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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Approximately 15 FBI agents, some with dogs, are searching a large wooded area off North Brighton Avenue and 34th Terrace. The Federal Aviation Administration has initiated a no fly zone for a two mile radius of the search area.
They continue to seek new clues in the Lisa Irwin case.
FBI spokesperson Bridget Patton said they have looked at this area several times, but no specific tip led them there.
Patton said she doesn't believe the trail has gone cold.
How do we know she was drunk at the time?
High-ranking police officials and crime scene technicians have descended on a wooded area (cut) a few blocks from the home where 11-month-old Lisa Irwin disappeared two weeks ago. Two crime scene vans and multiple unmarked police cars and SUVs were on the scene.
Crime scene technicians were observed going into the woods with screens used to sift dirt.
Lisa Irwin's parents left their home with a woman in a government vehicle Tuesday, after the woman met with them for a couple hours.
That meeting happening about noon at the house on North Walrond where Lisa's parents have been staying. They left without speaking with the media.
Tacopina returned to New York Monday night after his news conference with the parents.
Oh this just reminds me of another inconsistency in the story that I don't know has been mentioned. The parents said no one could call out on the phones . They had 'restricted service' due to not paying their phone bills. This is from the MEGAN girl on foxnews. Then in their interview Megan asks them ' did you try to call the phone to see if anyone picked up ' ? Like your baby's kidnapper? The mother said No we didnt want to interfere with the police procedures, etc. Why didn't the mother say... ' what good would calling do, the phones dont' ring, we didnt pay the bill' ?
Originally posted by silo13
reply to post by Michelle129th
Any information not given to you by the police directly is misinformation.
Dang! There goes MSM!
I do understand your point though.
But reality says Lisa's mother being 'drunk' started out as a 'rumor' also - a rumor spawned from people putting two and two together and coming up with 4.
Rumor is just a catch phrase for what people are thinking and surmising in this case. The 'drunk' rumor proved correct. So did the 'anxiety medicine'. So did many of the facts that have been confirmed.
Don't kid yourself - the police work on 'rumor' also. And they do the same thing we're doing here just on different level. They, like we, research and check out unproven conclusions to either confirm or refute them. That being said - any information that doesn’t equal to truth in this thread will always be corrected as soon as possible and has been right along.
Sure, we're all doing a lot of arm chair detective work at the moment but we're doing the best we can do - all in hopes to help find Lisa. Or at least the majority of people participating in this thread are and that counts for something.
peace
edit on 18-10-2011 by silo13 because: bbc bold
The difference is the police dont release the rumours to the public for everyone to mull over and make an opinion against the person in question before the truth (based on the rumour or not) comes to light. I have seen so many errors in this thread it's ridiculous...from the 911 call, to the pregnancy, to the biological parent...to some lady on a blog claiming the mom is a klepto
There has been muddying the waters or someone's reputation from the first page of this thread....prior to the knowledge of mom's drinking, the unlocked door, or any of the other information that has come. There are many people on this thread that made a decision on parent's guilt well before there should have been a decision made.
Fair enough..it's unrealistic to believe we will ever live in a world without opinion and judgement I think some people that are uncomfortable with admitting they're judgemental hide behind the "IMO" phrase too often.
I think the thread title should be changed to "judgements and opinions on Lisa's mother"...rather than "updates on Lisa's disappearance".
You've said you're keeping your personal thoughts out of it and are only focused on the child being returned safely..and yet in pretty much every single post you are discussing the mom and her parenting mistakes. I guess that's what you consider armchair detecting? I haven't seen once anyone considering the dad...AT ALL.
Capt. Steve Young with Kansas City police said the search of the area was due to a developed lead in the case. Around 4:15 p.m., Young said investigators found nothing in the area.
Originally posted by silo13
reply to post by AngryAlien
How do we know she was drunk at the time?
Lisa's mother admitted in more than one interview to being drunk that night. To drinking more than 5 glasses of wine, less than ten.
When asked how often she lets that happen she replied a 'couple times a week'. She smirked when being asked the questions and when answering them. She freely admits to (often) drinking and getting drunk to enjoy her 'adult time' as she put it.
When asked if she 'blacked out' she made positive replies all meaning she agreed it was possible she had (blacked out).
It's also been reported she was, along with drinking, taking 'anxiety' medication. She admitted to this also.
peace
edit on 18-10-2011 by silo13 because: spelling and added info
That may be so, but how do we know she was drunk when the girl went missing? Perhaps the "incident" happened while she was still sober, then proceeded to drink to drown out the guilt...
Originally posted by Michelle129th
Originally posted by silo13
reply to post by Michelle129th
Any information not given to you by the police directly is misinformation.
Dang! There goes MSM!
I do understand your point though.
But reality says Lisa's mother being 'drunk' started out as a 'rumor' also - a rumor spawned from people putting two and two together and coming up with 4.
Rumor is just a catch phrase for what people are thinking and surmising in this case. The 'drunk' rumor proved correct. So did the 'anxiety medicine'. So did many of the facts that have been confirmed.
Don't kid yourself - the police work on 'rumor' also. And they do the same thing we're doing here just on different level. They, like we, research and check out unproven conclusions to either confirm or refute them. That being said - any information that doesn’t equal to truth in this thread will always be corrected as soon as possible and has been right along.
Sure, we're all doing a lot of arm chair detective work at the moment but we're doing the best we can do - all in hopes to help find Lisa. Or at least the majority of people participating in this thread are and that counts for something.
peace
edit on 18-10-2011 by silo13 because: bbc bold
The difference is the police dont release the rumours to the public for everyone to mull over and make an opinion against the person in question before the truth (based on the rumour or not) comes to light. I have seen so many errors in this thread it's ridiculous...from the 911 call, to the pregnancy, to the biological parent...to some lady on a blog claiming the mom is a klepto (do we know the accuser anymore than we know the mom? NO..but we now have a pre-conceived nothing of what mom is about).
There has been muddying the waters or someone's reputation from the first page of this thread....prior to the knowledge of mom's drinking, the unlocked door, or any of the other information that has come. There are many people on this thread that made a decision on parent's guilt well before there should have been a decision made.
Fair enough..it's unrealistic to believe we will ever live in a world without opinion and judgement I think some people that are uncomfortable with admitting they're judgemental hide behind the "IMO" phrase too often.
I think the thread title should be changed to "judgements and opinions on Lisa's mother"...rather than "updates on Lisa's disappearance". You've said you're keeping your personal thoughts out of it and are only focused on the child being returned safely..and yet in pretty much every single post you are discussing the mom and her parenting mistakes. I guess that's what you consider armchair detecting? I haven't seen once anyone considering the dad...AT ALL. How about if mom was "passed out" drunk and dad came home and did something to the baby. Maybe that's why he said the door was unlocked...maybe that's why the dog didn't bark..maybe that's why neighbours saw "a man carrying a baby". But since page one it's been pretty consistently. Even armchair detectives consider all possibilities
Michelle
Police are investigating a possible sighting of baby Lisa Irwin after witnesses spotted two women with an infant that matched the missing 11-month-old's description, and RadarOnline.com has exclusive confirmation from the private investigator in the case.