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UPDATED: Sheriff Arpaio: 'Elizabeth Johnson Isolated'
Mother Accused Of Kidnapping Her Son Spends Her Days Alone
POSTED: 9:16 pm MST January 27, 2010
UPDATED: 6:57 am MST January 28, 2010
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday that Elizabeth Johnson's public persona is very different from her demeanor behind bars.

"She's been quiet, cooperative, not a problem in our jail. Maybe she's got a dual personality," said Arpaio.

But in the Estrella Jail, Johnson has little opportunity for trouble.

"We have her in a separate cell, isolated from other prisoners, for her own safety. She can come out once, one hour, to take a shower by herself," said Arpaio.

Arpaio says Johnson is decked out in the traditional pink underwear and striped uniform. She is allowed visitors. But she gets no special treatment.

When it comes to her trial, the Sheriff compared her case to others in Maricopa County where suspects were charged with murder without the victim's body every being discovered.

"You know, I think there's only about four cases in history, and we have two of them. The David Anthony case where he's on death row. We have another one right now, waiting to be extradited, that we investigated here, without the body," said Arpaio.

But until that day comes, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has Elizabeth Johnson on a tight leash.

"She hasn't been causing any problems, but you never know," said Arpaio.

Video: Sheriff: Prisoner May Have Dual Personality
http://www.kpho.com/video/22362265/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22361624/detail.html

 

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http://www.kpho.com/news/22360770/detail.html

Child Advocate Claims Landfill Search Long Overdue
Donna Rossi
Reporter, KPHO.com

POSTED: 7:30 pm MST January 27, 2010
UPDATED: 10:30 pm MST January 27, 2010

facebookdel.icio.usbuzzdiggreddit›› Email›› PrintSan Antonio, TEXAS -- San Antonio police have still not said whether or not they will search a landfill in their quest to find 8-month-old valley boy Gabriel Johnson missing for more than a month.

Mark Palmer, the executive director of Jessica's Law Now, a child advocacy group, said the landfill is one of the first places investigators should have searched. "It should have been done right away, immediately," said Palmer.

Gabriel's mom, Elizabeth Johnson, took him from Arizona to San Antonio and did not return, police said. The boy's father, Logan McQueary said he got a text message saying she had killed him and put him in the trash. Elizabeth was seen leaving San Antonio on a bus to Florida by herself. Gabriel was nowhere in sight. Authorities arrested Elizabeth in Miami and returned her to Arizona to face charges of kidnapping and custodial interference.

"Once they did locate her, they should have gone back and started looking at not only the dumpsters and all of the areas that she was in, but also a radius that she covered and that would include landfills," said Palmer.

Elizabeth later changed her story and told CBS 5 News she had given Gabriel away to a couple she met in a San Antonio park. Tempe police are handling the initial investigation dealing with the kidnapping. The San Antonio police investigation is a missing person’s case. The FBI has been involved since the beginning supporting both investigations.

Managers of the Tessman Road Landfill in San Antonio, said they are standing by ready to help police. A spokeswoman for the company confirmed that they are using their expertise in managing landfills to help police. Peg Mulloy said landfills are highly engineered and well planned out. “Things are so well engineered that we can hone in on a date and a neighborhood,” said Mulloy, referring to locating a specific cell of trash in the landfill. Mulloy confirmed that waste mangers at the landfill have identified a possible search cell based on information provided to them by police.

Palmer believes the delay in the search could be blamed on manpower and funding. “That is a very big undertaking and when you go in there you have to go through quite an ordeal,” said Palmer.

Palmer believes too many parents of missing children don’t know whether their kids are dead or alive. “We need to find this child. We need to find the facts that lead to what happened to this child in San Antonio,” said Palmer.

 

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UPDATED: Child Advocate: Landfill Search Long Overdue
Baby Gabriel Johnson Missing Since December
POSTED: 7:30 pm MST January 27, 2010
UPDATED: 2:39 pm MST January 28, 2010
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San Antonio police have still not said whether or not they will search a landfill in their quest to find 8-month-old Valley boy Gabriel Johnson who has missing for more than a month.

Mark Palmer, the executive director of Jessica's Law Now, a child advocacy group, said the landfill is one of the first places investigators should have searched.

"It should have been done right away, immediately," said Palmer.

Managers of the Tessman Road Landfill in San Antonio said they are standing by ready to help police. A spokeswoman for the company confirmed that they are using their expertise in managing landfills to help police.

&#8220;Things are so well engineered that we can hone in on a date and a neighborhood,&#8221; said Mulloy, referring to locating a specific cell of trash in the landfill. Mulloy confirmed that waste mangers at the landfill have identified a possible search cell based on information provided to them by police.

Palmer believes the delay in the search could be blamed on manpower and funding.

Palmer believes too many parents of missing children don&#8217;t know whether their kids are dead or alive.

&#8220;We need to find this child. We need to find the facts that lead to what happened to this child in San Antonio,&#8221; said Palmer.
*Much More Info At Link!

PDF: Gabriel Poster 1
http://www.kpho.com/download/2010/0127/22358404.pdf

PDF: Gabriel Poster 2
http://www.kpho.com/download/2010/0127/22358384.pdf

Video: No Word Yet On Whether Landfill Search Has Begun
http://www.kpho.com/video/22371235/index.html

Video: Police Remain Quiet About Landfill Search
http://www.kpho.com/video/22362246/index.html

Video: Landfill Cordons Off Area For Possible Baby Search
http://www.kpho.com/video/22360102/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22360770/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Landfill cordons off area for search
January 27, 2010 - 4:16PM
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At the request of San Antonio police, managers of a garbage landfill there have closed a section of it in case investigators want to begin searching that area for the remains of missing 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson of Tempe, whose mother said she killed him last month.

Phoenix-based Republic Services, which owns the Tessman Road Landfill in San Antonio, was contacted by San Antonio police about two weeks ago and asked to close off an area of the landfill that could be of interest to them, according to Peg Mulloy, a Republic Services spokeswoman.

Although authorities have not started searching the area of the landfill, police are &#8220;considering&#8221; a search of the site, according to a San Antonio police spokesman.

The Tessman Road Landfill is close to Interstate 10 and about a mile away from a motel where Johnson stayed in San Antonio where Gabriel was last seen on Dec. 26.

Republic Services no longer is accepting refuse in that area while police consider whether they will search it, Mulloy said.

&#8220;We have narrowed down a section of the landfill that would be of interest to San Antonio police,&#8221; Mulloy said. &#8220;We have cordoned it off, and we&#8217;re waiting to hear further from San Antonio police of what they plan to do next.&#8221;

The Tessman Road Landfill site covers about 1,000 acres, and 600 acres of that accommodates garbage brought in by trucks from various parts of the city, Mulloy said. She would not say how large the area is that was cordoned off or when the landfill stopped accepting trash for that area.

Tammi and Jack Smith, a Scottsdale couple who were trying to adopt Gabriel, remain persons of interest in the case because Tempe police believe they are withholding information that can lead them to the baby&#8217;s whereabouts.

Article:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149989

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Can Father's Love and GPS Find Missing Baby Gabriel Johnson?
January 27, 2010 3:35 PM
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More than a month after baby Gabriel Johnson disappeared in Texas, his father is taking matters into his own hands.

Now McQueary is planning to retrace Johnson's steps to find his missing son. He says he will try to recreate the GPS directions he believes Johnson followed from Tempe to San Antonio and plans to stop at hotels along the route searching for anyone who saw Johnson or his son.

Facebook Photo: Logan And Gabriel

Personal Photo: Gabriel

Personal Photo: Elizabeth Johnson

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/26/crimesider/entry6143034.shtml

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Texas Police Tape Off Landfill in Missing Baby Case
McQueary plans San Antonio trek
1/28/10
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Managers of a San Antonio landfill have blocked off an area that might be searched for the body of an Arizona baby who has been missing for about a month, but police said Wednesday that they weren't searching the site and didn't specify whether they planned to do so.

A portion of the Tessman Road Landfill was cordoned off in the last few weeks as part of the investigation into the disappearance of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson of Tempe, Ariz., according to Peg Mulloy, spokeswoman for landfill owner Phoenix-based Republic Services.

She added that the cordoned-off area was larger than a convenience-store parking lot.

"We're able to say trash from this particular neighborhood on this particular date is probably in this area (of the landfill)," she said. "We stopped placing waste in an area they may want to search, and we're waiting for them to tell us what they would like to do."

San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said she could not say whether investigators were planning to search the site, citing the integrity of the investigation.

"The information is coming in much slower, and the indicators that were once there are getting less and less to the point of becoming nonexistent," Tempe police Sgt. Steve Carbajal said. "At this point, we're looking seriously into the possibility that she killed Gabriel like she said she did."

Meanwhile, a Scottsdale couple who wanted to adopt Gabriel remains "persons of interest" in the case. Johnson gave Jack and Tammi Smith temporary guardianship over Gabriel for about 10 days in December before she picked him up and left Arizona.

The Smiths said they've been nothing but cooperative and want Gabriel to be found alive.

"We're sitting here still considered persons of interest but yet we've done absolutely everything they asked us to do," Jack Smith told The Associated Press. "If there's anything left for them to do, we don't understand what they're waiting for."

*Slideshow: 14-Photos - Included In Article Link!

Article:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/tempe/texas-landfills-1-27-2010

 

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Video: Baby Gabriel Search In San Antonio 1:53
Tempe Police Still Focusing On Their Case Against Elizabeth Johnson
http://www.azcentral.com/video/63781919001

Video: A San Antonio Landfill Searched 1:54
Police Searching A San Antonio Landfill For Baby Gabriel's Body
http://www.azcentral.com/video/63780608001

Video: I-Cast: Baby Gabriel 1:29
http://www.azcentral.com/video/63835149001

 

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Joe Arpaio Sticks Up for Missing Baby Gabriel's Jailed Mom
Thu., Jan. 28 2010 @ 8:27AM
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While the public seems to view Elizabeth Johnson, mother of missing 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson, as a couple of horns short of being the devil, Sherriff Joe Arpaio says she's been a little angel while in his custody.

"She's been quiet, cooperative, not a problem in our jail. Maybe she's got a dual personality," Arpaio tells KPHO.

Johnson's case has created a bit of a media circus, so Maricopa County's camera-hound of a sherriff has got to be happy to have her around.

Arpaio says Johnson is in isolation, where she is allowed out of her cage for one hour a day to shower.

"She hasn't been causing any problems," Arpaio says.

Here's one tidbit that could be considered a problem: her eight-month-old son is still missing, and she's done nothing to help anyone find him.

Article:
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/01/joe_arpaio_sticks_up_for_baby.php

 

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The Search For Baby Gabriel Johnson Family Speaks Out
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Missing Baby Gabriel Johnson Task Force Investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7v-TfhkL7U&feature=player_embedded#


Bizarre And Revealing Info in The Search For Baby Gabriel Johnson
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Baby Gabriel's Mother First Appearance In Court

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Landfill cordons off area in Ariz. baby search
Associated Press
Jan 27, 6:40 PM EST

"The information is coming in much slower, and the indicators that were once there are getting less and less to the point of becoming nonexistent," Tempe police Sgt. Steve Carbajal said. "At this point, we're looking seriously into the possibility that she killed Gabriel like she said she did."

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[Angel Who Cares]

Landfill may help solve missing baby case
Published: Jan. 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM
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The San Antonio Express-News said Wednesday a portion of the Tessman Road Landfill was cordoned off nearly two weeks ago, but police would not confirm if the site will be searched for clues in the disappearance of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson.

Republic Services Inc. spokeswoman Peg Mulloy, whose company owns the San Antonio landfill, confirmed no garbage is being placed in the targeted section of the landfill.

"With the information (police) gave us, we located an area that may be of interest," Mulloy said. "It's a highly engineered facility, and we can locate where in the landfill items might be placed."

San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said authorities are open to any information regarding the child's whereabouts.

"We're always looking for helpful information we can utilize in the course of an investigation," Gutierrez said. "We welcome it."

Article:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010...p-solve-missing-baby-case/UPI-37311264707403/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Baby Gabriel's Mother, Elizabeth Johnson, Has Dual Personality?
Elizabeth Johnson May Suffer from a Mental Disorder but that Isn't Helping to Find Baby Gabriel
January 28, 2010
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Dual personalities -- or multiple personalities (disassociative identity disorder) -- might explain some of Elizabeth Johnson's erratic behavior or perhaps all of it. It could explain why she is seen as cooperative in the Estrella Jail and why she would send a vicious text message to her ex-boyfriend from San Antonio: "You will never see Gabriel again. This is what liars like you deserve." Having distinct personalities or identities could explain the diverse behaviors, but multiple personalities are extremely rare.

Of course, Elizabeth Johnson could be more suited to the borderline personality disorder type, which is characterized by volatility of self-image, goals, and internal preferences, where the subject endures chronic feelings of emotional emptiness and engages in intense, unstable interpersonal relationships and self-destructive behavior.

Still, she might suffer from a bipolar disorder, where she would exhibit a manic state followed by a depressed state. This could explain her sudden irrational actions followed by periods of seemingly normal behavior or low periods, like when she was found crying in an airport and enlisted the help of Jack and Tammi Smith, hoping to get these total strangers to adopt Baby Gabriel (plans which ultimately fell through).

Elizabeth Johnson also seems to suffer from narcissistic tendencies, an extreme self-loathing where a person's actions are ultimately detrimental to themselves. Her use of the child as leverage indicates an objectification, a tendency to see Baby Gabriel as a means to a desired end.

One thing seems certain: Elizabeth Johnson will have to undergo psychiatric examination.

Does Elizabeth Johnson suffer from some form of disassociative identity disorder or some other mental disorder that could explain her behavior? Did she murder her own child, or did she really effect a transfer of the baby to an anonymous couple in a park in San Antonio. Can her state of mind be determined in either set of circumstances?

Does it really matter?

It could to a jury.
More At Link!

Article:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2643573/baby_gabriels_mother_elizabeth_johnson.html?cat=8

 

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Forensic Psychiatrist: 'Baby Gabriel Likely Dead'
Dr. Steven Pitt: 'I Would Be Shocked If Gabriel Is Found Alive'
POSTED: 10:12 pm MST January 28, 2010
UPDATED: 10:57 pm MST January 28, 2010
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Dr. Steven Pitt does not utter those words easily. As a forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Pitt has not studied the evidence in the Gabriel Johnson case beyond media reports, but some aspects stand out to him.

"You're talking about worst case scenario, child is dead. Best case scenario, 'No, I didn't kill my child I gave it away.' Either one of those would indicate a seriously twisted individual," said Dr. Pitt.

"All of those things are certainly behavioral clues that something very unfortunate happened to this child," said Dr. Pitt.

Statistically, women only make up 15 percent of violent crimes committed in this country. But when you only look at parents who murder their children, women account for 50 percent.

Whether Elizabeth Johnson adds to that statistic remains to be seen, but Dr. Pitt believes it will ultimately be the physical evidence that brings the truth in this case.
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Video: Expert Weighs-In On Baby Gabriel Case 2:34
CBS 5 News talks to a forensic psychiatrist who is no stranger to hi-profile cases.
http://www.kpho.com/video/22372986/index.html

MULTIMEDIA
Special Section: Baby Gabriel Story Archive
http://www.kpho.com/baby-gabriel-johnson

Slideshow: Who's Who In Baby Gabriel Case 1-9
http://www.kpho.com/slideshow/news/22266104/detail.html

Slideshow: Police Release Baby Gabriel Photos 1-7
http://www.kpho.com/slideshow/news/22251950/detail.html

Raw Video: Baby Gabriel's Mom Speaks With CBS 5 News 9:36
Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of missing 8-month-old Baby Gabriel Johnson, reveals new details in an exclusive CBS interview.
http://www.kpho.com/video/22155911/index.html

Video: Exclusive Interview With Johnson's Twin Brother 3:37
We hear from the twin brother of Elizabeth Johnson, the jailed mom who claims she gave her 8-month-old son away to ...
http://www.kpho.com/video/22241483/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22372763/detail.html

 

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Video: Handwriting Expert Analyzes Tempe Baby's Mother 1/28/10 1:43
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UPDATED: Baby Gabriel Johnson investigation
Jan. 28, 2010 10:07 PM
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While the owners of a landfill in San Antonio have been contacted police say they have no immediate plans to search the area. As of now they are focused on finding the baby, "If we believe the baby was dead we would open a homicide investigation, now that is not the case," said McManus. Police would not elaborate on what sort of plan they have been working on.

While the investigation in San Antonio appears to be ramping up investigators in Tempe say almost all leads have dried up. The focus now shifting more to the case against Elizabeth Johnson. Gabriel's mother has been charged with four felonies including kidnapping. Police also believe Johnson has help and continue to look at Jack and Tammi Smith. The North Valley couple had hoped to adopt Gabriel at one point.

12 News has learned the Smith's have hired high profile criminal attorney Mike Kimerer. The Smith's say they have been advised to keep quite from now on. When 12 News reached Jack Smith he would only say he and his wife thought it was time to hire an attorney.

The couple has expressed some concern that police may be trying to build a case against them. Police recently asked Logan McQueary, Gabriel's father to send them all text messages the Smith's sent him over the past month.

Video: Baby Gabriel: Persons Of Interest Hire Lawyer 2:01
The Smiths say their attorney is preparing to send a letter to Tempe police and will apparently include....
http://www.azcentral.com/video/63955508001

Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/01/28/20100128missingbaby01282010-CR.html

 

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Missing Baby Gabriel's Father to Retrace Elizabeth Johnson's Route to Texas to Find Son
Feeling that Time is Running Short, Logan McQueary, Father of Baby Gabriel Johnson, Ready to Follow GPS-Route to Texas
January 29, 2010
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With no help coming from the baby's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, and leads growing fewer, the search for missing Baby Gabriel has come down to searching San Antonio, Texas, landfills for the child's body and/or hoping that Elizabeth Johnson wasn't lying about giving the child away. In short, investigators have been hoping to catch a break in the case. Logan McQueary is going on a quest in search of catching that break for them.

Armed with the route that was recorded in the GPS system of Elizabeth Johnson's vehicle, Logan McQueary is going to retrace the trip Johnson took when she headed east with Baby Gabriel just before Christmas. He will stop where she stopped in the hope that someone along the way might have seen and/or remember hearing something said by his ex-girlfriend that might help in finding the 8-month-old missing child. He plans to retrace the entire route from Tempe, Arizona, to San Antonio, Texas.

So Logan McQueary is doing what he can, perhaps the only thing he can, to help find his missing son.
More at link!

Article:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2644551/missing_baby_gabriels_father_to_retrace.html?cat=8

 

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Search for Baby Gabriel may soon begin at east-side landfill
Posted on January 29, 2010 at 6:56 AM
KENS5.com

A section of an east-side landfill where police have been lately now has been staked off with indicators that show how deep to dig

http://www.kens5.com/news/Search-for-Baby-Gabriel-may-soon-begin-at-east-side-landfill-83020582.html

 

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SA Police Chief Bill McManus hopeful Baby Gabriel still alive
1/29/10 Last Update: 10:07 am
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"If we had reason to believe that the baby was dead, then we would open up a homicide case," Chief McManus told News 4 WOAI. "But right now, that's not the case, and the Baby Gabriel case remains a missing person case.

Leila asked if that meant there are indications Gabriel is still alive.

"We are hoping that he is still alive," responded McManus.

"We have been in the planning stages as to what our next move is going to be," explained Chief McManus. "And we're nearly through with those discussions, and we'll be ready to move on that decision within the next few days."

Workers at an East Side landfill have cordoned off an area there where police may search for Gabriel. Trucks are no longer dumping trash there.

"The landfill is the place of interest for us right now," Chief McManus told News 4 WOAI. "And again, we are in the planning stages, the discussion stages of what we might also do out at the landfill."

For now, Chief McManus says it is an active missing person investigation, and officers are moving full speed ahead to find Gaby Gabriel.

Video: SA Police Chief believe Baby Gabriel may still be alive 2:12
Exclusive interview with SA Police Chief Bill McManus
http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/[email protected]&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/stor...eful-Baby-Gabriel/tPKoEF7Bckm2kgjxjd0rFA.cspx

 

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Landfill search for missing baby to begin

January 29, 2010 - 4:56PM

Investigators from the San Antonio Police Department will move forward with excavating a section of a landfill to search for possible remains of missing 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson,

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San Antonio police Chief Bill McManus announced the plans on Friday for investigators to begin excavating the Tessman Road Landfill sometime next week, according to Sandy Gutierrez, a department police

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&#8220;The chief confirmed and conveyed that an excavation and search will move forward at the Tessman Road Landfill, and more information on how that search and how that process will be conducted will all unfold next week,&#8221; Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez said that either information or evidence obtained through the course of the investigation was obtained to make the decision to move forward with the excavation. However, Gutierrez would not be specific.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/150046