Missing baby lisa irwin
"It seems like they're running out of good leads, so why not give them more?" family spokesman Mike LeRette told the Kansas City Star on Saturday. "We're one phone call away. One person calls in and maybe she's in our arms later today."
The 10-month-old, whose parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin say was stolen from her crib in the middle of the night on Monday, remains the subject of a high-profile search though police have not yet named any suspects.
The parents reported their infant missing early Tuesday. Irwin says he found his daughter missing from her crib when he came home from an overnight shift at work, and that a window was open and the family's three cell phones had been stolen from the home.
Though Bradley and Irwin were not initially being treated as suspicious, police announced they had stopped cooperating on Thursday. They are reportedly now working with investigators again and claim they never stopped cooperating but were just taking a break.
"They're talking with us and that is absolutely the best thing," said Kansas City, Mo. police captain Steve Young, according to ABC News. "Something may jog their memory, you never know... Their involvement in this investigation is critical."
LeRette also said Saturday the family, who has spoken about the case to many media outlets since reporting Lisa missing, will be doing less interviews to keep the focus on finding their child.
As the investigation continued this week, police and the FBI searched a landfill in the area for the second time, though the search "didn't lead to anything." Police also reportedly took a DNA sample from a teenage neighbor of the family who had the access code to their garage.
LeRette told ABC News investigators they are also pursuing reports that a couple in California was seen with an infant matching Lisa's description.
Statistics on infant abduction indicate it is unlikely the baby was taken by a stranger, according to The Associated Press, but experts say the numbers also show that if Lisa was in fact snatched by an intruder, there is a higher likelihood she is alive.
Bradley, who claims she was asleep at home when her daughter disappeared, told ABC News police accused her of failing a polygraph test and badgered her with accusations about Lisa's disappearance.
"From the start when they've questioned me, once I couldn't fill in gaps, it turned into 'You did it, you did it,'" she said.
Police reportedly refused to comment on her claim but said she is "free to say whatever she wants."
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