(Kansas City, MO) — Four months ago, Debbie Bradley said she put her ill daughter in her crib so that she could sleep. Since then, 10-month-old Lisa Irwin hasn’t been seen.
The tips have slowed and the police command was long ago disbanded. But detectives continue working the case in an effort to locate the missing baby, Kansas City Police Department spokesman Steve Young says.
“It is not considered a cold case,” Young said.
Jeremy Irwin called 911 at 3:58 a.m. Oct. 4 to say someone had snatched his 10-month-old daughter from her crib while she was sleeping. This prompted police to issue an Amber Alert and a nationwide search.
But investigators have focused on Lisa’s mother, Debbie Bradley, who told police that she was afraid to look in her backyard for the girl because “she was afraid of what she might find.”
Police initially told the public that Lisa was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 3 based on what Bradley told them. But Bradley later told reporters that she put her sick baby into her crib around 6:30 p.m.
Police have not indicated that they think Lisa disappeared before the evening of Oct. 3.
Bradley has said she had drunk enough alcohol during the hours leading up to her daughter’s disappearance to black out. She has said she expects to be arrested in connection with her daughter’s disappearance but has adamantly denied any involvement.
The parents faced intense questions from investigators with questions focusing on the disappearance of three cell phones from the house and who came and went from the home in the hours in which Lisa went missing.
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They eventually hired attorneys who have refused to allow the parents to undergo separate interviews with police.
Young said he cannot detail the questions that detectives would like to ask the parents if they were to get separate interviews.
The couple along with their New York-based attorney Joe Tacopina and New York-based private detective Bill Stanton taped an appearance for the Dr. Phil show that aired in conjunction with the four-month mark of Lisa’s disappearance.
The five-month mark passed this weekend with no public hoopla unlike a month ago.
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The area TIPS Hotline lit up after Bradley and Irwin gave up the number during the Dr. Phil show. But those tips have trailed off.
“Tips increased right after the show, but most were opinions, not really tips,” Young said. “They have dropped back off.”
Lisa’s first birthday was Nov. 11. There is a private fund offering $100,000 for Lisa’s safe return or the conviction of those responsible for her disappearance.
If you have any information that could help Kansas City detectives locate the missing baby, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
