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Tempe Detective Recalls Local Landfill Search
POSTED: 7:02 pm MST February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 8:09 pm MST February 9, 2010
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The search that has begun in a San Antonio landfill for evidence in the case of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson brings back a lot of memories for Tempe police Detective Tom Magazzeni.

"We brought the trash out, it was spread out, the line of searchers went through it day after day hour after hour. It was a three-month process. It started in October, 1998 it concluded the 25th day of January of 1999," said Magazzeni.

The homicide detective is referring to the landfill search for Tempe mom Cookie Jacobson who disappeared in Septenber, 1998. Tempe police believed Jacobson's son, Aaron, then 16, was responsible for his mom's death and then with the help of his then 13-year-old sister, disposed of her body in a trash bin near where they lived.

Some 40 searchers spent a span of three months sifting through tons of trash at the Butterfield Landfill in Mobile, Ariz., southwest of the valley. Jacobson's body was never located.

"When you think of the final resting place for a person, a landfill is about as bad as it gets," said Magazzeni.
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Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22516189/detail.html
 
Search for baby centers on San Antonio landfill
Feb. 9, 2010, 9:51PM
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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said he expects excavators will need at least six days to remove 1.8 million cubic feet of debris from a section of the Tessman Road Landfill in the city's east side before reaching the depth in which the baby's remains could be.

Once the 1.8 million cubic feet of debris has been removed from what police call the &#8220;search zone,&#8221; crews will begin searching for evidence of a homicide, McManus said. Contractors will move the debris from the search to a separate secure site at a location that police declined to disclose, and search teams with cadaver dogs will then sift through the potential evidence.

McQueary continues his own search in San Antonio, where he is retracing Johnson's steps. He has repeatedly turned down newspaper reporters' requests to be interviewed. McManus said investigators continue to update McQueary on the two cases in private meetings.

Another Scottsdale woman, Tammi Smith, 37, was arrested in connection with Gabriel's disappearance on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery. Smith had told authorities she wanted to adopt the boy.

Article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6859506.html
 
Landfill Excavated in Baby Gabriel 'Homicide' Case
Father Joins Desperate Search for Missing Baby
Feb. 10, 2010
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Logan McQueary, the baby's biological father, told The Associated Press he was disappointed the case was being treated as a homicide and launched his own search for the boy.

McQueary spent the weekend talking with authorities and working with volunteers to hand out flyers door to door.

Last week, investigators said they were "less and less optimistic" Johnson was alive, despite the arrest and interrogation of Tammi Smith, a person of interest in the baby's disappearance.

Neither Smith nor Elizabeth Johnson, the boy's biological mother, who was also arrested, have been helpful in providing information about where the baby might be, Tempe, Ariz., police Lt. Mike Horn said last week.

Smith was interviewed by police and gave a statement following her arrest, but the information wasn't likely to help the investigation, Horn said.

Gabriel's biological father has hired a private investigator to help find his son.
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Related:
Lies Fueling Frustration in Baby Gabriel Search
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/lies-fueling-frustration-search-baby-gabriel/story?id=9528705

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

Cops: Missing Baby Gabriel Likely Still Alive
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/search-baby-gabriel-infant-alive-cops/story?id=9499798

Where is Baby Gabriel? Mom Refuses to Say
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/search-baby-gabriel-arizona-mother-refuses-police-find/story?id=9489263

WATCH: Where Is Baby Gabriel?
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9489519

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/baby-gabriel-case-police-homicide-plan-search-landfill/story?id=9791404
 
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Gabriel Johnson's Family Fears Missing Baby Was Sold in Underground Adoption
February 10, 2010 6:00 AM
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As Logan McQueary searches Texas for his 9-month-old missing infant son Gabriel Johnson, the father has new worries that his baby boy may have been sold into an underground adoption.

On Sunday, he and his family met with an adoption expert who often consults with the FBI in the world of underground adoptions, and learned some startling connections, according to CBS affiliate KPHO. According to the expert, who asked not to be identified, The Homegate Hotel, where Elizabeth Johnson stayed in San Antonio, is well known in adoption circles.

On Dec. 26, the same day the photos were taken, Johnson and Gabriel were spotted on surveillance footage outside a Six Flags amusement park in San Antonio. The expert told the McQueary family that this too fits the bill of many underground adoption he's seen.

That was also just two days after she posted two comments on her MySpace page stating, "Where there's a will, there's a way" and "Excited to start my new life."
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Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/09/crimesider/entry6190388.shtml
 
Search for missing Arizona baby continues at land fill
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 9:09 AM EST
Updated: Feb 10, 2010 9:09 AM EST
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Wednesday will be day two of the search for a missing Arizona baby in a San Antonio landfill. Authorities estimate it will take six days before excavators remove enough debris to get to the location where the baby may be.

"Once we have removed debris and have searched our target area, we will begin the arduous task of shifting through layers in search of possible evidence," said San Antonio Police Chief, William McManus.

Article:
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=11962792
 
San Antonio police comb through landfill for Tempe baby
Feb. 10, 2010 04:08 PM
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San Antonio police are likely to race weeks of meticulous digging through mountains of stench and waste in a costly landfill search that experts say may never lead to the body of 9-month-old missing baby Gabriel Johnson.

On Wednesday, police worked through the rain to remove 45 feet of debris, a process that will take another four days before investigators get to the trash they really want: garbage from the motel where the Tempe child was last seen alive. They will follow dates on discarded newspapers to make sure they are looking in the right spot.

On Tuesday, San Antonio police declined to say whether they had new information to suggest that baby Gabriel is in the landfill. The department held a press conference in the morning to announce the dig, though Police Chief William McManus said he remained "hopeful baby Gabriel is still alive." Spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said there are "many leads in the case" and one of them led police to the landfill, but wouldn't expand on the investigation.

Searches came up empty
In what may be the only two landfill searches in Valley homicide cases both came up empty despite partial admissions from suspects and forensic evidence found in garbage cans that pointed directly to the landfill. One involved the body of Brad Hanson, an Ahwatukee teen shot to death by a friend who said he disposed of the body in a residential garbage can. The other involved Tempe mom Cookie Jacobson ,whose son told police he found her dead and stuffed her in a garbage can. Neither body was found.

National successes offer hope
Even though their searches were futile, Laska and Magazzeni said they believe finding bodies in landfill is possible with the right amount of luck and precision. "If you can pinpoint where a particular person can be, with assistance of waste management and if they keep good tracking of where things are, with a little bit of luck you can find people," Magazzeni said. "It has happened, but it is very difficult."

Police in Roanoke, Va., found the body of a missing toddler(Aveon Lewis) in a city landfill two weeks ago after also searching a nearby river. The 2-year-old boy had disappeared two weeks earlier and police searched garbage taken from near the family's home. His stepfather is facing charges in the case.

In October, authorities found the body of a 7-year-old girl(Somer Thompson) in a south Georgia landfill where the trash from the girl's Florida hometown ends up. Police still don't have a suspect in her murder.
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Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/artic...ice-search-landfill-for-baby-gabriel0211.html
 
Video: Baby Gabriel buried in trash? 5:16
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Video: Baby Gabriel buried in trash? 5:16
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Updated list

All Nancy Grace Transcripts for Gabriel through February 09, 2010

Jan 05: Phoenix Mom Refuses to Talk About Missing 8-Month-Old
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/05/ng.01.html

Jan 06: New Developments in Missing Baby Gabriel Case
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/06/ng.01.html

Jan 07: Couple Named Persons of Interest in Missing Baby Case
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/07/ng.01.html

Jan 08: Smiths Take Polygraphs in Missing Baby Gabriel Case
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/08/ng.01.html

Jan 11: Missing 8-Month-Old`s Mother Charged
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/11/ng.01.html

Jan 12: Police Say They Think Missing 8-Month-Old Still Alive
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/12/ng.01.html

Jan 13: Gabriel`s Mom Says FBI Has Tape of Adoptive Couple
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/13/ng.01.html

Jan 14: Woman Who Baby-Sat Gabriel in San Antonio Speaks Out
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/14/ng.01.html

Jan 15: Cops Search Smiths` Home in Missing 8-Month-Old Gabriel Case
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/15/ng.01.html

Jan 19: Photos From Mother`s Camera Show Missing 8-Month-Old
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/19/ng.01.html

Jan 20: Missing Baby Gabriel May Be Disguised as a Girl
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/20/ng.01.html

Feb 01: New Clue in Missing Baby Gabriel Case
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1002/01/ng.01.html

Feb 09: Baby Gabriel May Be Buried in Trash; Landfill Search Begins for Missing Baby Gabriel
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1002/09/ng.01.html
 
Search for Baby Gabriel: Local companies picking up $100,000 excavation cost
Posted on February 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Updated yesterday at 7:00 PM
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The San Antonio Police Department estimates the cost of this dig to be more than $100,000.

The police department reached out to nearly a dozen local companies who agreed to donate time, equipment, and resources to the search efforts.

Zachary Construction told the city it could take care of the dig free of charge to the city -- a job it would normally charge a company $30,000.

Along with a more than a half dozen construction companies, SAPD asked the Bexar County Junior Livestock Show for help as well.

The junior livestock show owns property near the landfill that SAPDP needs to store equipment for the search and to hold media briefings. "There was no hesitation on our part to let them use it, said Sultenfuss. &#8220;We immediately told them yes."

When it&#8217;s added all up, this landfill search will cost the city taxpayers nothing, but for many of Baby Gabriel's family members, it's priceless.

City officials say the following businesses have assisted the search effort with equipment or personnel:
&#8226; Allied Waste Landfill
&#8226; HB Zachry Construction
&#8226; Yantis Construction
&#8226; M&M Contracting
&#8226; Holt Construction
&#8226; United Site Services
&#8226; Home Depot
&#8226; HEB
&#8226; Bexar County Junior Livestock
&#8226; Martinez Social Club

Video: Search for Baby Gabriel: Local companies picking up $100,000 excavation cost 1:59
http://www.kens5.com/video?id=84062927&sec=547077

Article:
http://www.kens5.com/news/Search-for-Baby-Gabriel-Excavation-expected-to-cost-100000-84062927.html
 
Rain suspends Texas landfill search for baby boy
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:59 a.m.
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San Antonio authorities searching for a missing Arizona baby were forced to suspend their landfill dig because of heavy rains.

Police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said police excavated a portion of the landfill but had to stop the search Thursday because of heavy rains, which create toxic run-off.

It will likely be the middle of next week before searchers reach the portion of the landfill where they'll focus their search for 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson or evidence related to his disappearance, police said.

Article:
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=414977
 
Woman indicted in missing-baby case
February 11, 2010 - 4:25PM
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A grand jury indicted a Scottsdale woman Tuesday on counts of forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference in connection with the case of a missing 9-month-old Tempe boy.

According to the indictment and police, Tammi Fay Smith, 37, and Elizabeth Johnson plotted to sever the parental rights of Gabriel Johnson&#8217;s father.

Smith is scheduled for a court appearance March 9.

Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/150587
 
Tammi Smith: Court Cat Fight W/ Baby Gabriel Mom? Smith's Extreme Measures to Get Gabriel
Published February 10, 2010 by:
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In the case of missing nine-month-old Gabriel Johnson, will there be a cat fight between Elizabeth Joanne Johnson, 23, and Tammi Peters Smith, 37, in court on Friday February 12, 2010? Johnson is the mother and kidnapper of Baby Gabriel. Person of interest Tammi Smith is the woman who had wanted to adopt Baby Gabriel and who kept in close contact with Johnson during her kidnapping venture in Texas. She may even have masterminded the venture.

Both women have criminal charges against them. Both have a Preliminary Hearing at 8:30am at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona. Elizabeth Johnson is represented by public defender Jon Eliason; Tammi Smith is represented by high profile attorney Michael D. Kimerer. Defendants Johnson and Smith will face the Plaintiff's County Criminal Attorney. The Plaintiff is the State of Arizona.

Tammi Smith and her husband have knowledge and experience in the adoption process, some on the shady side according to a Smith insider.

Thus far, Johnson has not only been silent but also sullen. But will she start talking? Will there be a cat fight on Friday? If there is, Tammi Smith will win. She is glib, confident, and ever-ready not just with comebacks but also with verbose attacks that sound good even when illogical and bogus&#8212; as they often are. Here's what her arresting officer had to say about Smith and her husband: "Tammi and Jack Smith have used the media to make many statements that later have been found to be inaccurate regarding their [the Smiths'] involvement in the investigation."
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Tammi Smith. Mugshot, Tempe Police Dept. February 2, 2010.
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Article:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2689503/tammi_smith_court_cat_fight_w_baby.html?cat=9
 
Rain halts landfill search for Baby Gabriel
Posted: 02/12/2010 12:00 CST
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&#8220;The excavation has been suspended for the day because of the inclement weather,&#8221; said San Antonio Police Department spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez. &#8220;But we hope to resume Friday.&#8221; &#8220;The problem isn't just the rain coming down, but whether there's a stable foundation for our excavator,&#8221; she said.

A spokesman for Yantis Co. said a crew is on standby to help police in the second phase of the landfill operation, which includes sifting through debris for evidence. That process, which costs an estimated $30,000, will begin once the landfill site has been excavated to 45 feet, police said.

&#8220;Right now, we're waiting for the Zachry crews to finish their part,&#8221; said Yantis spokesman Paul Basaldua. &#8220;We hope to start sometime next week, pending weather. If it continues to rain, it's harder to sift through that material because it becomes more compacted and claylike.&#8221;

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Article:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/84136547.html
 
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