5/21/12 Today Show
Reporter: This is the house behind me where baby Lisa actually lived, and perhaps you can still see the missing girl posters plastered on the front door. They're still all over this neighborhood. New this morning, baby Lisa's father Jeremy says that his debit card number was stolen about a month after his little girl disappeared, and also says that the charges are suspicious. All of this as Kansas City police tell me while the case is still open, there have been very few leads.
Reporter: It's been seven months since 10 month old baby Lisa vanished from her crib in the middle of the night. And, Kansas City police say they don't have much to work with. But, Lisa's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin hope exclusive information provided to NBC news leads to a break in the case. According to Jeremy, one month after Lisa disappeared, his debit card was suspended because of fraudulent charges. Documents provided by Irwin show one transaction for $69.04, which he claims leads to a website that specializes in changing "your or your child's names." Kansas City police say they are investigating the debit card issue, but that it does not look promising or appear to be anything more than stolen card numbers.
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Reporter: Now, over the weekend I asked Kansas City police whether the parents had continued to be cooperative with police. Police told me that while they have provided some information; none of it has been useful to the case, but they hope to continue to talk to baby Lisa's parents.
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Reporter: Well, Lisa's parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin are now joining us exclusively along with their attorney Joe Tacopina.
Deborah, we can see you have a photograph, a button of Lisa on you that you're wearing. During that tape we were just watching, you couldn't stop crying.
DB: No.
Reporter: What do you want to say about where you are now 7 months after she disappeared?
DB: Um, I am- a mess. I am frustrated. Um, it has been almost eight months and we are not getting any answers. We understand that the FBI and the KCPD has a job to do, but we need answers. We need Lisa. And, it's unacceptable- the answer to us, we're looking at is unacceptable.
Reporter: When you say that you're frustrated, are you saying that you see that they're not doing enough or you're just unhappy with what they're telling you? Do you-
DB: I'm unhappy with what they're telling me. And it ju- it's been too long. And with this development, they've had for a long time and we still haven't heard anything.
Reporter: Uh, Jeremy- you- we just heard in this last report- um, you're talking about your debit card being used about a month right after Lisa disappeared. And, our producers, one of our producers, took a look at this and they looked at the company that was charged- um, um- through your debit card for $69.04 and it leads to a stationary website. Now, why do you make a link between that and this idea where it's a site where you can change your name or your child's name?
JI: Um, I don't know why it takes you there now but, uh, when we first found out about this in December, um- that's where it used to go was the website that uh- where you can change- somebody's name online.
Reporter: You saw this yourself?
JI: Yeah. We went through this back in the middle of December whenever we first found out about it, and- uh, we called them and we ended up talking to the office supply store and they obviously had no idea what we were talking about but uh- it all- it used to go to the name changing website and now there's something weird going on there where it doesn't go directly there anymore, um. So, there's some kind of weird internet thing going on.
Reporter: But why do you believe this could be a link- could be a break in the case of your missing girl?
JI: Well, somebody had my information and tried to use it on November 6th, um- and, whoever had it and used it, used it for $69 and it went through and got paid. They received some kind of- some kind of service for the money that was charged on my card. There were also two other charges attempted that day that were not paid.
Reporter: Joe-
JT: And if I can just tie it up, we've provided this to the FBI. And, the cache- the page that we caught in November, you know, when looking at this when we found- the credit card company calling us was a website that actually advertized "change your child's name" on the website.
Reporter: You saw that yourself?
JT: I saw that myself. Our investigators have seen it. We turned it over to the FBI. I mean, you know, it's just another coincidence. When you pile them up in this case, they're overwhelming. You have that coincidence, and maybe it's nothing, but you know- of all things, a website from the UK that provides a service to change your child's name over the internet for $69 and there's a fraudulent charge on his card. We also have a phone call- 11:57, the night baby Lisa disappeared, um- to a woman from Deb's phone that had never been called before- this Megan Wright. She was the on again, off again girlfriend of this Jersey Joe, the person we think should be looked at very carefully here- yet, no one- because the phones went missing with the baby, remember. And that phone had never been dialed out from Deb's phone ever before.
Reporter: You know, you stopped short of saying investigators aren't doing enough. Are you saying investigators aren't doing enough?
JT: Well, I- I- here's what I'll say now. I know the FBI is in constant contact with Deb and Jeremy and without counsel intervening because this is not about a defense of them, this about them finding answers and finding their baby. They speak with the FBI agents frequently and routinely. From the get go, the KCPD had pigeonholed them, unfortunately. And, it's right to start with them as suspects but they alleviated other potential avenues of evidence. And they've missed massive opportunities here, including three witnesses who identified a man holding a baby that matched Jersey Joe's description after midnight with just a diaper on. It's inconceivable that that wasn't followed up on immediately.
Reporter: Well, we want you to have the right answer. We want you to be able to find your girl. So, to that end we want to tell anyone who has any information about baby Lisa Irwin to call this number. 816-474-TIPS. Deborah, Jeremy, Joe, thank you so much all three of you this morning.
Deb: Thank you for having us.