San Leandro woman on a crusade to find missing children and adults
Then came Aug. 10, the day Ross says he left Hasanni behind at a Rockridge shoe store while he went to the front of the store to alert Campbell, who worked there, that he had arrived.
Ross says that when he returned the boy was gone. Oakland police say the boy was never there.
Miller was one of the first to search for Hasanni the next day.
"I thought, 'Here we go again,' and soon I was on the phone to the Oakland Police Department and had a picture of their (missing person) flier e-mailed to me," she said.
She gave T-shirts to Ross and Campbell, and stood stoically by them as reporters asked them questions about the disappearance. The couple was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder but criminal charges were not filed and they were released. Campbell, pregnant at the time, has since delivered her baby. The couple has repeatedly not returned calls for comment and has not been available for interviews for several months.
Still, Miller has persevered, leading searches, organizing vigils and putting together a fundraising dinner last month that raised about $1,000 to continue the search for Hasanni. Oakland police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said police continue to investigate the case.
"He needs to be found," said Miller. "It's just that simple."