AZ - Gabriel Johnson, 8 months, 26 Dec 2009 - last seen in Texas - #8

[Searchfortruth]

Check it out, word is getting out !! Go WS !

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New lead in Baby Gabriel's Arizona disappearance?

PHOENIX - A blog entry from early January is sparking some interest in the case of a missing Arizona infant.

Eight-month-old Gabriel was last seen on December 26 in San Antonio, Texas.

Investigators say his mother, 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson, drove there from her home in Tempe, stayed about a week, then took a bus to Florida without Gabriel.

In reply to a web post on BeckyHiggins.com, blogger "Beth" wrote, "I live in WI, but am currently in San Antonio, TX. My husband and I are adopting a handsome baby boy that was placed into our care on January 1. I've decided to make my project life about Baby Gabriel. Even though I won't be home when my project arrives I am clicking away taking his photo here in San Antonio."

The entry is timestamped on January 4th. There's no contact info listed for Beth.

http://www.abc15.com/content/news/b...ona-disappearance/kMzdZQEON0ORawoDI8UUdg.cspx

WOW ! That was quick. Someone besides Tammi must be reading here ! Kudos to the fine WS'er who found this information !

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

 

[not_my_kids]

Angel Who Cares-Thank you for caring so much. You are highly appreciated.

The button just isn't good enough for that one.

 

[not_my_kids]

Great, the info is getting out. Only one problem, it got out before Beth was ID'ed.
Let's hope if she does have Gabe that she doesn't panic.

 

[Baznme]

BBM

Ok, I don't get it. IF they were ADOPTING a baby, why would it even come up in a conversation that 'they could keep baby Gabriel without anyone noticing.'
THAT makes NO sense.

Anyone here who's adopted a child,..................when you got your additon to the family, was the first thing you thought of was 'not to let anyone know about the child?'

I don't know what kind of game these people are playing, but it's NOT going to work. Their contribution to this saga is going to be uncovered by LE. IF it's something that is AGAINST THE LAW,................YOU will be going to jail..

This isn't a 60 min segment on tv where everything just fades to black. There are consequences to your actions.

Just sayin'
fran

Bingo.......Fran. This wasn't even an "intended" adoption, just a way to hide the baby.

 

[Ives]

Check it out, word is getting out !! Go WS !

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New lead in Baby Gabriel's Arizona disappearance?

PHOENIX - A blog entry from early January is sparking some interest in the case of a missing Arizona infant.

Eight-month-old Gabriel was last seen on December 26 in San Antonio, Texas.

Investigators say his mother, 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson, drove there from her home in Tempe, stayed about a week, then took a bus to Florida without Gabriel.

In reply to a web post on BeckyHiggins.com, blogger "Beth" wrote, "I live in WI, but am currently in San Antonio, TX. My husband and I are adopting a handsome baby boy that was placed into our care on January 1. I've decided to make my project life about Baby Gabriel. Even though I won't be home when my project arrives I am clicking away taking his photo here in San Antonio."

The entry is timestamped on January 4th. There's no contact info listed for Beth.

http://www.abc15.com/content/news/b...ona-disappearance/kMzdZQEON0ORawoDI8UUdg.cspx

IMOO, this may not be good. could ts be the one who reported this to the media, as a "they know! now run!" type thing? IDK, pulling at straws. think about it, PD is not letting much info out, but they would release something that may or may not be very crucial?? makes no sense to little old me. well, slightly big young me.

if everyone but EJ turns out "innocent" this case needs to go down in history for most coincidences! IMOO

 

[STEADFAST]

I think EJ has only said she killed him and that she handed him to a couple in the park, right? TPS has said all the other nonsense from her "interviews" with EJ?

If I remember correctly momtective - the carseat was found in the hotel room. LE was concerned about the finding of the carseat and Gabriel's clothes - again iirc.

So... am I to understand that TPS has coordinated another interview with EJ and the media that is to take place today?

Thanks,

Salem

True, we haven't heard the hotel couple story from EJ's mouth. But I was under the impression that a reporter was in the room with EJ and TS at the newer interview. Wouldn't the reporter report if what EJ said was different from what TS is saying?

 

[Elphaba]

WOW ! That was quick. Someone besides Tammi must be reading here ! Kudos to the fine WS'er who found this information !

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

It was circulating on the internet yesterday evening... we are actually coming in on the tail-end of it.

 

[not_my_kids]

True, we haven't heard the hotel couple story from EJ's mouth. But I was under the impression that a reporter was in the room with EJ and TS at the newer interview. Wouldn't the reporter report if what EJ said was different from what TS is saying?

Not if the TPS version sells more papers. He's under no obligation, except possibly to the police, who likely wouldn't release anything he said.

 

[Elphaba]

True, we haven't heard the hotel couple story from EJ's mouth. But I was under the impression that a reporter was in the room with EJ and TS at the newer interview. Wouldn't the reporter report if what EJ said was different from what TS is saying?

I am still trying to figure out if the "interview" was actually Tammi just relaying stuff to the reporter. This morning on GMA all that they showed was Tammi talking to the reporters, after she visited EJ.

 

[STEADFAST]

Not if the TPS version sells more papers. He's under no obligation, except possibly to the police, who likely wouldn't release anything he said.

I think it would sell a lot more papers if a reporter could report that Tammi completely lied about what EJ told her in the interview.

 

[LadyL]

I have so many mixed feelings on this Beth. At first I just about jumped out of my skin. But now that I think about it more, Gabriel's case first started making headlines on January 1st if I remember correctly. His name was pretty widely known by the 4th. I think maybe this is some troll who thought it would be fun to get everyone all riled up. Why that site though, that's what's strange. There's still a big part of me though that thinks this is way too coincidental and maybe this really is a couple who has no clue what they're dealing with. Maybe they think their baby boy's adoption was legit. But then ANOTHER part of me is thinking, ok, Gabriel's photo is everywhere and they're using the same name. How could they NOT know? Which leads me back to the hoax idea. Or maybe it is really a HUGE coincidence. There are so many questions I would love answers to right now.

if it turns out to be a troll/hoax, that person should be investigated and charged IMO

 

[mysticrose]

Well if it is connected and Beth does exsist perhaps they dont know about Gabe being kidnapped and will come forward now that it is all over the news and internet. I bet Becky the owner of the site is probally going WTH !!! lol

 

[Ives]

Assume for a moment the couple is real at the motel. they wouldn't hold the baby close and be very excited, if they were just the Pick up people. IMOO, someone who was so desperate to have a baby, hat they would be willing to go this far, would be all over that baby with hugs and kisses, so if true, this couple would most likely be the "holders" of Gabe.

TS if not involved, is really involving her self, to the point, that she could get arrested for obstruction of justice at the very least. so why? why risk your daughter at home? I'm sure, that no matter my feelings for her, she must love her Little H. If it was me, I would protect my child at home first and foremost, give the police what info I can, and keep my mouth closed. for the sake of my child at the very least!

That said, I think, she is guilty of something. what I do not know. and it is spiraling out of control, and implicateing her into alot more. thats if she is not up to her eyeballs in this.

Praying for baby gabriel!! Anyone with a pic capable phone, could start a text circulateing, for baby gabe couldn't they? Those spread pretty fast. Just wondering out loud here.

 

[Prof]

Gabriel's car seat was found in EJ's car left at the hotel. The couple who took the baby had to have their own...coincidentally the same color as the one TS had purchased herself.

I thought TS stated on NG that they had to ask practically beg EG for the car seat and other things?

 

[STEADFAST]

I am still trying to figure out if the "interview" was actually Tammi just relaying stuff to the reporter. This morning on GMA all that they showed was Tammi talking to the reporters, after she visited EJ.

Well, not that Tammi's believable in any way, but before the interview I had read a reporter, producer or such was going in with her and then last night on NG Tammi said, "I had somebody from the media in there with me and they were like, oh my gosh, she looks -- she`s so believable. I believe her. You know, we`re both sitting there saying, I believe her." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/13/ng.01.html

I can hardly believe LE didn't record this conversation or at least listen in to it.
Surely they did. Right? :banghead:

 

[Cher352]

Well, not that Tammi's believable in any way, but before the interview I had read a reporter, producer or such was going in with her and then last night on NG Tammi said, "I had somebody from the media in there with me and they were like, oh my gosh, she looks -- she`s so believable. I believe her. You know, we`re both sitting there saying, I believe her." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/13/ng.01.html

I can hardly believe LE didn't record this conversation or at least listen in to it.Surely they did. Right? :banghead:

Yes, I can't believe they didn't either.

Anyone know about Arizona's policy on inmate visitation?

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Added For quick & easy reference~Part 2:

*Raw Video: Missing Baby Mom Speaks With CBS News 9:36
http://www.kpho.com/video/22155911/index.html
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Video: Missing Baby's Mom Moved To Ariz, Faces More Charges
http://www.clickorlando.com/video/22202431/index.html
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Johnson behind bars at Maricopa County Jail; couple still persons of interest
Posted on January 8, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Updated today at 6:44 AM
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Elizabeth now faces charges of kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference.

Jack and Tammi Smith tried adopting Gabriel Johnson in December, in the weeks leading up to his disappearance.

They maintain they played no role in that disappearance and have no idea where Gabriel is, but investigators believe the Smiths aren't sharing everything they know.

One reason why is a posting from Tammi Smith's Facebook page from December 23 days after Gabriel's mother took him from Arizona.

She wrote "please keep praying for Gabriel and his mommy's safety on the road. She found underground help in Texas that's given her formulas, diapers, and legal formalities."

*Video Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Couple...aby-case-take-lie-detector-test-81053957.html
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Arizona Couple Takes Polygraph Test in Missing Baby Case
Saturday, January 09, 2010
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Jack and Terri Smith spent hours at the Tempe, Ariz., police station answering questions as part of the police investigation into the disappearance of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson.

Police said Thursday they believe the Smiths, who had wanted to adopt Garbriel, may know more about the missing child's whereabouts than they're telling investigators.

"We are getting some indications that Gabriel is alive," Carbajal said Thursday. "We can't say specifically just what those are, but we are getting some indications that those are correct."

Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582673,00.html
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Grandfather of missing baby says life was hard on mom
Woman accused in boy's disappearance told relative she wanted better for her son
Jan. 10, 2010 12:00 AM
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Elizabeth Johnson's grandfather says she grew up with a drug-addicted father and an alcoholic mother and then bounced around five different foster homes.

She has always been impulsive, secretive and prone to fits of rage. A relative says that as a child, she would break windows in her home and chased her father with a plunger.

Yet she carried a 4.0 GPA through high school, and she was determined to not let her son suffer the same kind of childhood she had.

"She's got a spiteful streak," said Bob, who is the person Elizabeth has turned to the most since her parents died.

Court records and interviews show that Elizabeth's fights with McQueary were so violent that she cut up his clothes and broke windows in the apartment they shared. Elizabeth was charged with domestic-violence-related criminal damage and went into a diversion program, court records show.

When asked if Elizabeth was capable of following through on the threats she made to McQueary, Bob paused.

"I think anybody is capable, including Elizabeth, in a fit of rage," he said.

Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/01/10/20100110missingbaby0110.html
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Missing baby's mom extradited to Arizona
01/10/2010
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The mother at the center of a missing baby case is back in Arizona.

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies say Elizabeth Johnson was extradited from Miami where she had been held since her recent arrest.

Article:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9D4R28O2.html
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Baby Gabriel's Mom Held On $1.1M Bond
Elizabeth Johnson Extradited To Arizona; Still No Sign Of Baby Gabriel
POSTED: 6:09 am MST January 10, 2010
UPDATED: 5:24 am MST January 11, 2010
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In an exclusive interview with CBS 5 News from her jail cell last week, Elizabeth Johnson said she has no idea where her little boy is.

When asked whether she&#8217;s worried her baby is dead or alive, she said, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not.&#8221;

Johnson's first phone call from jail Sunday morning was to her grandfather, Bob Johnson.

Bob Johnson said, "Well my telephone rang and it was my darling granddaughter calling me from the Fourth Avenue Maricopa County Jail."

Just hours after her booking photo was snapped, Elizabeth was calling to say hello.

"She seemed in a very happy, upbeat mood, " Bob Johnson said. "I guess in her mind she's accomplished her goal, which was to adopt her son, give him to somebody."

Johnson said it was a short talk that only lasted a couple of minutes. He said he didn't ask any questions about where 8-month-old Gabriel might be.

He said, "I chose not to, that she had stated what happened and I knew we were on a recorded line and she isn't going to tell me anything on a recorded line that would be of any value."

Raw Video: CBS 5 Interview With Elizabeth Johnson
http://www.kpho.com/video/22155911/index.html

Video: FBI Acts On Hot Tip In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22190897/index.html

Video: Couple Takes Polygraph Test In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22189499/index.html

Video: Nashville Tie Explored In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22182376/index.html

Video: Police Report Released In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22182384/index.html

Video: 'Persons Of Interest' Named In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22178557/index.html

Video: Elizabeth's Grandfather: She's Lying
http://www.kpho.com/video/22171594/index.html

Video: Missing Baby Mystery Deepens
http://www.kpho.com/video/22166183/index.html

Video: Docs: Missing Baby Mom Volatile
http://www.kpho.com/video/22146968/index.html

Video: Mom: I Gave My Baby To Texas Couple
http://www.kpho.com/video/22144213/index.html

Video: Strange Twist Seen In Missing Baby Case
http://www.kpho.com/video/22128137/index.html

Video: 'Come Home Soon,' Dad Says Of Missing Son
http://www.kpho.com/video/22124556/index.html

Video: Baby Missing In Custody Battle
http://www.kpho.com/video/22108421/index.html

Video: Tempe Baby Missing After Mother's Arrest
http://www.kpho.com/video/22107394/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22197770/detail.html
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Mother of missing child returned to Valley
January 10, 2010 - 2:40PM
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The Valley woman who is not cooperating with police in the search for her missing 8-month-old son has been extradited from Florida to the Tempe jail, police said Sunday afternoon.

Tempe police also announced that Elizabeth Johnson faces charges of kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference. She is being held on a cash bond of $1.1 million.

Police believe missing Tempe baby is alive
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149226

Tempe baby still missing after mom's arrest
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149018

Eight-month-old Gabriel Johnson and his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, of Tempe.

Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149334
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Tempe Mom Charged in Missing Baby Case
23-year-old held on $1.1 million bond
Updated: Monday, 11 Jan 2010, 9:11 AM MST
Published : Sunday, 10 Jan 2010, 3:01 PM MST
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After arriving in the valley, Elizabeth Johnson telephoned her grandfather, who lives in Scottsdale.

"I can't even imagine Elizabeth hurting that child or anything worse," Bob Johnson told FOX 10. "It's unbelievable she would. She's a stubborn young lady, she has got a plan and I suspect she implemented it."

Authorities are calling a Scottsdale couple "persons of interest" in the case. The Smiths tell police they befriended Johnson at an airport and she offered to give her son to them to adopt -- but the baby's father didn't agree.

*Video Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/tempe-mom-charged-1-10-2010
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Mother of missing baby gets extradited to Arizona
Last Update: 1/10 9:14 pm
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According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Elizabeth was booked into an Arizona jail late Saturday on charges of custodial interference and kidnapping.

Her cash-only bond is set at $1,100,000.

Two other people named 'persons of interest' in the case said they took a polygraph test last week.

Tammi and Jack Smith of Scottsdale said they were willing to take the examination after being named suspects on Thursday.

"There is an enormous amount of peace in the truth and the truth is what it is and I can't fabricate the truth," said Jack.

"We should have been persons of interest from day one," Jack said. "We are persons of interest. We were probably the last people to see Gabriel before he left town."

Both police officials and the Smiths say they believe Gabriel is alive. Now the challenge is finding him.

Elizabeth and Gabriel

Video: Mother of missing baby gets extradited to Arizona
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26396@knxv.dayport.com

Video: 'Persons of interest' in Tempe case take polygraph test
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26391@knxv.dayport.com

Video: Tempe PD getting indications that 8-month-old boy is alive
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26353@knxv.dayport.com

Article:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...adited-to-Arizona/xgsbK2cK80iD5ZWBC0ifjg.cspx
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Court records paint new picture in Tempe missing baby case
Last Update: 6:36 am
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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.

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.

Video: Court records paint new picture in Tempe missing baby case
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26399@knxv.dayport.com

Article:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...-in-Tempe-missing/6PhW8F-82kSl7PwFqFdGgw.cspx
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Mother extradicted in interstate search for Baby Gabriel
15 hours 24 min 11 sec ago
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Recent tips led police to Nashville, Tennessee, where one couple, Jack and Tammi Smith -- persons of interest in the case -- apparently had connections to the boy's mother.

(Gabriel's Father)McQueary also has a criminal history -- he was arrested for felony burglary, DUI and drugs.

"Yeah, I screwed up in the past. And pretty much I've been working my hardest to get back on track, and I have been," McQueary said. "All I've been doing is staying out of trouble and going to work, stuff like that. I was right next to Elizabeth and Gabriel the whole time. We were living together, and taking care of them -- working my hardest."

The baby's mother -- who initially said she killed her baby, then said she gave him away to a random couple at a San Antonio park -- has also had prior run-ins with the law.

She was arrested for domestic violence and criminal damage after she allegedly had a tantrum at the Tempe apartment she shared with McQueary.

Video: Mother extradicted in interstate search for Baby Gabriel
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2010/01/10/Mother-extradicted-in/1263173477.html

Article:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2010/01/10/Mother-extradicted-in/1263173477.html
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Missing Baby "Persons of Interest" Speak
Say They Don't Know Where Gabriel Johnson Is; Can't Imagine His Mother Having Hurt Him; She's Jailed in Phoenix
Jan. 11, 2010
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Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary, desperately wants his son back, notes "Early Show" national correspondent Hattie Kauffman. Elizabeth sent him a text message saying she had killed Gabriel, but later claimed she gave him away to the strangers in San Antonio.

"I really have a hard time believing she just randomly gave Gabriel, the little prince, to somebody in a park," Bob Johnson remarked.

Tammi Smith told "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez Monday she and her husband don't have any idea about Gabriel's whereabouts. "I sure wish we did. I sure wish (Elizabeth) told us any name, any -- of anything," Smith said.

"We spent ten years building a successful business here (in Scottsdale)," Jack Smith said, "and, for us to throw that away, or even the thoughts of throwing that away for someone we had known for nine days, that's ludicrous. No, absolutely not."

Tammi says that, while Elizabeth was never all that affectionate toward Gabriel, she doesn't think Elizabeth could have hurt him. "She seemed to want the best for him," Tammi says.

Video: Video: Search for Missing Baby Gabriel
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Video: Search Continues for Baby Gabriel
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Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/11/earlyshow/main6081837.shtml
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Search for Baby Gabriel: Deception Fueling Frustration as Cops Track Leads
Elizabeth Johnson Extradited and Charged With Kidnapping; FBI Tracks Leads in Nashville
Jan. 11, 2010
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In a jailhouse interview this week with a Phoenix CBS affiliate, Johnson denied harming their son, saying she told McQueary she had killed Gabriel to get back at him.

"He had ruined my life, and he hurt me, and I wanted to hurt him," she said. "And that was the only thing I could say that would hurt him."

Johnson's grandfather, Bob Johnson, told ABC News that he doesn't believe his granddaughter's story that she simply left her child with an unknown couple.

"I think that she has given the baby to somebody, and I think she knows who it is," he said. "I think it's in San Antonio in somebody else's house, and she just ain't given it up.

"She has an anger-management problem, and she's working on that," Bob Johnson said.

Motherhood was never really Johnson's strong suit, Bob Johnson said.

"She discovered after eight months that there's more to this parenting than she wanted to get involved in," he said. "It was not her thing. She was into fashion."

WATCH: Missing Baby's Mom in Jail
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9529040

WATCH: Infant Missing in Adoption Dispute
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9500242

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/lies-fueling-frustration-search-baby-gabriel/story?id=9528705
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Missing Tempe baby's mother extradited to Arizona
Jan. 10, 2010 11:11 AM
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Tempe police officers brought Johnson from Miami-Dade County, Fla., and booked her into the Fourth Avenue jail at 2:06 a.m. Sunday. She is being held on $1.1 million cash bond.

Johnson faces felony charges including kidnapping, child abuse ande custodial interference.

Deputy Doug Matteson, a sheriff's spokesman, deferred comment to Tempe police, who are investigating the case. Tempe police spokesman Sgt. Steve Carbajal was not available for comment.

Tempe officials plan to release more information about the case during a 1 p.m. briefing Monday.

Elizabeth Johnson's booking mug, taken Dec. 10, 2009, left, and Elizabeth with baby Gabriel and Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary.

Raw Video: Court Hearing In Miami
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid30311461001?bctid=61157113001

Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/01/10/20100110johnsonarrest0111.html
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Mom Charged In Missing Baby Case In Phoenix
Monday, Jan 11, 2010 @09:57am CST
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The woman at the center of the Arizona missing baby case has been booked into the Maricopa County jail.

Meanwhile, a couple in Scottsdale, Arizona -- Jack and Tammi Smith -- have been named "persons of interest" in the case.

Police say they too are not being cooperative.

Article:
http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=128122
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Did Elizabeth Johnson Give Her Baby to Strangers? Arizona Mom Faces Kidnapping, Child Abuse Charges
January 11, 2010 11:00 AM
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Elizabeth Johnson, the Arizona mother at the center of the "baby Gabriel" case involving her missing son, has been charged with kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference.

The Tempe Police Department said Sunday that Gabriel Johnson's 23-year-old mother is being held at the Maricopa County jail on the three felony charges after being extradited from Florida, where she was taken into custody Dec. 30 after failing to show up for a custodial hearing in Phoenix.

Police say she's being held on a cash only $1.1 million bond.

PICTURES: Baby Gabriel Johnson Missing
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2010/01/06/crimesider/photoessay6063007.shtml

MORE ON CRIMESIDER
January 8, 2010 - Couple Who Hoped to Adopt Baby Gabriel Johnson Now "Persons of Interest" In His Disappearance
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/11/crimesider/entry5007040.shtml

January 6, 2010 - Arizona Baby Gabriel Johnson Missing After Road Trip; Mom Refuses to Help Police
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/06/crimesider/entry4996071.shtml

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/04/crimesider/entry5888789.shtml
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Gabriel Johnson is Missing, Profiler to Nancy Grace: "That Baby is Not with Us"
8-Month-Old Missing Child's Mother Extradited to Arizona -- but Where is Little Gabriel Johnson?
January 11, 2010
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Appearing on HLN's "Nancy Grace," Pat Brown, a criminal profiler and author of "Killing For Sport," told Nancy Grace that she did not see the investigation ending well for the child. "My opinion is that baby is not with us," she said.

What led her to such a grave conclusion? First of all, Elizabeth Johnson's own words to the baby's father, Logan McQueary, indicate a cold, vindictive nature. She told him she killed the child, placed his small body in a diaper bag, then put the bag in a dumpster in San Antonio, Texas. That admission might have led Brown to think that Johnson just might have killed her baby. Another good indicator that the baby may be dead was the carseat and baby clothes left behind in a hotel room in San Antonio as if unneeded.

Offering up various scenarios of the investigation, Brown pointed out to Nancy Grace that at one point Johnson probably "got tired of that baby and wanted vengeance on her boyfriend so she just killed the baby."

Elizabeth Johnson's actions seem strange when looked at in retrospect. Her story of giving her child, a child she professed to love, to total strangers makes little sense, but, then, that was how she originally met the Smiths.

Although Pat Brown said she believed the child was no longer alive, telling Nancy Grace that she just could not believe that Johnson simply found a couple to whom she gave her baby, until there is tangible evidence, there lingers a bit of hope that that is exactly what Elizabeth Johnson did simply to keep him from her ex-boyfriend.

Article:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2577233/gabriel_johnson_is_missing_profiler.html?cat=8
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Baby Gabriel&#8217;s mom &#8216;played us,&#8217; couple say
&#8216;Persons of interest&#8217; who hoped to adopt baby call his mother &#8216;deceptive'
updated 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
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An Arizona couple who tried to adopt an 8-month-old baby who&#8217;s been missing since Christmas say they now feel the mother of the baby duped and used them.

In an interview Monday from their Scottsdale, Ariz., home with TODAY&#8217;s Matt Lauer, the Smiths said they once thought Johnson was a good woman who was overwhelmed by being a single mother. That opinion has since changed dramatically.

&#8220;I feel like a fool, because knowing what&#8217;s up now that all the facts have been laid out in front of me, I see that she was lying to us and playing us,&#8221; Tammi Smith told Lauer. &#8220;Now, I&#8217;m not sure if anything she said to me was true.&#8221;

Her husband characterized Johnson as &#8220;deceptive.&#8221;

Elizabeth Johnson told the father of baby Gabriel that she had killed the child, but then claimed she had given the child away. Police think Gabriel may still be alive.

Today Show Video: &#8216;Persons of interest&#8217;: Missing baby&#8217;s mom played us 8:03
Jan. 11: Jack and Tammi Smith, the couple who planned to adopt baby Gabriel prior to his disappearance, tell TODAY&#8217;s Matt Lauer Elizabeth Johnson is &#8220;deceptive.&#8221;
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34802432#34802432

Today Show Video: Where is missing baby Gabriel? 3:53
Jan. 10: Last seen the day after Christmas, authorities are still trying to figure out what happened to the 8-month-old child. NBC's Jenna Wolfe speaks with Jack and Tammi Smith, an Arizona couple who claim the little boy's mother offered to have them adopt him, but have since been named persons of interest in the case.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34791165#34791165

Today Show Video: 'Persons of interest' in missing baby case 3:01
Jan. 9: Authorities named a couple as 'persons of interest' in the case of a 8-month-old baby boy. Msnbc's Alex Witt talks with investigative reporter Michelle Sigona.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34781238#34781238

Today Show Video: Couple named 'persons of interest' in missing baby case 2:00
Jan. 8: In the search for missing baby Gabriel, authorities in Tempe, Ariz., are focusing their attention on Jack and Terri Smith. George Lewis reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34767369#34767369

Today Show Video: Where is baby Gabriel? 6:01
Jan. 7: The father of an 8-month-old baby who has been missing since last month talks to TODAY&#8217;s Meredith Vieira about the search for the child. The baby&#8217;s mother told police conflicting stories about giving the child away.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34745448#34745448

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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/

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[Courtney1981]

Praying for baby gabriel!! Anyone with a pic capable phone, could start a text circulateing, for baby gabe couldn't they? Those spread pretty fast. Just wondering out loud here.

Snipped by me!

I could start one! I have friends ALL OVER!

 

[Dave AHFB]

I bet Becky the owner of the site is probally going WTH !!! lol

My guess is she is going "mmmm, traffic=ad revenue" No offense to her, I would be the same.

 

[ethonic]

Well, not that Tammi's believable in any way, but before the interview I had read a reporter, producer or such was going in with her and then last night on NG Tammi said, "I had somebody from the media in there with me and they were like, oh my gosh, she looks -- she`s so believable. I believe her. You know, we`re both sitting there saying, I believe her." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/13/ng.01.html

I can hardly believe LE didn't record this conversation or at least listen in to it.
Surely they did. Right? :banghead:

I cannot believe it was not recorded or video taped. I would love to hear this media person's take on the "Oh my Gosh, we believed her stuff"

I don't know why this bugged me, but when Tammi was telling her story to NG, she said she asked EJ if the couple was loving and hugging on Gabriel like MEEEEEE! I think EJ said no. But anyway, it just bugs me how she seems to bring it back herself. Same with the no sleep thing.