 26 and 30 pounds. She was last seen
wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it. She
has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear and a "beauty
mark" on her right outer thigh. She currently has a cold with a cough,
police said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/06/justice/missouri-missing-girl/

Police: Parents No Longer Cooperating in Baby Lisa Search

Jason Vaughn
Interactive Content Producer
9:19 p.m. CDT, October 6, 2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—
The search for 10-month-old Lisa Irwin took a new twist on Thursday evening as Kansas City, Missouri, Police say that the parents of the infant have decided to no longer cooperate with the investigation.

At a press conference on Thursday evening, KCPD spokesperson Capt. Steve Young says that parents Jeremy Irwin and Debbie Bradley are no longer cooperating with the investigation into their daughter's alleged kidnapping. Capt. Yound did not elaborate, and it remains unclear as to the reason why, or what this means for the direction of the police investigation.

On Thursday night, FOX 4 attempted to contact the family at their Northland home, where an unidentified woman claimed that the family had "a deal" with a national news network and refused to talk to the media.

An unidentified man who later answered the door at the house only said "Thank you" when asked what the family had to say to the people helping to search for their missing child.

The family of Lisa Irwin's parents in Independence told FOX 4 News that the family has done all they can to help police in the search for their child, and that they don't blame them for not wanting to talk any more to police.

The news comes after police were able to find no new clues into her disappearance, despite word that the girl's parents told police that three cell phones were missing from the home.

On Thursday, between 50 and 100 officers walked shoulder-to-shoulder through a wooded area near the Northland home where the girl was allegedly abducted on Monday night. The search led to some frantic moments from the girl's parents who rushed to the Kansas City Police Department command post thinking there was a break in the case.

The parents were seen having an animated discussion with the detectives working on the case.

Police say that the search of the woods yielded no new clues in the effort to determine what happened to the child. Authorities also say that the parents claimed that three cell phones were also taken from the home.

"I can confirm that the family told us that there are three cellphones missing from the home. They told us that that morning. What the detectives have done with that I don't know," said Capt. Young earlier on Thursday. "Clearly it hasn't led to a big break in the case or I'd probably be able to talk about it. I can't get into details of what we're doing but it's safe to say we're leaving no stone unturned."

Police say that the child was allegedly taken from her crib in her Northland home at in the 3600 block of North Lister sometime between the hours of 10:30 p.m. Monday night and 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. The baby's father called police around 4 a.m. Tuesday when he came home from work and discovered her missing.

During a press conference on Tuesday, the parents say that searched their home for any sign of their daughter, but only found that the front door was unlocked and a window was open.

Also on Thursday, detectives reportedly developed a list of names, and authorities say that one of the names on the list jogged the parent's memory as someone who should be investigated. When asked by reporters, Capt. Young says that the list of names has yet to lead to any solid leads.

"As time goes by I would imagine they are jogging their brain for every bit that it's worth to think of any person they may not have told us about. It makes sense," said Capt. Young. "We will check out any lead we get. unfortunately, nothing has panned out yet."

Police also searched storm drains and lifted manhole covers to search the sewer system, saying that it's just another lead and that all leads are being investigated.

Lisa Irwin is described as white, with blond hair and blue eyes, about 30 inches tall and weighing 26-30 pounds. Her family says that she has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear, a beauty mark on her right outer thigh and currently has a cold with a cough.

The family says that she was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it.

If you have any information on the girl's whereabouts call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.

http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-lisa-irwin-no-new-clues-in-search-for-missing-baby-20111006,0,2371703.story

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of a 10-month-old girl who went
missing from their Kansas City home said police told her she failed a
lie detector test and accused her of being involved in her baby’s
disappearance.

Deborah Bradley said Friday that police never showed her the
results of the test and denied knowing anything about what happened to
her daughter, Lisa Irwin. Bradley and the baby’s father, Jeremy Irwin,
say Lisa was abducted from her crib late Monday or early Tuesday.
“They said I failed (a polygraph test),” Bradley, 25, told the
Associated Press. “And I continued to say that’s not possible because I
don’t know where she’s at and I did not do this.”
Irwin, 28, said he also offered to take a test but that police said that was not necessary.
Kansas City police spokesman Steve Young declined to comment Thursday on
whether the parents have been tested, citing the ongoing investigation.
Bradley and Irwin, both dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, held hands and teared
up several times during the 20-minute interview. They reiterated that
their main focus “is to bring Lisa home.”
“We need her. We have to have her. She’s our link that ties everybody together,” Irwin said.
They said police have treated them like suspects and that Bradley in
particular has been preparing for the possibility of charges being filed against her.
The mother said detectives told her: “’You did it. You did it. And we have nothing.’”
Irwin, an electrician, says he returned from work around 4 a.m. Tuesday and
discovered Lisa was missing. Bradley says she last checked on the child
around 10:30 p.m. and that when Lisa disappeared she was asleep in her
bed with her 6-year-old son and a stray kitten they found earlier in the
day. The parents say they discovered their front door unlocked, a
window open and house lights blazing, lending credence to the theory
that the baby may have been snatched by an intruder.
“The main problem I think that we’re facing is that everybody (else) has an
alibi,” Irwin said. “I was at work. I’ve been cleared. All these other
people we were worried about ... the FBI said they’ve been cleared. The
only one you can’t clear is the mother that’s at home when it happens ‘cause there’s nobody else there.”
On Thursday, police told reporters that Bradley and Irwin were no longer cooperating with
authorities in their investigations, but the family later released a
statement insisting they had never stopped.
The parents reasserted their commitment to the investigation Friday, saying they are not angry
with how things have gone and that they understand police have a difficult job to do.
“Don’t get me wrong. I understand why they
did what they did,” Bradley said. “You see stuff like this everywhere.
You watch the TV, and there’s some crazy person doing something insane.
There’s been too many times stuff has happened. They have to assume
what’s worst ... but it felt like it was taken really, really far.”
Bradley said, “I’m still not angry.”
The parents also said their three cellphones had been stolen, but Young said
the missing phones had not produced any leads.
Investigators focused their search Thursday on a heavily wooded area, sewers and an
industrial park. About 100 officers scoured the industrial area and
adjacent woods, while others were lifting drain covers and crawling inside.
But by Thursday evening authorities announced they were
shutting down the command post about a mile from the family home. Police
spokesman Darin Snapp sent out a news release saying authorities
believed they had done everything they could “regarding geographic searches.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/missing-mo-girls-parents-dispute-police-allegation-theyre-not-cooperating-plan-statement/2011/10/07/gIQAdCD1RL_story.html

This was such an unusual case from the beginning.
I was immediately drawn to the conclusion of parental involvement but did not say anything publicly.
Stranger abductions of this type are so few and far between that it was not credible, in my mind, that someone not connected to the child would be involved.
Now, where is she?

I'm intrigued by the missing cell phones. Mine goes in the opened drawer of my night table (just in case) overnight, and I know my sons keep theirs by their beds also. One would assume the father had his with him. No one has mentioned pinging for gps but reckon that was done. Surely the phone company would have records of last use time, etc. as they keep records to the very second. If I were abducting a child I certainly wouldn't be looking around for phones.

Police alter search for Lisa Irwin
Posted: 11:25 PM
Last Updated: 6 hours and 16 minutes ago
By: Larry Seward

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City police shut down their command center where for three days they coordinated search efforts for missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin.

A spokesman said police feel they have done all they can regarding geographic searches. Police will continue to track leads. However, they will do so without something significant, a spokesman said.

Thursday morning, Lisa Irwin’s parents freely spoke with reporters about the couple’s missing 10-month-old daughter. In tears, Lisa’s mom, Deborah Bradley begged for help.

“Please, please, please call the TIPS hotline if you know where she’s at and if you have her, just take her somewhere safe,” Bradley said.

For three days, the couple has been helping detectives and an army of law enforcement officers search woods and residences in the family’s neighborhood.

For three days, Irwin’s parents delivered the only solid leads for detectives.

For three days, they were cooperative until now, according to police.

“(The parents) decided to stop talking to detectives and I don’t have to illustrate how that, you know, affects the investigation,” said Captain Steve Young , KCPD spokesman. “It speaks for itself.”

Police refused to discuss what created the couple’s sudden silence.

“For three days I haven’t divulged details of the investigation,” Young said. “I’m not going to start now.”

Instead, police tore down crime scene tape protecting the Irwin’s home. They also closed the search operation’s command post. After three days, it’s clear the search for Lisa Irwin is changing.

Lisa Irwin's aunt insists the girl's parents have never stopped cooperating with police.

“We have never stopped cooperating with the police," Ashley Irwin said. "We’ve been cooperative from day one and we continue to assist the police with the investigation."

Read more: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/police-alter-search-for-lisa-irwin#ixzz1a7HrsBLA

Video: Police Say Lisa Irwin's Parents Not Cooperating

Kansas City Police Captain Steve Young talks to KMBC's Jana Corrie about Thursday night's news conference where police said that Lisa Irwin's parents were no longer cooperating with investigators.

http://www.kmbc.com/video/29415538/detail.html#ixzz1a7K0ZgQL

Lisa Irwin case: A few points of interest
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Valhall

With more than 72 hours passed since Lisa Irwin went missing, the investigation into her disappearance has taken a few abrupt turns. Some by way of statements made (and not made) by her parents, and others by way of statements made by KCPD Captain Steve Young. I’d like to just list a few things that I’ve noted that bother me (i.e. seem hinky to me).

In a report filed by John Pepitone with FOX 4 News out of Kansas City it was pointed out that if you take the statements made by law enforcement prior to interviews conducted with Lisa’s parents yesterday and then compare them to revelations made during those interviews, there appears to be a problem. Prior to the interviews yesterday, law enforcement had stated that “no other items” were taken from the home; just little Lisa. However, yesterday it was revealed by the parents in a media interview that three cell phones were taken. The couple states they discovered the three phones missing when they decided to call 911 after searching for the baby in and around the house.

I don’t personally find that they had 3 phones or that the 3 phones were all together hinky. Deborah Bradley, Lisa’s mother, states that one of the phones was not working and she had had them all together on a kitchen counter reprogramming one of them. This makes sense if the third phone was a new one and she was entering the phone numbers into it by going through the contact list on the other two phones, one of which was being replaced.

However, I have a big problem with the idea that someone would walk into a home (apparently either through the front door, or through a front window), turn on most of the lights in the house, abduct a baby while the mother sleeps in a nearby bedroom, and then take three cell phones. Of all the things you wouldn’t want with you, a cell phone which at any moment could be called and the ping track your location, is the last thing you’d want to take. Considering the intruder would not know one of the phones was not working, that would mean this abductor decided to triple the odds that an incoming call on any one of three phones could end up establishing their movement, or ultimate destination.

In the interview, Deborah speculates that maybe the phones were taken to try to prevent them from calling 911 once they discovered the baby missing. They also state that the phones being missing is what led to a “delay” in them calling 911. So my first question, one that I do not believe we have been given any information on, is…exactly how much time passed before a 911 call was made? If it was more than a few minutes, I’ve got a big problem. Because waking the neighbor up at 4 to 4:30 in the morning to get them to call 911 is exactly what I would do next if I found my only form of communication absent and my baby missing. So what is the time of the 911 call? How long after 4 am before it was made?

It is disturbing to hear that the missing cell phones may not have been originally reported to law enforcement. Does this mean that the police questioned the parents about why there was a time delay after 4 am before the baby was reported missing and then after a day (or 2) of questioning they reveal, not to the police, but to media, the reason (or excuse) for that delay?

That a person might walk into an unlocked front door in order to take a baby is not unbelievable. But something that does bother me is that the same person would walk back out through that front door carrying a baby they’ve just stolen. No mention has been made of any backdoor being unlocked or open, or even possibly an egress route for the abductor. In fact, statements to date have indicated the abductor left the way they came.

Of course, the whole idea that a baby abductor would walk in through the front door, flip on all kinds of lights in the house, steal baby, grab 3 cell phones and walk out the front door all is very hard to believe. This is beyond brazen, these would be acts of a person who is operating with impunity.

Another thing that changed in the accounts we’ve heard from the parents so far was the last time Lisa was seen. Originally we had heard that Deborah put Lisa to bed at 10:30 pm. However, yesterday Jeremy stated that Deborah put Lisa to bed at about 7 to 7:30, her normal bedtime, and then check on her at 10:30 before going to bed. Of course, Jeremy would have no firsthand knowledge of what actually happened after he went to work, right?

BUT, he could have been at home if the baby was put to bed at 7 to 7:30. If he was working a full 8 hour night shift and returned home at 4, that would place him going to work sometime around the 7 to 8 o’clock hour.

Deborah said something in an interview with media that perked my ears. She stated that at 10:30 pm when she either (according to which version you want to go with) put the baby to bed, or checked on her after previously putting her to bed, that 10:30 pm was “the last time we saw her”. Well, whose “we”? Is she actually referring to putting Lisa to bed at the earlier hour, when possibly Jeremy was still home? Did she really check on the baby at 10:30?

And I do, personally, have a problem with the idea that a sick 10-month-old baby (the parents report Lisa was sick and had a cough) could sleep from 7 pm to 4 pm and not awaken. A parent is pretty lucky when their 10-month-old baby is sleeping through the night consistently, they are extremely lucky when a sick baby with a cough sleeps through the night.

Another discrepancy that has come out between what Deborah states and what Jeremy states is where the older boys were. Deborah states she was sleeping with the boys (plural) in her bed. However, Jeremy states that when he got home and found the front door unlocked, the lights on and a front window open he first “checked on the boys” and then on Lisa. In addition, he explicitly states that Deborah was sleeping with the 5-year-old boy in her bed….indicating that she was not sleeping with the second boy. Why these differences?

In a statement made last evening by Captain Steve Young of the Kansas City Police Department he reported that the parents had “stopped cooperating”. Jeremy’s sister read a statement on his and Deborah’s behalf last evening that contradicted this and stated they had not stopped cooperating. However, in John Pepitone’s report yesterday, it was revealed that earlier in the day a witness at the Command Post had witnessed a very “animated” conversation between the parents and the police. Pepitone reports that there were raised voices, flailing arms and the conversation (argument?) ending with the parents getting in their vehicle and speeding off.

At this point I’m just watching this tragedy unfold. The above observations are not to state I’ve concluded Lisa’s parents did something to her, but they are points that make me go…hmmm. I personally don’t like discrepancies…not when they are connected with the last hours of a baby’s known whereabouts and the time at which the baby is discovered missing. I think the thing I’d really like to know is exactly how much time after 4 am passed before that 911 call was made?

Valhall.

http://www.thehinkymeter.com/2011/10/07/lisa-irwhin-case-a-few-points-of-interest/

VIDEO: Baby's Parents Avoiding Local Media

POSTED: 12:20 pm CDT October 7, 2011
UPDATED: 12:24 pm CDT October 7, 2011

KMBC's Kerri Stowell reports that the parents of 10-month-old Lisa Irwin appear to be avoiding the local media's requests for interviews.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/video/29418736/detail.html#ixzz1a7R0PmzT

Tip: Johnson County landfill search tied to Lisa Irwin case
Posted: 12:53 PM
Last Updated: 1 minute ago

By: Aaron Heintzelman

SHAWNEE, Kan. - Deffenbaugh Industries confirms law enforcement officers are searching their Johnson County landfill.

Earlier, NBC Action News received an anonymous tip the search is in connection to the case of Lisa Irwin, the 10-month-old Kansas City girl who was reported missing Tuesday morning.

LOOKING FOR LISA | Pictures of Lisa Irwin

The landfill is located near Interstate 435 and Holliday Drive in Shawnee, Kan., about 23 miles from Lisa's home in northern Kansas City.

It was not immediately clear what may have brought investigators to the landfill or what exactly they’re looking for.

Lisa Irwin’s parents reported her missing Tuesday morning when her father, Jeremy Irwin, says he returned to his home in the 3600 block of North Lister Avenue from work to find her not inside her crib. He says lights were on in the house and the front door was unlocked.

Investigators with the Kansas City Police Department and FBI have spent the past three days looking for the girl.

Police said Thursday Lisa’s parents had ceased their cooperation with the investigation, but Friday morning on NBC’s Today Show, Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, Lisa’s mother, insisted they have continued to cooperate .

Authorities have not named any suspects in the case.

Skytracker is headed to the landfill and we have ground crews headed there as well. We'll post more information here as soon as it becomes available.

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=3600+n+lister+avenue+kansas+city+mo&daddr=Interstate+435+%26+Holliday+Dr,+Shawnee,+KS+66217&hl=en&geocode=FQuKVQIdPKld-inlOrRgg_nAhzHD7wotZdGd6g%3BFX21UwIdKqpZ-imtEvB7a5LAhzFi4cATBNasFg&aq=&sll=39.040486,-94.786885&sspn=0.009716,0.026157&vpsrc=6&mra=ls&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=39.10662,-94.597778&spn=0.372973,0.583649&z=10

Read more: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_missouri/northland/Tip-Johnson-County-landfill-search-tied-to-Lisa-Irwin-case#ixzz1a7aQm7GT