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Last night at a vigil held for the missing boy, who has cerebral palsy, Campbell said neither she nor Ross did anything harmful to Hasanni.

"I'm not doing well," she said in an interview after the vigil. "I'm inspired by the people who are here. I'm inspired by God. When I was incarcerated, my faith was stronger than ever."

Campbell, who is six months pregnant, said Monday night that she did not believe her fiance½would remain in jail for long either.

"They didn't have any evidence to hold me. They shouldn't have any evidence to hold him either," she said. "We wouldn't hurt (Hasanni) for anything in the world. Anyone who knows me knows that. Anybody who knows (Ross) knows he's not capable either."

 

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The Alameda County District Attorney's Office will not file criminal charges against Louis Ross, the foster father of a 5-year-old disabled Fremont boy who is missing and who police believe was killed, authorities said.

Assistant District Attorney Tom Rodgers said his office had "insufficient evidence" against Ross to charge the 38-year-old with killing Hasanni Campbell, who Ross reported on Aug. 10.

"We're not filing on Louis Ross, there is insufficient evidence and the investigation continues," Rodgers said.

 

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UPDATED: Police release video they say is last confirmed sighting of Hasanni Campbell
Posted: 09/01/2009 09:02:51 AM PDT
Updated: 09/01/2009 01:28:57 PM PDT
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Oakland police today released a video that they say shows the last time missing Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell was seen in public.

The video, copies of which were handed out at a press conference this afternoon, shows Hasanni, 5, with his foster father Louis Ross pushing a shopping cart at a Fremont Wal-Mart on Aug. 6. Ross told police Hasanni went missing Aug. 10 from behind the Rockridge shoe store where the boy's foster mother works.

Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan said at the press conference that the district attorney's decision to not press charges against Ross was "unfortunate."

"We know for a fact Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland that day," Jordan said.

Jordan said the investigation is continuing and that Ross and foster mother Jennifer Campbell could both potentially be rearrested.

However, investigators have no substantial open leads and will not be conducting any more searches for the boy, who has cerebral palsy, unless they receive new information, said department spokesman Jeff Thomason.

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office announced its decision to not file charges against Ross this morning. Police arrested the foster parents on Friday and said they consider the boy a homicide victim.

Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said his office had "insufficient evidence" to charge Ross, 38, with killing Hasanni Campbell.

We're not filing on Louis Ross," Rogers said. "There is insufficient evidence, and the investigation continues."

The District Attorney's Office on Monday decided not to charge Campbell with a crime, and she was released from custody.

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D.A. won't charge foster dad in Hasanni case
Tuesday September 1, 2009
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(09-01) 09:21 PDT OAKLAND -- The foster father of a missing 5-year-old Fremont boy will not face criminal charges and will be released from jail, an Alameda County prosecutor said today.

Louis Ross, 38, was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder in what police believe was the killing of Hasanni Campbell. But there was insufficient evidence to charge him, Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said.

Rogers declined to elaborate, but said the investigation by Oakland police was continuing.

The decision came a day after Rogers said there would be no charges brought against Ross' fiancee, Jennifer Campbell, 33. Campbell, who is six months pregnant with Ross' child, was arrested Friday on suspicion of being an accessory to murder.

John Burris, an attorney who has been consulting with the couple, said today that he was gratified that prosecutors had opted not to file charges.

"I'm not surprised," Burris said. "There never was evidence linking him to a crime. At best, there was some suspicion that the police may have had, but that suspicion wasn't supported by any evidence. So I think now the attention should go back toward finding Hasanni. It was a travesty that these two people were subjected to this kind of humiliation without just cause."

Campbell's mother, Pamela Clark, 62, of San Francisco agreed, saying today, "The focus should be finding this missing boy." She said of the attention on the couple, "It's like a terrible witch hunt."

Ross was expected to be released from Santa Rita Jail later today.

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UPDATED: Breaking News: Prosecutors Say There's Not Enough Evidence to Charge Foster Father in Hasanni Campbell's Disappearance
9/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
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Alameda County prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to hold Louis Ross in the alleged murder of five-year old Hasanni Campbell.

KRON 4's Will Tran says that means Ross will be released from custody a day after his financee Jennifer Campbell was allowed to go free for the same reason.

Oakland police arrested the pair last Friday evening. At the time they said Hasanni's case was a matter of homicide not of a missing person.

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UPDATED: Foster Parents Remain Focus Of Missing Boy Investigation
Posted: 11:05 pm PDT August 31, 2009
Updated: 3:51 pm PDT September 1, 2009
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The foster parents of missing Fremont 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell may have been released from jail because of a lack of evidence, but the Oakland police said Tuesday the couple remained the focus of their investigation.

At an afternoon news conference, Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan left little doubt that the couple remained at the center of the "on-going" investigation.

"This case is an on-going investigation; we will continue to follow up on leads,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We strongly believe and know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on August 10th...We are continuing putting our efforts into solving this case and potentially re-arresting Mr. Louis Ross or Jennifer Campbell at some point. We respect the DA's opinion, but we have more work to do here." The Alameda County District Attorney&#8217;s Office released Jennifer Campbell on Monday and said it would release Louis Ross on Tuesday.

Veteran defense attorney John Burris, who has been advising the couple, told KTVU the arrests were an investigative gamble that had backfired.

A search of Lake Elizabeth in Fremont has been organized for Saturday morning. Volunteers said they intend to continue to hold weekly vigils for Hasanni until he is found.

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Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers says there's insufficient evidence against Louis Ross in the Aug. 10 disappearance of Hasanni Campbell.

Rogers says the 38-year-old Ross will be released later Tuesday.

 

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UPDATED: No charges in Hasanni's disappearance
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 | 8:15 PM
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Both foster parents of a missing 5-year-old boy are now off the hook -- at least for the moment.

Prosecutors decided there isn't enough evidence to charge either one with his disappearance. But authorities still have their suspicions about what happened to little Hasanni Campbell when he vanished three weeks ago.

During a press conference, police released surveillance video taken inside a Fremont Wal-Mart the evening of August 6th.

It shows 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell, sitting in a shopping cart, wearing a red cap and holding hands with his foster parents, four days before his foster father, Louis Toss, reported him missing.

Investigators say it is the last time they were able to independently verify Hasanni was alive.

"We strongly believe and we know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on August 10 on College Avenue at 4:15 as was previously reported," said Chief Howard Jordan from the Oakland Police Department.

Police aren't saying what evidence they have that leads them to believe Ross is guilty, but they say there could be more arrests to come.

"We are continuing to put our efforts into solving this case and potentially re-arresting Mr. Louis Ross and or Jennifer Campbell at some point," said Chief Jordan.

Oakland Police Chief did not take any questions during the press conference about why the department is investigating this case as a homicide. After the conference, police told ABC7 they will no longer be making statements about this case until there is either an arrest or a mayor development.

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UPDATED: OPD Focus Still On Uncharged Foster Dad
Sep 1, 2009 2:54 pm US/Pacific
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Oakland police said Tuesday that they were continuing to focus their homicide investigation on the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old disabled boy, despite prosecutors announcing there isn't enough evidence to charge them.

Police Chief Howard Jordan said that investigators know Hasanni Campbell was not in Oakland on Aug. 10 &#8212; the day his foster father Louis Ross told authorities the boy disappeared after being briefly left alone in a car outside the Shuz of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue.

"We strongly believe and know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on August 10 to College Avenue at 4:15 as was previously reported," Jordan said.

Jordan made his comments after prosecutors decided no charges would be filed against Ross or his fiancee Jennifer Campbell. She is also Hasanni's biological aunt.

Police also released surveillance footage from a Wal-Mart store in Fremont recorded on Aug. 6 that they said is the last known sighting of the boy.

In photographs, the boy is seen wearing jeans, a black jacket, black shoes and a red and blue cap. Hasanni and his sister were captured in the pictures shopping with Ross and Campbell.

Earlier Tuesday, Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said police had insufficient evidence against Ross, 38, who was arrested Friday on suspicion of killing the boy.

"We are continuing to put our efforts into solving this case and potentially re-arresting Mr. Louis Ross or Jennifer Campbell at some point," Jordan said. "We respect the DA's opinion but we have some more work to do here."

Ross will help with the search for the boy upon his release from Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, his attorney John Burris said, calling the decision not to file any charges against Ross at this time "terrific."

Burris said Oakland police seemed to suspect Ross hadn't told them the truth but he indicated there isn't any evidence to support those suspicions.

"There aren't any independent witnesses and there is no physical evidence or DNA" pointing to Ross's guilt, Burris said. "There's nothing that tied him to his involvement in the disappearance of Hasanni."

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VIDEO: Hasanni Campbell's Foster Father Avoids Charges 09/01/09 12:52pm PT
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The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has decided to order the release of both foster parents of a missing 5-year-old boy, saying there is not enough evidence to charge them. According to the Chron, the foster father, Louis Ross, will be released later today.

 

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Thomason said in a statement Monday that the department "has been diligently investigating the Hasanni Campbell homicide case day and night since his disappearance."

He said the case is "very complex" but declined to provide details, saying that might compromise the investigation.

Oakland attorney John Burris, who has consulted with Ross and Jennifer Campbell, said he thinks Rogers' decision not to file any charges against Ross at this time is "terrific" and appropriate because he thinks there isn't any evidence against Ross that would support a criminal conviction.

 

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Police also released surveillance footage from a Wal-Mart store in Fremont recorded on Aug. 6 that they say is the last known sighting of the boy.




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Focus still on couple in disabled Calif boy case

Police say they're continuing to focus their investigation on the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old disabled boy despite prosecutors announcing there isn't not enough evidence to charge them.

Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said Tuesday that investigators know Hasanni Campbell was not in Oakland on Aug. 10. That's the day Hasanni's foster father told authorities he disappeared after being briefly left alone outside an Oakland shoe store.
The boy has not been found.
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On Tuesday, police also released surveillance footage from a Wal-Mart store in Fremont recorded on Aug. 6 that they say it is the last known sighting of the boy.

 

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UPDATED: Update: Acting Police Chief Says Investigators Know Hasanni Campbell Was Not in Oakland on Date of Reported Disappearance
9/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
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The acting police chief says investigators know five-year old Hasanni Campbell was not in Oakland on August 10th, the day the foster parents say the child disappeared.

Acting Chief Howard Jordan made the remarks at a news conference held after prosecutors said there isn't enough evidence to charge Louis Ross with murder in the case.

Jordan says investigators remain convinced Ross and Jennifer Campbell are responsible for the disappearance and murder of the five year old.

Oakland Police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason tells KRON 4's Haaziq Madyun investigators continue to build their case against the child's foster parents. Campbell was released from custody Monday. Ross is due to be let go later Tuesday.

Police are also releasing video showing Ross and Campbell with Hasanni from a surveillance camera at a Wal-Mart store taken several days before the child disappeared.

Investigators have said they don't believe Ross left Hasanni alone behind a Rockridge shoe store as the foster father has insisted happened. Last week police said this is no longer a missing person's case but a case of homicide.

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VIDEO: Walmart Surveillance Video Shows Louis Ross, Jennifer Campbell, And Hasanni Campbell Three Days Before Child Is Reported Missing
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"This case is an on-going investigation; we will continue to follow up on leads,” he said. “We strongly believe and know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on August 10th...We are continuing putting our efforts into solving this case and potentially re-arresting Mr. Louis Ross or Jennifer Campbell at some point. We respect the DA's opinion, but we have more work to do here." The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office released Jennifer Campbell on Monday and said it would release Louis Ross on Tuesday.

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Police release video they say is last confirmed sighting of Hasanni Campbell


Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan said at the press conference that the district attorney's decision to not press charges against Ross was "unfortunate."

"We know for a fact Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland that day," Jordan said.

Jordan said the investigation is continuing and that Ross and foster mother Jennifer Campbell could both potentially be rearrested.

However, investigators have no substantial open leads and will not be conducting any more searches for the boy, who has cerebral palsy, unless they receive new information, said department spokesman Jeff Thomason

 

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D.A. won't charge foster dad in Hasanni case
September 1, 2009
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(09-01) 13:50 PDT OAKLAND -- The foster father of Hasanni Campbell will not face criminal charges and will be released from jail, a prosecutor said today, even as police declared that they "know for a fact" that his story of how the 5-year-old Fremont boy disappeared is false.

The Alameda County district attorney's office said it did not have enough against Louis Ross, 38, to build a case that he murdered Hasanni. Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers, who made the announcement, declined to elaborate but said Oakland police were still investigating.

The decision came a day after Rogers said there would be no charges brought against Ross' fiancee and the boy's foster mother, Jennifer Campbell, 33. Campbell, who is six months pregnant with Ross' child, was arrested Friday on suspicion of being an accessory to murder, the same day Ross was booked on suspicion of murder.

Campbell left Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Monday afternoon and went straight to a vigil for Hasanni outside the shoe store in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood where Ross said he last saw his foster son Aug. 10.

But at a news conference today, acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan made it clear that investigators didn't believe Ross' account of events.

"We strongly believe and we know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on Aug. 10 to College Avenue at 4:15 as was previously reported," Jordan said.

Police released a DVD and photos showing Hasanni, his year-old sister, Ross and Campbell shopping at a Wal-Mart store in Fremont on Aug. 6. The images were taken from store surveillance cameras.

Officer Jeff Thomason, a police spokesman, said the Wal-Mart trip is "the last time that we have independent information about Hasanni Campbell being alive."

The images show Hasanni walking next to Campbell as she pushes a shopping cart with a big box inside it. Ross is pulling the cart from the front.

Jordan said he respected prosecutors' decision not to charge the couple. But he held out the possibility that Ross and Campbell could be re-arrested.

"We have some more work to do here, and we're going to continue to work diligently to try to solve this case," the chief said.

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VIDEO~ OAKLAND: Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan Comments On Release Of Foster Parents
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UPDATED: Missing Fremont boy's foster father calls police investigation "irrelevant" after release from jail
Posted: 09/01/2009 09:02:51 AM PDT
Updated: 09/01/2009 07:51:12 PM PDT
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Louis Ross, foster father of Hasanni Campbell, described jail as "hell" and refused to answer questions about the police investigation into the boy's disappearance after he was released from jail tonight.

Ross was released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin at 6:30 p.m. wearing black sweatpants, a white hat and white long-sleeve shirt. He was unshaven and visibly angry. Asked what it was like in jail, he said: "One word: hell."

He said he and fiancee Jennifer Campbell, the boy's foster mother and aunt, would continue looking for the boy, who Ross reported missing Aug. 10.

"As long as I have got breath in my body, we will search for Hasanni," he said.

Ross was arrested at the family's Fremont home Friday. He said he was told to step out of his house, identify what he was wearing and put his hands up. He waived his rights and talked to police for a little while Friday afternoon and then asked to speak to attorney John Burris, who has been counseling Ross, 38, and Campbell, 30.

"I told the same story I told to the detectives," Ross said tonight. "They got the same story, but they weren't happy with that story. They wanted something else."

Several times while speaking to the media after his release, he called the police investigation "irrelevant."

"We are going to do what we need to do as parents," he said. "We don't care what (the police) do."

Campbell, while awaiting Ross' release from jail tonight, said that after her neighbors told police that they hadn't seen Hasanni for three weeks before his reported disappearance, she produced a receipt showing that the family had gone shopping at the Wal-Mart on Aug. 6.

Campbell said police have told her that they have evidence that the couple is implicated in this crime but that they will not say what it is.

"I don't know what type of evidence they plan to come up with," she said. "I know I am innocent, and I know Louis is innocent."

Campbell said she last saw Hasanni around 7 a.m. Aug. 10 while the boy was still sleeping. She said she kissed him goodbye and went to work. "It's been a living a nightmare ever since," she said.

She said that when she returned to her house Monday after being released from jail, every room was a mess from a police search conducted Friday after the couple's arrest. A couch was flipped over, things were pulled out of dressers and cupboards, Hasanni's clothing out of the closet and some of her paperwork was missing. "Everything is everywhere," she said. "They went through every single room."

Investigators, who are treating the case as a homicide, said today they have no substantial open leads and will not be conducting any more searches for Hasanni unless they receive new information.

"We believe we have a case, and there is a lot of information we can't make public while the investigation is open," said Oakland police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason. "But the video we're releasing is big. This is the last time anyone other than our two suspects confirmed Hasanni was alive."

Thomason said the Oakland police investigation has not included searches in Monterey, where Ross lived until about nine months ago according to a former housemate.

"There are probably only two people who know where Hasanni is, and those are our suspects," Thomason said.

Burris said he has lined up criminal lawyers to defend the foster parents should charges be filed in the future.

The 1-year-old girl was taken into protective custody after Hasanni's disappearance. Campbell went to court today and learned that her parental rights are being severed and that the girl will be put up for adoption. "I basically will never see her again," she said.

Frame grabs of a video show Hasanni Campbell at a Fremont Wal-Mart on Aug. 6, the last confirmed sighting of the boy before he was reported missing Aug. 10 by his foster father, Louis Ross. Hasanni is in the front of the shopping cart basket.

Acting police Chief Howard Jordan makes some brief statements at a news conference at the Oakland Police Headquarters on Tuesday about the release of Louis Ross.

Jennifer Campbell, right, Louis Ross, center and attorney John Burris leave Santa Rita Jail on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Dublin, Calif. Ross was released from the jail after being arrested Friday by Oakland Police on suspicion of murder in the case of his missing foster child Hasanni Campbell, 5. Jennifer Campbell, also arrested Friday, was released from the jail on Monday. The Alameda County district attorney's office said there was insufficient evidence to hold either one.

Louis Ross talks with reporters after leaving Santa Rita Jail on Tuesday September 1, 2009 in Dublin, Calif. Ross was released from the jail after being arrested Friday by Oakland Police on suspicion of murder in the case of his missing foster child Hasanni Campbell, 5. Jennifer Campbell, at right, also arrested Friday, was released from the jail on Monday. The Alameda County district attorney's office said there was insufficient evidence to hold either one.

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Prosecutors Release Both Foster Parents
September 1, 2009
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The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has decided to order the release of both foster parents of a missing 5-year-old boy, saying there is not enough evidence to charge them. According to the Chron, the foster father, Louis Ross, will be released later today. His fiancée, Jennifer Campbell, was freed yesterday. Oakland police had arrested the couple last Friday, apparently in the hopes that they would incriminate themselves. But according to the Trib, Campbell refused to talk to investigators. It's not clear whether Ross was cooperative. Police do not believe Ross' story that little Hasanni Campbell went missing from behind a Rockridge shoe store last month. Investigators also discovered that Ross had recently threatened to abandon the boy. In addition, Ross has admitted to failing a police lie-detector test.

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DA Drops All Charges in Hasanni Campbell Case
Updated 2:38 PM PDT, Tue, Sep 1, 2009
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The district attorney won't file charges against the man arrested in the disappearance of his fiancee's disabled foster child.

That word crossed the wires early Tuesday morning.

Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers says there's insufficient evidence against Louis Ross in the Aug. 10 disappearance of Hasanni Campbell.

Rogers says the 38-year-old Ross was released Tuesday.

Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said Tuesday that investigators know the child was not in Oakland on Aug. 10.

Also Tuesday, police also released surveillance footage from a Wal-Mart store in Fremont recorded on Aug. 6 that they say it is the last known sighting of the boy.

An attorney who has consulted with the foster parents of the 5-year-old old, who was reported missing three weeks ago and is now believed to have been murdered, said Monday that he was "glad" that no charges were being filed against the foster mother either. Burris said police rushed to judgment in an effort to get new information in the case.

A police search warrant affidavit indicated Ross sent an expletive-filled text message to Campbell 10 days before the boy went missing, threatening to leave him alone on a BART platform.

Sherri-Lyn Miller, a volunteer whose company has created T-shirts and fliers during the search, said the focus should be on locating Hasanni, not on Ross and Campbell.

"We're not going to treat him as a homicide victim like the police because we don't know that yet," Miller said. "It's time to bring this baby home."

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