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Mom in missing Tempe baby case a no-show in court
Last Update: 12:17 pm
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Tempe woman whose baby has been missing for more than two months refused to leave her jail cell Tuesday morning, forcing the delay of a scheduled hearing in her case.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan would have ruled on two motions had 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson come to court. Those motions -- to designate counsel and designate the case complex -- can not be ruled on without the defendant in court.

Ryan has rescheduled Tuesday's hearing for March 17. An assistant for Ryan said Johnson will be brought to court that day, "by any means necessary."

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.

The search for Gabriel continues.

Article:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...-no-show-in-court/6PhW8F-82kSl7PwFqFdGgw.cspx
 
Baby Gabriel's mom refuses to go to court
March 9, 2010 - 11:27AM , updated: March 9, 2010 - 3:24PM
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Elizabeth Johnson was scheduled to appear before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan for a pretrial conference, but her public defenders appeared without her to request a new hearing date and see if they could get the media banned from being in the courtroom. Ryan said: "Use any means necessary to get Ms. Johnson here for her next court date. It will be an issue we have to take up sooner or later."

Ryan rescheduled the hearing for 10:30 a.m. on March 17 as a courtroom full of media looked on.

Renowned private investigator Jay J. Armes, his son, Jay J. Armes Jr., and one of their associates who are helping the McQueary family search for Gabriel arrived in Phoenix from El Paso, Texas late Monday to attend Tuesday's hearing.

Armes said his office is receiving 60 to 70 leads a day about the case, some are credible and some are extortion attempts. "She's protecting whoever has the baby," Armes said of Johnson's refusal to leave her jail cell.

However, Armes Jr. said what worries them is that Johnson has no emotional attachment to the baby and wouldn't have any problem crossing the line when it comes to killing Gabriel because she isn't showing any remorse for her actions now. "To her, the line is not there, or blurry at best," Armes Jr. said.

Armes Jr. also said he believes Johnson refusing to leave her jail cell was a "calculated action" on her part and a stall tactic. "She knows this doesn't look good for her," Armes Jr. said. "The last thing you want to do is (tick) off the judge. She has been given too much free reign to manipulate the system to her advantage. The only one that it has helped has been her, not Logan and definitely not the baby."

Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151656
 
*Missed This Article!

Troubled pasts of women in 'Baby Gabriel&#8217; case
March 5, 2010 - 8:36PM
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When Tammi Smith and Elizabeth Johnson met for the first time in August at Boston&#8217;s Logan International Airport, Johnson no longer wanted to be a mother. And Smith badly wanted to be a mother again.

Smith, 37, of Scottsdale, and Johnson, 23, of Tempe, have troubled pasts, similar dysfunctional histories in their relationships and criminal records, according to police reports and court documents. They are scheduled to appear for separate hearings in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday , both on felony charges in connection with the missing child that Johnson initially said she killed but later claimed hat she had given to an unknown couple in the parking lot of a motel, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents.

Johnson&#8217;s attorney, Vanessa Smith, who works for the Maricopa County Public Defender&#8217;s Office, has filed a motion with the court to ban any media coverage of the court proceedings, arguing that it would infringe on Johnson&#8217;s right to a fair trial and jeopardize her safety. Repeated requests for interviews with Smith and her lawyer in recent weeks were declined. Requests for jailhouse interviews with Johnson also were denied.

Troubled pasts
Smith once worked as an exotic dancer in New Orleans, aspired to be a country music singer pursuing fortune and fame in Nashville, Tenn., and at one time was married to two men at the same time, according to police reports and court records.

In 2001, she paid to give her three children up for adoption to her ex-husband and his wife after a costly 2½-year custody battle, according to Smith and the second of her five husbands, Kieth Facio. More recently, Smith tried to adopt children from China and Africa, according to her MySpace page, which has since been blocked from public view and Facio. &#8220;She&#8217;s trying to fill a gap,&#8221; said Facio, who lives with their three teenage children near New Orleans. &#8220;Tammi knows she screwed up with her own children and is trying to make up for it. She&#8217;s tried to adopt other children for several years, but it always falls through for some reason and she can&#8217;t. It&#8217;s likely because of her past.&#8221;

Johnson, meanwhile, grew up with her twin brother in five different foster homes before the age of 10 due to her drug-addicted mother drowning when Elizabeth was about 12 and her father dying of liver cancer in 2007, according to Johnson&#8217;s grandfather, Robert Johnson of Scottsdale.

A mother&#8217;s rage
In the last year alone, Johnson&#8217;s relationship with Gabriel&#8217;s father, Logan McQueary, was marked by her outbursts of rage as she destroyed three apartments by tearing up clothes and a couch with a large knife before demolishing a baby bed, smashing a television set and breaking windows, according to Tempe police reports.

San Antonio police are conducting a missing persons case parallel to a homicide investigation, not knowing whether the child is alive or dead. More than 30 people currently are searching a section of a landfill to see if they can find anything in connection with the case. Witnesses at the motel also told authorities that they saw Johnson with a Hispanic male and that they appeared to be a couple. However, authorities have been unable to locate him, according to police.

In the ongoing investigation, authorities have compiled 1,575 pages of discovery and 52 CDs of recorded interviews, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents. As the story of &#8220;Baby Gabriel&#8221; has played out on national television shows, the Web search engine &#8220;Google News&#8221; shows more than 1 million hits, mostly originating from media outlets throughout the Valley, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records. On the social networking site Facebook, five pages dedicated to the search for Gabriel have at least 14,000 members.

Desperation and deception
Investigators said it was Tammi Smith&#8217;s &#8220;desperate attempts&#8221; to adopt the child that hindered the investigation. Police allege that the Smiths had a plan in place to adopt Gabriel or were developing a plan to somehow pick up the child in Nashville, Tenn., and her contradictory statements to police and to the media led to her arrest. Jack Smith, a former pedal steel guitarist in the Grand Ole Opry&#8217;s House Band in Nashville and a former studio musician for country music singer &#8220;Whisperin&#8217; Bill&#8221; Anderson, was cleared in the case.

Smith&#8217;s attempts to acquire custody of the boy included trying to persuade a Maricopa County Family Court judge into letting her adopt Gabriel as she told the judge during a recorded phone message that she believed Johnson would bring the child back to Arizona if she knew he would be &#8220;safe.&#8221;

Neglect and silence
Smith&#8217;s oldest daughter, Gabriele Victoria Facio, 19, recently wrote in a Facebook message to a Tribune reporter that she only considers Tammi her biological mother and not her &#8220;real mother.&#8221; &#8220;She neglected us,&#8221; Gabriele Facio said. &#8220;She took us, sorta kidnapped us, right before I turned 6. After that, my dad had enough and divorced her. She wanted money and fame. She didn&#8217;t like working or taking care of children. It was never her thing. She wanted to make an album, be a country singer. That&#8217;s when she met Jack and left her guy. &#8220;In the end, it was us or him. She chose him.&#8221;

The longer the case continues without Johnson revealing where Gabriel is, concern increases that the case will have a &#8220;tragic outcome,&#8221; according to Dr. Erin Nelson, a forensic psychologist who has worked for Steven Pitt and Associates in Scottsdale on national cases such as the Columbine school shootings in Colorado, the rape allegations against Kobe Bryant and the Baseline Rapist case in Phoenix. &#8220;It&#8217;s not an accident she&#8217;s keeping her mouth shut. Denial is a powerful psychological defense mechanism,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;But there can be a number of factors that can ultimately compel someone to cooperate.&#8221; A &#8220;significant person,&#8221; Nelson said, might be able to get Elizabeth Johnson to talk. Or, she added, an attorney telling the young mother what she&#8217;s facing might prompt her to cooperate.

Johnson&#8217;s attorneys are urging her to remain quiet as part of their legal strategy. But her grandfather wants her to come clean &#8212; now. &#8220;Tell them where the baby is and get on with it,&#8221; Robert Johnson said. &#8220;If the baby is alive and well, she&#8217;ll be able to get out of jail, but she seems content with staying there. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand. I still don&#8217;t understand why she won&#8217;t say where that baby is.&#8221;
*Much More Info At Link!

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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/page/babygabriel

Read the latest print edition
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Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151556
 
'Rift' In Team Searching For Baby Gabriel
Gabriel's Father Is Distancing Himself From Famed Private Investigator
POSTED: 9:09 pm MST March 9, 2010
UPDATED: 10:27 pm MST March 9, 2010
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There seems to be a rift in the camp searching for baby Gabriel. The attorney for Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary, sent a statement Tuesday night, distancing Gabriel's family from private investigator Jay J. Armes. Armes arrived in Phoenix last Monday night to attend Elizabeth Johnson's court hearing Tuesday morning, but Johnson refused to leave her jail cell and fired her public defender.

Now, McQueary's attorney Tim Maloney has released a statement that said, "Please be advised that Mr. Jay J. Armes is not authorized to speak on behalf of Mr. Logan McQueary. Mr. Armes has refused to return my client's property and continues to interfere with an ongoing police investigation."

Maloney went on to write that the McQuearys appreciate the work Armes has done, but request he turn over any other information or evidence to the San Antonio Police Department.

Video: Baby Gabriel's Mom Refuses To Go To Court 2:20
The mother of an 8-month-old Arizona boy missing for more than two months refused to go to court Tuesday, delaying the case.
http://www.kpho.com/video/22792616/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22793056/detail.html
 
Group Supports Mandatory Amber Alerts
Jessica's Law Now Involved In Search For Missing Baby Gabriel Johnson
POSTED: 8:22 am MST March 11, 2010
UPDATED: 8:50 am MST March 11, 2010
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A person close to the search for missing baby Gabriel Johnson plans to ask President Barack Obama to weigh in on the fact that an Amber Alert was not issued.

Mark Palmer, who is a member of Jessica's Law Now -- an organization that helps families of missing or exploited children -- said he will ask Obama to make Amber Alerts mandatory across the country.

"If it was in place, mandatory, baby Gabriel would not be in the situation he's in now," Palmer said. "Somer Thompson would be alive today, like a lot of other children." Currently, Amber Alert standards and laws vary between states.

In Wednesday's news conference, Palmer also gave details on a fundraiser to help Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary, in his search.

The event starts at 6 p.m. at Manny's Mexican Restaurant in Avondale, and will feature karaoke and Valley group Hollow. The restaurant has agreed to donate 10 percent of its Saturday night sales, and the organizers will sell $5 raffle tickets Thursday through Saturday.

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22808460/detail.html
 
Breaking News
Landfill search for Baby Gabriel ends
Police confirmed that the landfill search for Baby Gabriel has been completed. No evidence was found. The baby's father, Logan McQuary, remains hopeful. His attorney said the results of the search were not unexpected. More details upcoming.
http://www.kens5.com/
 
Landfill Search For Baby Gabriel Called Off
Baby Gabriel Last Seen In December In San Antonio
POSTED: 11:58 am MST March 12, 2010
UPDATED: 12:07 pm MST March 12, 2010
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The San Antonio Police Department has called off the landfill search for missing baby Gabriel Johnson after finding nothing related to the case, Chief William McManus said in a news conference Friday.

Officers had spent weeks combing the landfill for any sign of the missing 10-month-old boy, who was last seen with his mother, Valley resident Elizabeth Johnson, in San Antonio the day after Christmas.

The boy's father, Logan McQueary, has spent the last several months hunting for Gabriel, and throughout his search, he has maintained that his son is still alive. McQueary said he believes Gabriel might have been the victim of an illicit adoption.

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22823582/detail.html
 
Landfill Search Called Off For Baby Gabriel
No Signs Of Missing Baby
POSTED: Friday, March 12, 2010
UPDATED: 1:15 pm CST March 12, 2010
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search at a San Antonio landfill for clues in the case of a missing baby from Arizona has been called off.

During a news conference Friday, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said after searching 16 days through 4,600 tons of debris at the Tessman Landfill, the search didn't yield any clues that could lead law enforcement authorities to Gabriel Johnson, who was last seen in late December in San Antonio with his mother, who is jailed in Arizona.

McManus said that anyone with information on the baby is urged to call police.

Article:
http://www.ksat.com/news/22823600/detail.html
 
Landfill search turns over 4,200 tons of trash, but no Gabriel
Posted on March 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Updated today at 1:23 PM
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Police confirmed that the landfill search for Baby Gabriel has been completed.

No evidence was found.

In 16 days crews searched through 4,200 tons of trash looking for clues to the case.

SAPD Chief William McManus said it is a "bittersweet ending".

The baby's father, Logan McQuery, remains hopeful. His attorney said the results of the search were not unexpected. He said that sometimes a negative can actually be a positive, and it only strengthens their belief that the child is actually still alive.

&#8226;IN DEPTH COVERAGE: Follow the search for Baby Gabriel
http://www.kens5.com/news/in-depth/baby-gabriel/

Article:
http://www.kens5.com/news/gabriel-87485737.html
 
Chief McManus holds news conference to discuss Baby Gabriel case
Last Update: 1:35 pm
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San Antonio Police Department Chief Bill McManus held a news conference Friday afternoon to discuss the latest developments in the case of missing baby Gabriel Johnson.

Chief McManus said investigators have completed their search of a Far East Side landfill. He told reporters that crews had searched through more than 4600 tons of trash over a period of 16 days and found no signs of Baby Gabriel. Chief McManus went on to say that both Missing Persons and Homicide officers were continuing to investigate.

Earlier this week, Elizabeth Johnson refused to go to court Tuesday for a hearing on two motions. The hearing has been rescheduled for March 17, and sheriff's deputies have been told to "use any means necessary" to get her there.

Baby Gabriel & Chief McManus
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Article:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/stor...erence-to-discuss/H6bkih__nk-mgRZCLRsI8A.cspx
 
UPDATED: Police Call Off Search for Missing Baby at Texas Landfill
Updated: Friday, 12 Mar 2010, 2:32 PM MST
Published : Friday, 12 Mar 2010, 12:33 PM MST
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San Antonio police have called off their search of a landfill after finding no signs of a baby missing since December.

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said Friday that after searching through 4,600 tons of debris, police found no evidence related to the disappearance of baby Gabriel Johnson. Johnson's mother is jailed in Arizona after disappearing with the 8-month-old in mid-December.

They are now reportedly devoting all their resources to the missing persons case.

*Video Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/missing_baby_search_031210
 
Landfill search for baby yields nothing
March 12, 2010 - 1:14PM
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Logan McQueary, the boy&#8217;s father, said in a statement released by his attorney on Friday that he and his family are relieved, and that he is not surprised no remains of the baby were found in the landfill.

&#8220;I have always believed and continue to believe that my son is alive,&#8221; McQueary said in the statement. &#8220;Someone besides Elizabeth Johnson knows where he is at.&#8221; McQueary also said in the statement, &#8220;The search will continue until my son is home. We again wish to thank all of those who provided assistance.&#8221;

Authorities began searching a section of the Tessman Road landfill in San Antonio on Feb. 9, a month after they were informed by Tempe police of the case.

It was not immediately known what San Antonio police will do next in the missing persons investigation it is conducting parallel to a homicide investigation. Authorities have said they do not know whether the child is alive or dead.

Johnson is scheduled to appear for a pretrial conference in Maricopa County Superior Court on Wednesday.

Related:
Baby Gabriel's mom refuses to go to court
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151656

Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151767
 
Police call off search for Baby Gabriel
03/12/2010 2:34 CST
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San Antonio police called off the landfill search for the remains of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson after finding no evidence of foul play, Police Chief William McManus said at a press conference Friday afternoon.

&#8220;The good news is, we have no homicide at this point,&#8221; McManus said. &#8220;The bad news is, the case remains open.&#8221;

Law enforcement authorities, with the help of countless volunteers, searched through 4,260 tons of trash over 16 full days at the Tessman Road Landfill. But since the search began Feb. 9, authorities &#8220;found no evidence of a homicide,&#8221;[/] McManus said.

The case, which will remain active, is now being handled by the SAPD Missing Persons unit, McManus said.

Anyone with information about the case should call (800) THE-LOST (843-5678).

mySA News: Complete coverage of the Baby Gabriel case.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Gabriel_Johnson.html

Article:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/87491502.html
 
Texas landfill search for Tempe's baby Gabriel called off
Last Update: 2:12 pm
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"This case leaves us with somewhat of a bittersweet conclusion," said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. "The good news is we have no homicide at this point, the bad news is the case remains open." McManus said the 16 day search of the landfill produced no evidence in the case.

"This is, of course, a great relief to me and my family but honestly, it does not come as a surprise," said Gabriel's father Logan McQuearly. "I have always believed, and continue to believe, that my son is alive." McQueary says he will continue searching until his son is returned home. :prayer:

"It is frustrating and baffling," said McManus. "I can't figure out why she is not talking except for the obvious reason. It doesn't make sense to me. She claims she didn't kill the baby but yet is not giving up where it is."

McQueary released a statement expressing relief that no body had been found saying that he continues to believe that his son is alive.

A Facebook page dedicated to Gabriel Johnson has become an outlet for some to show their support and hold out hope that the baby boy is alive.

Anyone with information about Gabriel can call Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP or online at http://www.sacrimestoppers.com/

Facebook page dedicated to Gabriel Johnson
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=251236072296

Related Links:
Court documents paint new picture in Tempe missing baby case
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...-picture-in-Tempe/6PhW8F-82kSl7PwFqFdGgw.cspx

Tempe police make arrest in missing baby Gabriel case
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...sing-baby-Gabriel/l-hiVWyc7E-by9eczEAoHA.cspx

Tammi was arrested and indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...arrest-in-missing/l-hiVWyc7E-by9eczEAoHA.cspx

Video: Landfill search underway for Tempe's baby Gabriel #2
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Landfill search underway for Tempe's baby Gabriel #1
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Police expected to search landfill for missing Tempe baby
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Police now calling case of missing Tempe baby a homicide #2
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Police now calling case of missing Tempe baby a homicide #1
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Mom of missing Tempe baby pleads not guilty in court
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Dozens attend candlelight vigil for missing Tempe baby
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Tempe PD: Mother's GPS processed in search for missing boy
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]&navCatId=3

Video: Bizarre developments continue in search for baby Gabriel
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Tempe PD: 2 investigations involving missing baby
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Video: Tempe Police Lt. Mike Horn discusses the case
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/[email protected]

Article:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...mpes-baby-Gabriel/xgsbK2cK80iD5ZWBC0ifjg.cspx
 
Search of Texas landfill ends; no sign of 'Baby Gabriel'
March 12, 2010 3:49 p.m. EST
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After searching a landfill for clues into an 8-month-old boy's disappearance, investigators in Texas said Friday that they have discovered nothing that shows that the baby was killed.

"The good news is that we have no homicide at this point; the bad news is that the case remains open," he said.

McManus said the missing persons unit will continue to follow up on any leads and the homicide unit will investigate "any information indicating foul play."

He said authorities will meet in the coming days to determine their next step.

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/12/texas.baby.gabriel.search/
 
Someone sent BeanE the full audio of today's press conference, including the question and answer session afterwards, which wasn't aired on HLN.

Part 1:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RV-E8xY6sk[/ame]

Part 2:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU9ZzfLEI9c[/ame]
 
Baby Gabriel's Dad: I'm Moving To Texas
Logan McQueary To Leave Valley At End Of March
POSTED: 6:49 am MST March 14, 2010
UPDATED: 7:20 am MST March 14, 2010
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The father of missing Baby Gabriel says he is going to move to Texas right after a custody hearing at the end of March.

McQueary said he's already found a job and an apartment in Texas, and is anxious to get back to San Antonio to continue to search for his son

McQueary said on Saturday he hasn't given up his attempt to visit Johnson in jail. "I've tried several times to, they keep shooting it down," he said. "She won't talk to anybody but her brother."

Last week, Johnson refused to go to court Tuesday, delaying the case. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan would have ruled on two motions had Johnson not refused to leave her Maricopa County jail cell.

Ryan rescheduled the hearing for this Wednesday, when he's expected to rule on a couple procedural matters.

Video: Baby Gabriel's Dad: I'm Moving To Texas 1:44
http://www.kpho.com/video/22835903/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22835949/detail.html
 
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