Lisa Irwin, 10 months old, Kansas City, MO, Missing 10/4/11

Continuous updates on the search for Lisa Irwin


In a brief but emotional statement, the parents of 10-month-old Lisa Irwin pleaded for her safe return on Wednesday.

Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley read from a prepared statement and took no questions from the media.

"On Monday night or Tuesday morning, our daughter, Lisa, was taken from our home. We urge anyone with information as to where she is or who she's with or anything to please call the TIPS Hotline or police," Irwin said. "Anything, even the smallest bit of information, could help lead to her return. Anybody who might have her, they can drop her off at any place safe -- a fire station or hospital or church. No questions asked. We just want to have her back."

"We just want our baby back. Please, bring her home," said a tearful Deborah Bradley. "Our two other boys are waiting for her, please, just drop her off anywhere. We don't care, just somewhere safe, where she can come home, please."

Read more: http://livewire.kmbc.com/Event/Live_Blog_Amber_Alert_Issued_For_Missing_10-Month-Old#ixzz1ZyLTUnoQ

Julie wrote:this must be related to the above comment which was deleted

KCMO police investigate suspicious death

Posted: 8:04 PM
Last Updated: 20 minutes ago

By: Gary Brauer



KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Police Department is investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in the Northland.

Shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to North Eastern Avenue and Northeast 120th Street.


Read more: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/kcmo-police-investigate-suspicious-death#ixzz1ZrvttjwW

Follow up to the above.

Police identify woman found dead along Northland road

Kansas City police today identified the woman whose body was found Tuesday along a Northland road as Tamara R. Sparks, 40

Read more:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/05/3188820/police-identify-woman-found-dead.html

Police respond to alleged sighting

St. Joseph News-Press

POSTED: 5:14 pm CDT October 5, 2011

St. Joseph police have been notified of a couple traveling with a baby who looked similar to missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin.
Officials said an infant matching her description was seen Wednesday with a middle-aged white male and white female in an older model SUV at the Love’s Travel Stop at the intersection of Interstate 29 and U.S. Highway 169. Their direction of travel was not known.
Cmdr. Jim Connors, head of the St. Joseph Police Department’s detective division, said officials have contacted Kansas City Police, who have requested a copy of the store’s surveillance video.

Read more:
http://www.newspressnow.com/localnews/29399595/detail.html

Julie, you've done a lot of work on this thread. Thanks for all of the updates.

I hope they find baby Lisa soon. Very strange case. Just vanished in the night. I wonder if the couple mentioned in the above article could have Lisa.

Thanks Ann. I hope they find her too.

There hasn't been any updates so far on the couple at the Travel Stop.

This is the last entry so far at the below link, which is WONDERFUL with updates.

St. Joseph Police: Checking tip of a possible baby matching Lisa's description at a Love's truck stop. Surveillance video has been sent to KCMO police to have them check it out.

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 10:02 PM


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Parents say their phones were missing after Lisa disappeared

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:11 AM

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Deborah Bradley, "We ran around the house screaming for her, and I said call 911, and the phones weren't on the counter where I left them"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:10 AM
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Lisa's father, Jeremy Irwin, says Lisa's brothers keep asking whether police have found their sister

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:09 AM

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"I tell them we're strong, we're a family, we're going to pray and she's going to come home"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:09 AM

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Lisa's mother, "She means everything to us and our two boys."

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:08 AM



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Deborah Bradley, "Sometimes she cries when she wakes up, but if you pick her up and cuddle with her, she probably won't"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:14 AM
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Deborah Bradley, "Everybody loves her, she's really playful and very sweet. She'll go to almost anyone."

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:13 AM

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Deborah Bradley, "I'm terrified, but I'm trying to be hopeful"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:13 AM

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Deborah Bradley, "Three cell phones were taken, one of them was not working"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:12 AM

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Deborah Bradley, "I've had a couple hours of sleep but not much. Every time I close my eyes, I see her."

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:11 AM



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Deborah and Jeremy address the media on the third day of the search for baby Lisa.

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:17 AM
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Deborah and Jeremy nicknamed Lisa "Pumpkin Pie"

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:14 AM



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There have been no developments into the tip that a baby matching Lisa's description was spotted at a truck stop near St. Joseph, Mo.

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:18 AM


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Here's the complete news conference with Lisa's parents from Thursday morning: www.kmbc.com

by Brian Foster - KMBC.com... 6:52 AM


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Video here:

http://www.kmbc.com/video/29404333/detail.html

I'm with you Cali...Something not quite Kosher here...

Something smells.....

Search For Missing Baby Intensifies

Crews Scour Wooded Area, Open Manhole Covers

UPDATED: 12:02 pm CDT October 6, 2011



KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police and federal agents appeared to be intensifying their search on Thursday for a missing 10-month-old baby.

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Investigators have stressed their “boots-on-the-ground” approach to locate Lisa Irwin.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/29406678/detail.html

Parents of missing baby 'scraping for anything'

Updated: Oct 06, 2011 5:48 PM EDT
By BILL DRAPER and MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl have given police more than a dozen names as they try to think of potential suspects or people who paid especially close attention to the child, a relative said Thursday.

Investigators have no suspects and few solid leads despite an intensive search for Lisa Irwin, whose parents say was snatched from her crib sometime Monday night or early Tuesday. The search was expanded Thursday to a heavily wooded area, an industrial park and sewers.

"We're scraping for anything, anyone who was at the house, who looked at her strange. Anything," said Mike Lerette, a cousin of the baby's mother.

Her parents are trying to remember people who recently came into contact with Lisa or paid her extra attention, Lerette said.

Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/15629002/search-for-missing-mo-girl-generates-frustration

Baby Lisa's Parents: Cellphones Were Missing After Abduction

Detectives To Discuss Where The Search Should Go Next

UPDATED: 11:55 am CDT October 6, 2011



KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As the search for 10-month-old Lisa Irwin enters its third day, Lisa's parents spoke to local and national media for a second time, pleading for the safe return of their daughter.

"She means everything to our two boys," said Lisa's mother Deborah Bradley as she fought back tears. "Everybody loves her, she's really playful and very sweet. She'll go to almost anyone."

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/r/29404237/detail.html

The parents of 10-month-old Lisa Irwin, missing since Monday, have stopped cooperating with authorities, according to police.

"The mother and father no longer want to talk to detectives," Kansas City, Mo., police Capt. Steve Young said. "From an investigative standpoint, we enjoyed their cooperation so far. [It] has been very beneficial to the case. But yeah, you can imagine it doesn't help the case" that the cooperation has ended.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-baby-lisa-desperate-parents-make-lists-suspects/story?id=14679914

Why?

Because about 99% of the time in these cases, a parent or relative is involved.

kellikat wrote:Because about 99% of the time in these cases, a parent or relative is involved.

Or someone has advised them not to say anything to police for fear they could be fingered...?