Parents of Missing 10-Month-Old Will Lose No Matter What (VIDEO)
The case of missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin has taken a surprising turn, one that makes me very, very nervous. Not that the story hasn't made me feel nervous and sick from the very start. But now Kansas City police are saying that baby Lisa's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, have "stopped cooperating" with detectives on the investigation into their little girl's apparent abduction.
Stopped cooperating. Did reading those words make your heart sink, too?
I don't mean to imply that Deborah Bradley is responsible for her own daughter's disappearance. That's not an accusation I would make lightly. But Bradley's story and police accounts don't quite match up, which means somebody is either lying or misinformed and neither possibility sounds great for Lisa.
Kansas City police Capt. Steve Young says, "The mother and the father no longer want to talk to detectives," a development that "doesn't help the case."
Bradley and Irwin deny ceasing communication with the police -- they want to cooperate, they insist -- but at the same time, Bradley made several comments that would lead one to believe otherwise.
"From the start when they questioned me, once I couldn't fill in blanks, it turned into 'You did it, you did it,'" says Bradley. "They took a picture down from the table and said, 'Look at your baby! And do what's right for her!' I kept saying I didn't know ... I just sat there."
Bradley also said police told her she failed a polygraph test. Police wouldn't confirm her statement, but they did say Bradley and Irwin's claim that their cellphones were stolen from the house when Lisa was taken hasn't turned up any leads.
Like I said, I can't bring myself to accuse Lisa's parents of anything or to even suggest their involvement; likewise, I don't want to assume that the police are somehow dropping the ball here. But something isn't adding up here, and the last thing you want when a baby goes missing is more questions than answers.
Whatever the truth is, there's no question Lisa's mom and dad are in complete anguish. Just watch ...
What do you think happened to baby Lisa?
Image via ABC
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Shelly
cocobeannns
I'll say it again. Something with this story doesn't sit right with me. The police are searching EVERYWHERE for this little girl. I don't believe they are "dropping the ball." They are doing everything they can to try to find her. And if this was MY child, I would be out there searching for her right along with them! I would be cooperating with them and doing whatever I could to find my child.
The story about the cell phones is very strange. Why would you leave three cell phones (the only phones you have) sitting out on a table, while you are in your bedroom asleep, when your husband/fiance is working a night shift? Furthermore, why would a stranger enter through your child's room, then go into another room, just to take cell phones? And the lights were supposedly on when the father came home from working... Nothing in this story makes sense. I don't want to point the finger at the parents, but it's not looking good for them.
PrettyGirlMyers
Before you vilify the parents, how bout you do some homework??? After hours and hours of questioning, the father basically said that he couldn't do it anymore and needed a break. Their baby is missing, they don't know where she is, and the police are making it clear they think the parents had something to do with it. I can absolutely understand why a parent in this situation would need to step away to take a breath. But to say that they have stopped cooperating is COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
pjbarbie
I agree with PrettyGirl - after many many hours of trying to force a false confession out of the parents and the police feeding them incorrect/misleading information to manipulate that 'confession' I, too, would limit my time talking to them. I leave my cell ohone on the klitchen countert overnight to charge - so that tidbit is no big deal. Obviously the kidnapper was either familiar with the house or comfortable being there that they turned lights, so what. Maybe mom snores and they heard that and figured they were safe to move about undetected.
Who actually remembers every single detail (in order) of their daily activity? Most of us run on auto-pilot for part of the day and don't pay attention to routine activities
Alii Mayy
Melanie420
yeah it was okay for casey anthony to get away with murder, but when there are 2 people who just want thier 10 month old back the police blame them? ummm did they go party for 30 days without letting the police know thier daughter is missing? did they lie to police about pretty much everything? no they didnt, and it upsets me that because the jury was filled with idiots for casey anthony they start blaming innocent parents for thier missing children. they are upset that thier daughter is gone, hell im surprised they can even stand to talk to the police at all, i know i wouldnt if i was in that situation
Melanie420
and as to why a stranger would enter through the babys room, well there happen to be sick people in this world who kidnap babies, or is this the only case you have ever heard about a child getting kidnapped? how does someone enetering through a babies room not add up? thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard
jagamama0710
I agree with PrettygirlMyers, pjbarbie, and Melanie420.
Shelly
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