10/6/2011 Interview with DB and JI from KMBC.
http://www.kmbc.com/r/29404237/detail.html
DB: [first few words are inaudible]
no questions asked, just drop her off with somebody, at a hospital, a church, the fire department, the police station, anywhere. Just please bring her home.
Reporter: Jeremy, as we understand, you came home in the overnight hours. What did you find at 4 a.m., when you walked in the door?
JI: When I came home from work, the front door was unlocked, most of the lights were on in the house, and the window was, in the front, was open. Obviously, all very unusual and then I started checking on the kids. Checked on the boys first, and then we checked on her, thats when we realized she was gone.
Reporter: Can you imagine Jeremy, or remember, anyone that would want to take your daughter, who would want to harm you, or anything like that?
DB: No.
JI: No.
DB: The only thing I can think of is, you know, maybe somebody wanted a baby, and she
I hope thats what it is.
Reporter: What do you want to tell that person, other than dropping them off, I mean, what do you want to tell them about Lisa?
DB: Um, shes, shes everything. Shes our little girl, shes the center of our family and shes, she means everything to my boys, and we, we c, we need her home. I cant, I cant be without her.
Reporter: Deborah, how are you explaining to the, to the two boys what is happening? And how are they taking all this in?
DB: Um, um, I, the, I just try to tell them that were gonna stay strong, were a family, were gonna pray, and, uh, shes gonna come home. That we have to be strong for her.
Reporter: I understand that you were showing pictures to the boys and you call her Pumpkin Pie. Can you talk to us about that and about what the boys are saying, what they are wondering?
DB: Um
JI: They just every time we talk to somebody, the police or anything, they run up and give us a hug and say, Did they find her yet? We always tell them, Not yet, not yet. Thats the only thing we know to tell them. Its
Reporter: Can you talk about whats in your hand here?
JI: Um, this is her Barney that she sleeps with every night. She, sometimes, she wont go to sleep without it. So, um, Id like to have her back, so she can have her Barney, and her family, her brothers. Just, we need her home.
Reporter: Did it look like anything was disturbed in her room? Did anything look out of place, other than her not being there?
DB: No. No. Its like they just walked in and just g, just disappeared.
JI: They took her and took all of our phones so we couldnt call anybody.
Reporter: They took your cell phones?
JI: Yeah. They took all the phones.
DB: They were on the counter in the kitchen. And there was, uh, whenever we, we woke up, I woke up, and
he came home and I was, and he said, Shes not in her crib and I said, What do you mean shes not in the crib?. And I just knew, you know, something was really wrong. Were running around the house and were screaming for her, and she was nowhere, and then I said, Call 911, call 911, and he said, Where are the phones? And they werent on the counter where I left them, they were gone.
Reporter: Did the boys hear anything at all? You said you, you, you had to wake the boys. Did, did they not hear anything coming in the window, or
?
JI: Uh, I dont think so. The window that was open is nowhere near their bedroom, so, I dont think they heard anything or, theyre both pretty heavy sleepers.
Reporter: What on the other side of that window that was left opened? Is that the living room window, the bedroom window?
DB: Its actually the computer room where, its an extra living room.
JI: Computer room. [DB is talking over him.]
Reporter: As another day has passed now, how do you, how do you move forward with police being here, with your lives being
? I mean, have you had any sleep, tell us what you do today.
DB: Uh, uh, Ive had a couple hours, but, um, not much. I mean, I close my eyes and I see her. I cant
But I mean, were just trying to hold it together for, for our boys and for her. Just, you know, stay strong for her, so that we can try to think of anything, or anyone, or, any reason that this might have happened, and we still havent, but
Reporter: Are you saying both your phones were taken as well?
DB: Yeah, um, three, three were taken. Um, 1 wasnt even working, and it was sitting up there next to the other ones, I was reprogramming, I mean, all the numbers and all three of them were gone.
Reporter: What else was missing from your home? Anything else?
DB: We didnt, we didnt look, but, I dont think so.
JI: Nothing that we know of.
DB: I mean, we called the cops, we ran outside, we waited for them, and you know, he was looking around outside, and I was just, you know, just holding my boys and they were crying and asking Whats going on?, Wheres she at, why is she gone? and I mean , you know, and, the police came and I waved them down, I mean,
I didnt even check to, around the house. I didnt think to care about any of that, I still dont.
Reporter: Do you remember your last moments with Lisa? I mean, what were you doing? What was it like?
DB: Just change her, you know, put fresh clothes on her, and get her ready for bed, and gave her her bottle, and made sure her binky was in her crib in case she needed it, and she sleeps with her Barney, and she sleeps with her GloWorm and her blanket and that was, that was it.
Reporter: Are you hopeful that you are going to find her soon?
DB: Im terrified, but Im trying to be hopeful.
Reporter: You folks said that you, you didnt know anybody that would do this, but did you notice anyone that had, maybe, an unusual interest in your child?
DB: I know everybody loves her. I mean, I go to the store and everybody says shes beautiful, you know, and you, she likes everybody, shes really playful and shes, uh, really sweet, and, um, shell go to almost anyone. I mean, so I, I mean, anything beyond that, no.
Reporter: So, it wouldnt surprise you that she was picked up without crying?
JI: Right.
DB: Well, yeah, she was sleeping and you, I mean
[talking over JI]
JI:
move her around and she wont even
(inaudible)
DB: Sometimes she cries, it depends on how, how long of sleep shes had, but, I mean, if you pick her up and you cuddle with her, she probably wont cry.
[Varied reporters thanking them for the interview.]
DB: Thank you for coming out.