Court records paint new picture in Tempe missing baby case
Reported by: Rudabeh Shahbazi
Email: RShahbazi@abc15.com
Last Update: 9:00 pm
TEMPE, AZ -- As the search continues for a missing Tempe baby, we're learning more about the family at the center of the case.
Police say mother Elizabeth Johnson is not cooperating with authorities who are working with the FBI in at least four states to find her baby, Gabriel.
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"Just tell me where he's at," said Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary.
McQueary was granted custody after Johnson didn't show up for a custodial court hearing and allegedly fled the state with the child.
He has made many public appeals to find the 8-month-old, but court documents now reveal he may not be Gabriel's biological father.
In her petition for custody on Dec. 14, Johnson wrote that there were "two potential fathers," and requested that both McQueary and another man, Craig Cherry, take paternity tests.
Cherry said he had no comment on the case when reached by phone Sunday.
"If they're looking for a place for Gabriel to go, we have the father, and the father wants his baby boy back," said Sgt. Steve Carbajal. "That's the bottom line of this whole case."
In court documents, Johnson said she feared McQueary would kidnap the baby and leave the state.
Three days earlier, McQuary filed for custody, saying he feared Johnson would kidnap the baby, and that she was neglectful and unstable.
In the statement, McQueary wrote that Johnson would leave Gabriel crying in his crib for hours without changing his diaper, and that she kicked McQueary out of their apartment, saying, "Take that damn baby with you."
According to documents, he had previously filed a restraining order against her, after he said she trashed their Tempe apartment, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
A protective order was later dismissed when the couple got back together.
On Dec. 14, McQueary wrote in his complaint that Johnson hid the baby at a friend's house until police finally found the boy at 3:30 in the morning.
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