MO - Lisa Irwin, 10 mos, Kansas City, 4 Oct 2011

[Meemaw12]

To keep Lisa’s story in the public eye, the family is planning a candlelight prayer vigil Saturday. The vigil will be held at 7 p.m. in front of their house at 3620 N. Lister Ave. The public is invited.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article2486184.html#storylink=cpy

 

[askfornina]

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article2486184.html

Search goes on for Baby Lisa three years after disappearance
BY TONY RIZZOTHE KANSAS CITY STAR
10/02/2014 5:40 PM 10/02/2014 5:40 PM

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article2486184.html#storylink=cpy

Her room remains much the way it was left on Oct. 4, 2011.

And her parents vow that it will stay that way until the little girl known across the country as Baby Lisa comes home.

But after the offer of a $100,000 reward and hundreds of tips and leads tracked down from Gladstone to Greece, what happened to Lisa Irwin remains as big a mystery as it was three years ago.

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From the article...

“We are still actively investigating her disappearance,” said police Capt. Tye Grant. “We know that someone out there knows what happened to her.”

John Picerno, a Kansas City attorney who represents Lisa’s parents, said that despite the lack of “substantial, concrete leads,” the family has not given up hope that Lisa will be found safe.

He noted that missing people are sometimes found 10 or 20 years after they disappeared.

Just last week, authorities in Texas announced that a girl who had been missing for 12 years had been found.

Although relations between the family and police were strained at the onset of the investigation because of disputes about how cooperative Lisa’s parents were being, those concerns have dissipated.

“The lines of communication are open,” said Grant.

Irwin said that any tips the family receives are passed on to police, which the family trusts will properly check them out.

 

[askfornina]

http://www.kshb.com/news/crime/pare...sa-3-years-after-she-disappeared-from-kc-home

Video @ link..

 

[askfornina]

http://fox4kc.com/2014/10/02/family...rsary-of-baby-lisas-disappearance-with-vigil/

During a one-on-one, Bradley and Irwin showed FOX 4’s Kathy Quinn an age-enhanced picture of the little girl who turns four next month.

The $100,000 reward set up by an anonymous donor is still in place, and posters are still set up at the family home.

Bradley mother says she knows her daughter will come home some day. She says it helps that they now have a working relationship with the Kansas City Police Department. Initially, that relationship had been troubled.

“Lisa’s kidnapping surely rocked the Kansas City Police Department and the FBI, and I think it hit close to home for all of them too,” Bradley said. “None of this comes with instructions, you just have to do what you think is right.”

In this third year of waiting, the emotional strain for the family has been the worst.

“As far as Lisa, there’s not really a moment that goes by during the day that she’s not on my mind,” Bradley said. “But I try to stay focused on the here and now so that I can function and take care of my responsibilities.

 

[Shelby1]

UGH. *sitting on my hands*

Of course I TRULY hope I'm wrong...but I don't think Lisa is going to come walking through the door.

Such a sweet baby

 

[wfgodot]

Daily Mail:

Search for Baby Lisa continues 3 years after 10-month-old girl was snatched from her crib in the middle of the night

• Heartbroken parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin will celebrate their missing daughter's 4th birthday next month
• Lisa, then 10 months, was abducted from her crib in Kansas City while her mom slept and her dad worked a night shift
• Tips about Baby Lisa have slowed down, but Deborah and Jeremy refuse to give up on their baby girl

lots of pics -- it's the Mail, of course

 

[askfornina]

http://kcmo.gov/police/police-still-seeking-information-three-years-after-lisa-irwin-disappearance/

KCPD Statement 10/03/14:

Police still seeking information three years after Lisa Irwin disappearance

Three years after the disappearance of baby Lisa Irwin, police continue to actively investigate her case.

Lisa was 10 months old when she went missing from her home in the 3600 block of North Lister. She was last seen about 6 p.m. October 3, 2011. She would be 4 years old on November 11. Since this time last year, Kansas City Police have investigated about 100 tips in the case, following them until each lead was exhausted.

Police continue to seek tips in the case and ask anyone with substantial information in Lisa’s disappearance to please come forward by calling the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

Lisa has blonde hair, blue eyes, a birthmark on her right thigh and was last known to be wearing purple pants and a purple shirt with kittens on it. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released an age-progressed photo of her last year, which is available on the KCPD web site at http://kcmo.gov/police/missing-persons/lisa-irwin-missing.

Because the Lisa Irwin disappearance remains an active, open investigation, Kansas City Police will not grant any further interviews.

 

[askfornina]

http://www.kmbz.com/A-now-infamous-missing-child-case-turns-three-toni/20037910

Spokesman Tye Grant told KMBZ that detectives are still hopeful that someone who knows what happened will decide to do the right thing and come forward with the information that will break the case.

 

[blefuscu]

http://www.kmbz.com/A-now-infamous-missing-child-case-turns-three-toni/20037910

I have NO doubts that some people know what happened that night

 

[iamnotagolem]

I can only hope this precious baby is found soon and justice is served.

While it is a nice surprise when children are found after 10-20 years, their childhood is gone, their life completely altered in a horrible irreversible way. Not that I think Lisa is alive.

It is also nice when arrests are made in cold cases after years of silence, yet the killer went free for years living their own life. I don't call that justice. I sincerely hope for an arrest, but don't expect one.

 

[CHERIE.T]

http://www.kmbz.com/A-now-infamous-missing-child-case-turns-three-toni/20037910

This is 1 case that I lost sleep over. I'm pretty sure someone knows
what happened that night. I still light a candle and pray for Lisa.

 

[MzOpinion8d]

I don't think her remains will ever be found, but someday someone will talk.

 

[josie1986]

hard to believe its been 3 years. this was the case that brought me to WS.

 

[Leomoon80]

Might someone please refresh my memory about the 7-11 witnesses who looked on the street in the early am (time of sighting??) and saw a man walking down the street with a naked sleeping infant on a chilly October night?

Trying to recall the details of this case now. Thanks in advance.

 

[askfornina]

Might someone please refresh my memory about the 7-11 witnesses who looked on the street in the early am (time of sighting??) and saw a man walking down the street with a naked sleeping infant on a chilly October night?

Trying to recall the details of this case now. Thanks in advance.

There was a married couple who saw a man walking with at infant shortly after midnight the night/morning Lisa went missing. There is also surveillance video from a BP station a short distance away from the Irwin home, recorded at around 2:15am- not much is seen in that video, just a blob walking down the road. Shortly after 4am a man on a motorcycle (MT) says he saw a man carrying a baby a few miles away from the Irwin home. IMO, the first sighting is the most compelling. The married couple saw the man walk into the yard of the house John "Jersey" Tanko was staying/working at. John Tanko was the homeless "handyman" in the neighborhood, and the ex-boyfriend of Megan Wright, the woman who's phone number was dialed from one of the missing Irwin cellphones. Her and Jersey broke up about a week before Lisa went missing. He is currently incarcerated on vehicle tampering charges.

Here is a video of the wife explaining to Jim Spellman what her and her husband saw that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvF-nGYiV4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Starting at 6:15 in this video, reporter Jim Spellman travels through the area where the man was seen walking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwcp9KqizY4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

At 7:50 in that video, Jim points out a dumpster in the Townhouse parking lot that can be seen from the backyard. That dumpster was set on fire at approx 2:30am the night Lisa went missing.

In the video below, neighbor MH explains that Jersey was doing yard work that day at her next door neighbor's house. She saw him at around 1pm when she left to run errands. When she returned from her errands at around 9:30pm, she noticed that the sprinklers in the yard next door were still on. At around 11pm, she noticed they had been turned off. The ground had become muddy from the sprinklers. The next morning after Lisa was reported missing, KCPD took footprint casts in the muddy area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4V8DZJnqWs&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Some videos about the other sighting and BP surveillance..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-ukSYIjrU&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEpX4V5CK4Q&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Here is a map of the area. BP station and MT sighting not shown.

View attachment 62664

This is a timeline of the sightings based on information from those videos and other MSM links.

1:00pm-As she was leaving to run errands, MH, who lives around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., saw John Tanko doing yard work at the home of her next door neighbor, who was out of town.

9:30pm-MH noticed that the sprinklers were still turned on at her neighbor's house when she returned home from her errands.

11:00pm- MH noticed that the sprinklers had been turned off.

12:15am-Around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., a man was leaving his house to go to work. As he was walking to his car, he noticed a man carrying a baby down the street. His wife watched the man through the front window of their home. The married couple saw the man walking toward the yard of MH's neighbor's house. Police later interviewed the couple at least 4 times about the sighting. Later in the morning, police took casts of footprints from the area leading into the backyard. MH told Jim Spellman that John Tanko and his girlfriend at the time, Megan Wright, would often cut though that backyard as a shortcut to the N.Brighton Townhouses.

2:15am-Surveillance video from a BP station located at N.Brighton and Parvin Rd., not far from the Irwin home, shows a person walking along the road. The store manager said it is unusual to see someone walking in that area at that time of night.

2:27am-A dumpster fire is reported in the parking lot of the N.Brighton Townhouses, located at 5057 NE 37th St. near the Irwin home. On September 16th, 2011, Megan Wright's car was set on fire in a different area of the same parking lot.

4:10am-The first police car arrived at the Irwin home after Lisa was reported missing.
A man riding a motorcycle said he saw a man walking with a baby in his arms at the intersection of NE 48th St. and N.Randolph.

 

[Leomoon80]

thank you for that timeline askfornina I really appreciate the effort you expended here for me.

BTW: which timed event would you lend the most credence to? Seems as you said, the married couple's 12:15 is a good one, solid enough.
Thats a strange hour for walking with a baby that time of night.
Sounds like this couple has been kind of a neighborhood watchdog couple as some are.

Then - the dumpster fire always bothered me, but perhaps its not too strange in that area and especially with a group of apts./condos, etc. What do you make (if anything) about the car fire in the same parking lot? (MW sounds integral to this case as does her b.f. but I suppose they've been checked with a fine toothed comb by LE & the FBI?

How about the 4:10AM event? That last one is the time of the police arriving, yet when did the man riding a motorcycle see a baby that night? Did I miss the time in the list?

My gut tells me (so far), someone had it in for the mom, DB and its a revenge thing.

MW sounds like someone they should be looking at carefully.

 

[Leomoon80]

Seems to me this case has hit a brick wall and is cold? How can that be, if the youtube (above), as reported is that Jersey? the man who did the landscaping work in the neighborhood is in jail for Burglary (or was during the interview) Was this for the cell phone owned by Lisa's mother?

He gained access to obtain that cell phone in order to use it and call that other woman mentioned.

 

[Donjeta]

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article2486184.html

Although relations between the family and police were strained at the onset of the investigation because of disputes about how cooperative Lisa’s parents were being, those concerns have dissipated.

“The lines of communication are open,” said Grant.

Irwin said that any tips the family receives are passed on to police, which the family trusts will properly check them out.

On their website, findlisairwin.com, they have posted the message: “Thank you to the KCPD, the FBI and the hundreds of volunteers that are working tirelessly to find Lisa. You are Lisa’s angels and we appreciate your help more than we can express.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article2486184.html#storylink=cpy

 

[askfornina]

thank you for that timeline askfornina I really appreciate the effort you expended here for me.

BTW: which timed event would you lend the most credence to? Seems as you said, the married couple's 12:15 is a good one, solid enough.
Thats a strange hour for walking with a baby that time of night.
Sounds like this couple has been kind of a neighborhood watchdog couple as some are.

Then - the dumpster fire always bothered me, but perhaps its not too strange in that area and especially with a group of apts./condos, etc. What do you make (if anything) about the car fire in the same parking lot? (MW sounds integral to this case as does her b.f. but I suppose they've been checked with a fine toothed comb by LE & the FBI?

How about the 4:10AM event? That last one is the time of the police arriving, yet when did the man riding a motorcycle see a baby that night? Did I miss the time in the list?

My gut tells me (so far), someone had it in for the mom, DB and its a revenge thing.

MW sounds like someone they should be looking at carefully.

Seems to me this case has hit a brick wall and is cold? How can that be, if the youtube (above), as reported is that Jersey? the man who did the landscaping work in the neighborhood is in jail for Burglary (or was during the interview) Was this for the cell phone owned by Lisa's mother?

He gained access to obtain that cell phone in order to use it and call that other woman mentioned.

MT said he saw the man carrying a baby shortly after 4am, about the same time the first police car arrived.

Jersey is in jail for vehicle tampering, not burglary.

Police said the have "moved on" from Jersey. I don't believe they have said anything similar about MW.

Missouri Department of Corrections Public Information Officer, Angie Morfeld, said during a phone call Monday that Tanko was arrested on Oct. 14 for violation of parole and was later charged on a felony one count of Tampering with a Motor Vehicle.

“He was charged with felony one after operating a Chrysler van without the owner’s consent,” Robert said.

http://www.examiner.com/missing-per...rsey-tanko-felony-charges-arraignment-hearing

Police questioned him about Lisa's disappearance but Tanko reportedly cooperated with investigators and ultimately they said they "moved on."

"He cooperated with us and we are satisfied with what he told us," Capt. Steve Young, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, previously told KCTV5.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/17181731/jersey-sentenced

 

[askfornina]

There was a married couple who saw a man walking with at infant shortly after midnight the night/morning Lisa went missing. There is also surveillance video from a BP station a short distance away from the Irwin home, recorded at around 2:15am- not much is seen in that video, just a blob walking down the road. Shortly after 4am a man on a motorcycle (MT) says he saw a man carrying a baby a few miles away from the Irwin home. IMO, the first sighting is the most compelling. The married couple saw the man walk into the yard of the house John "Jersey" Tanko was staying/working at. John Tanko was the homeless "handyman" in the neighborhood, and the ex-boyfriend of Megan Wright, the woman who's phone number was dialed from one of the missing Irwin cellphones. Her and Jersey broke up about a week before Lisa went missing. He is currently incarcerated on vehicle tampering charges.

Here is a video of the wife explaining to Jim Spellman what her and her husband saw that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvF-nGYiV4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Starting at 6:15 in this video, reporter Jim Spellman travels through the area where the man was seen walking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwcp9KqizY4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

At 7:50 in that video, Jim points out a dumpster in the Townhouse parking lot that can be seen from the backyard. That dumpster was set on fire at approx 2:30am the night Lisa went missing.

In the video below, neighbor MH explains that Jersey was doing yard work that day at her next door neighbor's house. She saw him at around 1pm when she left to run errands. When she returned from her errands at around 9:30pm, she noticed that the sprinklers in the yard next door were still on. At around 11pm, she noticed they had been turned off. The ground had become muddy from the sprinklers. The next morning after Lisa was reported missing, KCPD took footprint casts in the muddy area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4V8DZJnqWs&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Some videos about the other sighting and BP surveillance..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-ukSYIjrU&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEpX4V5CK4Q&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A

Here is a map of the area. BP station and MT sighting not shown.

View attachment 62664

This is a timeline of the sightings based on information from those videos and other MSM links.

1:00pm-As she was leaving to run errands, MH, who lives around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., saw John Tanko doing yard work at the home of her next door neighbor, who was out of town.

9:30pm-MH noticed that the sprinklers were still turned on at her neighbor's house when she returned home from her errands.

11:00pm- MH noticed that the sprinklers had been turned off.

12:15am-Around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., a man was leaving his house to go to work. As he was walking to his car, he noticed a man carrying a baby down the street. His wife watched the man through the front window of their home. The married couple saw the man walking toward the yard of MH's neighbor's house. Police later interviewed the couple at least 4 times about the sighting. Later in the morning, police took casts of footprints from the area leading into the backyard. MH told Jim Spellman that John Tanko and his girlfriend at the time, Megan Wright, would often cut though that backyard as a shortcut to the N.Brighton Townhouses.

2:15am-Surveillance video from a BP station located at N.Brighton and Parvin Rd., not far from the Irwin home, shows a person walking along the road. The store manager said it is unusual to see someone walking in that area at that time of night.

2:27am-A dumpster fire is reported in the parking lot of the N.Brighton Townhouses, located at 5057 NE 37th St. near the Irwin home. On September 16th, 2011, Megan Wright's car was set on fire in a different area of the same parking lot.

4:10am-The first police car arrived at the Irwin home after Lisa was reported missing.
A man riding a motorcycle said he saw a man walking with a baby in his arms at the intersection of NE 48th St. and N.Randolph.

Just noticed the map attachment is not working. Image below should work...