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ATTORNEY GENERAL JANE YOUNG. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
FBI AGENT AND MYSELF WILL BE MAKING BRIEF COMMENTS.
THE DETAILS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME ARE LIMITED. OUR GOAL NOW IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THIS CASE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO COMPROMISE THAT BY GIVING DETAILS THAT WE ARE NOT PERMITTED.
AGAIN, IT WILL BE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSEPH FOSTER, FBI AGENT KEIRAN RAMSEY AND MYSELF JANE YOUNG.
GOOD AFTERNOON. NINE MONTHS AGO, I LEARNED OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ABBY HERNANDEZ. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ALL LEVELS CAME TOGETHER TO JOIN FORCES AND BEGIN A FULL VERSION -- INVESTIGATION TO FIND ABIGAIL. THE MIC FBI -- FBI AND MEMBERS OF MY OFFICE FROM THE CA -- COUNTY HAVE NEVER STOPPED. THE INTENSITY OF THAT INVESTIGATION AND THE ACTIONS SPARKED THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION INTO THE SEARCH EFFECTS WHICH IS HELPFUL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOME CRITICIZED THE INTENSITY OF THE LAW THE -- THE INTENSITY AND EVERYONE INVOLVED. TEN DAYS AGO, ABIGAIL RETURNED HOME. I'M CONVINCED IT WAS THE INTENSITY OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE CONTINUED VIGILANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ABIGAIL'S OWN ACTIONS TO LEAD TO HER SAFE RETURN FOR WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL.
I WANT TO THANK A NUMBER OF FOLKS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN AND THE HARD WORK WILL COME AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. SERGEANT JOE EBERT AND THE CRIME UNIT. SCOTT O'DONNELL AND KEIRAN RAMSEY AND THEIR TEAM AT FBI. THE ENTIRE CONWAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. ROBIN GORDON. JANE YOUNG FROM MY OFFICE AND THE VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATES FROM OUR OFFICE AND THE CARROLL COUNTY OFFICE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO RAMSEY TO PROVIDE A FEW MORE DETAILS. THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. WE TAKE OUR ETHICS SERIOUSLY AND CANNOT TRY OUR CASE IN THE MEDIA. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL ANSWER PROCEDURAL TIMELINE QUESTIONS. UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS CAN'T BE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KEIRAN RAMSEY WITH THE FBI.
THE ARREST MADE YESTERDAY MORNING ARE THE RESULT OF THREE FACTORS. THE FIRST THING THE COMMUNITY OF CONWAY FOR GIVING ITS ALL AND NEVER GIVING UP ON HANDING OUT FLYERS, SEARCHING THE WOODS, CREATING SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND KEEPING IT ALIVE IN THE MEDIA. THEY DID NOT LET ANYONE FORGET ABOUT ABBY. THE SECOND FACTOR IS THE TEAM YOU SEE BEHIND ME. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, COUNTLESS OTHER AGENCIES, STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WE INVESTIGATED EVERY TIP AND LEAD, WHATEVER IT TOOK US. WE IN SIMPLE TERMS DID NOT LET ANY LEAD GO UNPURSUED.
WE USE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS IN THIS CASE TO SOME OF THE MOST COMMON INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S ABBY HERSELF THAT HELPED HER SAFE RETURN. HER COURAGE AND RESOLVE TO RETURN HOME THE WAY SHE DID SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CASE. WE HAVE SEEN OUR WORST FEARS PROVEN TRUE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN OUR BEST HOPES REALIZED. THAT'S WHY ABBY IS HERE WITH US TODAY.
JANE?
JANE YOUNG.
I CAN PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF TIMELINE ON WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE ABBY WAS MISSING AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST EIGHT DAYS. SPEAK UP A BIT. OKAY.
ON OCTOBER 9TH, AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, ABBY AS WE HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN VANISHED ON HER WAY HOME. LAST SUNDAY JULY 20TH, RETURNED TO HER MOTHER WHO NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. I CAN SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS IF THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT DIDN'T GO BY THAT WE WERE NOT DISCUSSING THIS CASE OR WORKING ON THIS CASE. SINCE SHE CAME HOME, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN ONE HOUR THAT HAS GONE BY THAT THIS TEAM HASN'T BEEN WORKING TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE HAS BEEN, BRING THE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUAL TO JUSTICE.
AS WE INDICATED, THIS ARREST IS THE FIRST STEP IN THIS CASE. AS THE COMPLAINT INDICATES, ABBY WAS KIDNAPPED HERE IN CONWAY. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, SEARCHES ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW AT MR. KIBBY'S RESIDENCE. IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT OTHER CRIMES WILL BE COMMITTED, THOSE CHARGES WILL BE BROUGHT.
THAT RESIDENCE IS IN ANOTHER COUNTY. WE LEARNED ON SUNDAY NIGHT THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AT THAT TIME TO SEEK AND OBTAIN AN ARREST WARRANT AND SEARCH WARRANT. THE SWAT TEAM WAS UTILIZED AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THE SWAT TEAM ARRIVED AND THEY PLANNED THROUGH THE NIGHT THE BEST AND SAFEST WAY TO APPREHEND MR. KIBBY. THAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY AT NOONTIME. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING OF THE SWAT TEAM, THE INPUT FROM THE MAJOR CRIME UNITS AND THE INVESTIGATORS, THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO HIM. AND THERE WAS NO HARM TO ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THIS POINT, THE SEARCH CONTINUES. THE RESIDENCE IS BEING SEARCHED. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW LONG THAT WILL GO ON. DEPENDING ON THAT SUFFER -- SEARCH REVEALS, THERE MAY BE OTHER SEARCHES. THE ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THIS CASE IN THE THE LAST MONTH WILL CONTINUE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE NOT ONLY FOR ABBY, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE. WE INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH SHE WAS A MISSING GIRL, SHE WAS 14 AT THE TIME. AS AGENT RAMSEY SAID, SOMETIMES OUR WORST FEARS ARE REALIZED. THIS CHILD IS HOME, SHE'S RELATIVELY SAFE. AND JUST KNOW THAT IF ANOTHER CHILD GOES MISSING IN THE STATE, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES PUT TO FINDING THE CHILD AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE UNITED WITH THEIR FAMILY.
WE CAN TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. AS I INDICATED BECAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING CRIMINAL CASE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN SAY. I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT SENSE OF FRUSTRATION THAT WE ARE NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING. ABBY IS HOME, WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. WE HAVE SECURED AN ARREST AND OUR FOCUS IS NOW GOING TO BE ON THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF MR. KIBBY FOR WHATEVER CRIMES HE HAS COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF THE PAST NINE MONTHS.
IT'S A KIDNAPPING CASE? THAT'S WHAT HE'S CHARGED WITH
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION] HE'S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING. THAT'S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE DURATION OF WHAT TRANSPIRED DURING THAT INVESTIGATION.
ARE THERE ANYMORE SUSPECTS? AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS ONLY ONE ARREST WARRANT THAT WAS ISSUED. WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION THAT THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE. I WANT TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE INFORMATION REVEALS THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS IN THIS, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION] THAT'S STILL PART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. SO I DON'T LOOK LIKE A PING-PONG BALL, I WILL WORK IT AROUND THAT WAY.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION] WE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS HOME SAFE LIVE. SAFELY. I CANNOT GET INTO THE DETAILS. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW A CHILD LIKE THAT CAN GET THROUGH THE NINE MONTHS, BUT SHE HAS DONE THAT. THAT CONCLUDES TO US THAT SHE HAS A LEVEL OF STRENGTH THAT I'M NOT SURE ANY OF US HAS.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION] I CANNOT.
ANY INDICATION THAT SHE KNEW HIM PRIOR TO THE KIDNAPPING? I CAN'T TELL YOU, WHEN WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]. WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU IS THAT WE HAD INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO LOOK AT THAT HOME.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION] ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 24 HOURS. CERTAINLY QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK. QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO. WE ARE GOING TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION ABOUT MR. KIBBY AND HIS 1/5S. WE WILL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS BY THE TIME THAT WE COME TO TRIAL.
I MADE THE ONE PASS AROUND. THANK YOU. THE NEXT MATTER WILL BE, THERE WILL BE A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING THAT COULD BE SCHEDULED. ADDITIONAL DETAILS PROVIDED TO THE COURT AT THAT TIME. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU ARE ALL HERE. HER PICTURE IS UP ALL OVER. THE CRIME IS NOT A HOMICIDE. THANK YOU ALL FOR NEVER GIVING UP. HAVE A GOOD DAY, THANK YOU.
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