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Family and Friends of Missing Boy Pass Out Fliers in Hopes of Finding Child
8/18/2009 6:58:00 PM
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The family and friends of a missing 5-year-old with cerebral palsy are continuing their search for the boy by handing out fliers in the neighborhood where he was last seen.

Hasanni Campbell&#8217;s grandmother Pamela Clark and aunt Jennifer organized the group. On Tuesday they grabbed fliers and spread out to cover as much ground as possible.

&#8220;Oh it&#8217;s really hard. Hope keeps me alive,&#8221; said Pamela.

Some of the volunteers who never knew Hasanni say it&#8217;s important to do whatever it takes to find the boy.

Lashawenda Collins tells KRON 4&#8217;s Terisa Estacio why she felt the need to help, &#8220;I have nieces, I have a daughter. And my friends have kids also. And it could be one of us out here, looking.

The five-year-old has been missing since August 10th when his foster father, Louis Ross, left him next to a car parked outside a shoe store where Jennifer, Ross&#8217; fiancée, works.

VIDEO: Frustration Building In Seach For Hassani Campbell
http://serve.castfire.com/video/142701/142701_2009-08-18-232526.mp4

Article:
http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleVi...Fliers in Hopes of Finding Child/Default.aspx
 
More Questions For Foster Father Of Missing Boy
Posted: 5:42 pm PDT August 17, 2009
Updated: 10:52 pm PDT August 18, 2009
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Tuesday night, police in Oakland had more questions for the foster father of a Fremont boy with cerebral palsy who has been missing for over a week.

Hasanni Campbell's foster father Louis Ross said he last saw the boy when they were in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood on Monday, August 10th.

Police confirmed to KTVU that Tuesday morning, officers brought Ross back to the driveway where Hasanni disappeared for further questioning and to retrace his steps.

Hassani, who lived in Fremont with his foster parents, Ross and Jennifer Campbell, was reported missing from the parking lot of the Shuz of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue in Oakland about 4:15 p.m. last Monday.

The little boy's grandmother, godmother, other relatives and volunteers were once again in the neighborhood Tuesday to hand out flyers with the boy's picture, hoping someone might have seen something that would help find him.

When asked if she thought Ross had anything to with Hassini's disappearance, the boy's grandmother Pamela Clark replied &#8220;No. No, absolutely not. I trust him completely."

Ross has been questioned several times by police and given a lie detector test. On Monday, he angrily addressed speculation that he might be involved in the disappearance of his foster son.

Hasanni's foster family is also grappling with the loss of their one year-old foster daughter who has been removed from their care.

"All we want is our children home. We want Hasanni found and Aaliyah with us," said the boy&#8217;s foster mother Campbell.

Ross told KTVU he has been voluntarily speaking with police daily and that on Friday he retraced his steps with investigators, showing them the auto salvage yard he had driven to with Hasanni hours before the boy disappeared.

Ross said he went there to locate a part for an old vehicle he's working on and that he had Hasanni with him the entire time.

He insisted Hasanni wouldn't have wandered off and suspects someone kidnapped him.

VIDEO~ OAKLAND: Police Attention Focused On Foster Father In Search For Missing Boy
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20455970/index.html

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20437763/detail.html
 
*NOTE: Meant to tell you that the links to these videos are included in the link to the article only~ post #28!!

VIDEO: FBI Searches Missing Fremont Boy's Foster Home

VIDEO: Police Fan Out in Search for Hasani

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Clock is Ticking for Missing Disabled Boy Hassani Campbell
August 19, 2009 10:25 AM
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NEW YORK (CBS) &#8220;The longer he&#8217;s out there and not found, it doesn&#8217;t look good,&#8221; Louis Ross says, choking up, in an interview about his missing foster son, 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell.

Campbell disappeared Aug. 10 in Oakland, Calif. when Ross left him in standing near the family car in the parking lot behind the shoe store where his fiancée, Campbell&#8217;s biological aunt and foster mom, Jennifer Campbell works. Upon seeing that their son had disappeared Ross and Campbell called 911 and began frantically searching.

&#8220;Hasanni does not wander away,&#8221; Ross told CBS 5 San Francisco.

How can Ross be so sure?

Hasanni was born with Cerebral Palsy, a type of permanent disorder that inhibits development of movement and posture, i.e., he had trouble walking, and according to Ross, could do so with concentration.

Contrary to early reports that described him wearing metal braces on his legs, Ross told reporters he wears plastic braces on his feet, which would not be visible over his clothes. He also said that if his son&#8217;s braces were removed he would still be able to walk, but would be looking down at the ground in focus.

Hasanni was left alone for &#8220;about five minutes, probably less,&#8221; Ross said in the same interview.

When asked what he think did happen in those five minutes, Ross tears up: &#8220;as a father, those are thoughts you don&#8217;t want to entertain.&#8221;

Jeff Thomason says Ross is mostly likely correct in his assumption that Hassani did not walk away: &#8220;anything&#8217;s possible but it&#8217;s not likely&#8230;right now no witnesses saw Hassani walking away from that area.&#8221;

The FBI has joined the search, along with several other local agencies. On the day of his disappearance a massive search was launched, including the use of a California Highway Patrol airplane and the K-9 unit. In the past eight days they have gone door-to-door in parts of Oakland and searched numerous locations, including a regional park and his foster parents&#8217; home in Freemont.

&#8220;This is a continuous investigation that will be conducted day and night,&#8221; Officer Seth Neri said in a press conference.

The Oakland PD has been in touch with the biological mother, who lives in San Francisco, and told Crimesider that she is not a person of interest at this point.

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/18/crimesider/entry5250324.shtml
 
More Questions For Foster Father Of Missing Boy
Updated: 8:43 am PDT August 19, 2009
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Tuesday night, police in Oakland had more questions for the foster father of a Fremont boy with cerebral palsy who has been missing for over a week.

Hasanni Campbell's foster father Louis Ross said he last saw the boy when they were in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood on Monday, August 10th.

Police confirmed to KTVU that Tuesday morning, officers brought Ross back to the driveway where Hasanni disappeared for further questioning and to retrace his steps.

Hassani, who lived in Fremont with his foster parents, Ross and Jennifer Campbell, was reported missing from the parking lot of the Shuz of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue in Oakland about 4:15 p.m. last Monday.

The little boy's grandmother, godmother, other relatives and volunteers were once again in the neighborhood Tuesday to hand out flyers with the boy's picture, hoping someone might have seen something that would help find him.

Police told KTVU there has not been any confirmed sighting of the boy since Ross reported him missing.

Ross has been questioned several times by police and given a lie detector test. On Monday, he angrily addressed speculation that he might be involved in the disappearance of his foster son.

"'Oh, they were foster parents. Did they really care?' Well, you go talk to social services,&#8221; said Ross. &#8220;You wanna find the record straight? You go to them and ask them why they placed them with us. Because we gave a damn! These were our children. Don't try to take that from us. This wasn't a situation where we didn't care about those children. We've fought every inch for both of them."

Ross told KTVU he has been voluntarily speaking with police daily and that on Friday he retraced his steps with investigators, showing them the auto salvage yard he had driven to with Hasanni hours before the boy disappeared.

Ross said he went there to locate a part for an old vehicle he's working on and that he had Hasanni with him the entire time.

He insisted Hasanni wouldn't have wandered off and suspects someone kidnapped him.

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20437763/detail.html
 
Full mailbox hampers search for Hasanni
Police have been asking the public for help in finding 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell, who was last seen in Oakland more than a week ago. But, it turns out that tipsters who called one police hotline were not allowed to leave messages.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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Police do not know how long the problem existed.

The fliers police have been handing out across the Bay Area for the last week and a half show the Crime Stoppers phone number. Police say they check this voicemail every day. It is supposed to be a way for people to leave anonymous tips for investigators, but as of Wednesday morning, people could not leave any messages at all.

It has been nine days since Hasanni went missing. He was last seen by his foster father behind a Rockridge neighborhood shoe store. Police have been asking the public to call in with tips about the little boy with cerebral palsy.

But, if they called the Crime Stoppers number listed on the fliers being passed out in the Rockridge neighborhood they got a message saying, "Thanks for calling the Crime Stoppers Hotline. No messages may be taken for this mailbox. It is full. Thank you for calling."

Police say part of the problem is that one person has been calling the voicemail and clogging it with messages unrelated to the missing boy. They also say fliers passed out to the media have two other numbers listed including numbers for investigators and police dispatch. They hope people will call those.

Searches in the neighborhood and around the East Bay have come up empty and so far, fewer than 50 tips have come in.

"We do need the public's help in locating this young boy and hopefully as time goes on, we'll be able to find him. Time is against us right now. This is the ninth day that he's been missing. As time goes on, it's less likely we're going to find him alive," Oakland police officer Jeff Thomason told ABC7.

Police are still calling this a "missing person's case." They say they have a few more small leads to follow up on, but they do not have any more searches planned because they just do not have any large tips to go on.

VIDEO: Full mailbox hampers search for Hasanni
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6972900

VIDEO: Family Pleas For Help In Finding Missing Boy
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6971645

VIDEO: Family Pleas For Help In Finding Missing Boy (earlier video different than above!)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6971082

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6972897
 
Tip line for missing Fremont boy is again operational as police leads dwindle
Posted: 08/19/2009 01:22:36 PM PDT
Updated: 08/19/2009 01:23:33 PM PDT
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The police tip line for information about missing 5-year-old Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell was restored this morning after reports callers were unable to leave messages.

"We had one individual who called the tip line and left 39 or 40 messages with information that was not credible," Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said. "We're contacting that person to ask them to stop, and the tip line should be open now."

Investigators are asking anyone with information on Hasanni to call 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211. If either number doesn't work, investigator Sgt. Gus Galindo is available at 510-238-7934.

We're continuing to investigate, but at this point there is no evidence that a crime was committed. It's still being treated as a missing person case, Thomason said.

"Investigators today are following up on what leads they have, but we're starting to get to that point of feeling helpless," Thomason said. "That's why we're asking anyone who saw the boy to call in and give us some facts. People calling in now are saying things like, 'I had a dream he was here,' or offering opinions. Opinions don't help. We need people to call in with facts about times and places they saw him."

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_13161366
 
Boy's Disappearance Puzzles Investigators
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 1:13PM
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Police in Oakland say they're frustrated by the disappearance of five-year-old Hassani Campbell, and they&#8217;re asking the public to get more involved in the search for the missing boy.

It&#8217;s been nine days now since Campbell vanished from the corner of College and Harwood in Oakland&#8217;s Rockridge neighborhood, where his foster father left him alone in the car for just a few moments.

Oakland Police Officer Jeff Thomason says the disabled boy&#8217;s foster parents are cooperating, and they&#8217;re not suspected at all of any wrongdoing.

&#8221;There&#8217;s no evidence right now that this is a kidnapping case, or that a crime has been committed,&#8221; said Thomason.

&#8221;We are asking the public to call in with any credible tips,&#8221; said Thomason. &#8220;We have received tips on our hotline, and the investigators have fielded calls. Most of the calls are people with feelings or opinions about the case, but we need people with credible information, and we&#8217;re not getting that right now.&#8221;

AUDIO: KCBS&#8217; Doug Sovern Reports
http://www.kcbs.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3961078

Article:
http://www.kcbs.com/Boy-s-Disappearance-Puzzles-Investigators/5040613
 
Concern Growns Over Missing Fremont Boy
Aug 19, 2009 3:35 pm US/Pacific
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Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said Wednesday that police are "very concerned" about a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who has now been missing for nine days.

Thomason said police are still treating Hassani's disappearance as a missing persons case and that there is no evidence a crime has been committed.

"We're asking the public to call if they have any credible tips," Thomason said.

He said police have followed up on all of the approximately 50 tips they've received so far but none have panned out.

On Monday, Oakland police and Crime Stoppers announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Hassani.

Thomason said one caller left about 40 unhelpful messages with Crime Stoppers and clogged its voicemail box. But the voicemail box is now open again, he said.

Thomason said police talk to Hassani's foster parents every day and that they are being cooperative.

On Saturday, law enforcement officials and volunteers searched marshland and shoreline areas at the tip of West Winton Avenue in Hayward as well as Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont but didn't find anything significant.

Thomason said police have also searched North Oakland thoroughly.

Article:
http://cbs5.com/crime/fremont.missing.boy.2.1135832.html
 
Police sought "sword or cutting instrument" in search of missing boy's home, foster father's car

By Kristin Bender
Oakland Tribune
Posted: 08/19/2009 08:41:05 PM PDT
Updated: 08/19/2009 09:58:55 PM PDT

OAKLAND — A search warrant issued the day after Hasanni Campbell was reported missing shows that police were looking for a "sword or cutting instrument" and biological evidence from the 5-year-old boy in his foster parents' home.

The search warrant, issued at 5:45 a.m. Aug. 11 in Alameda County, was for the home on Roxie Terrace in Fremont, where the boy lives with his foster parents, Jennifer Campbell, 30, and Louis Ross, 38. The warrant was also for Ross' 2002 BMW.

Police recovered a pair of latex gloves, eight DNA swabs and four fingerprint lifts from the car but took nothing from the home, authorities confirmed Wednesday. It was unclear why investigators were looking for a sword or cutting instrument.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_13164888?nclick_check=1
 
Police sought "sword or cutting instrument" in search of missing boy's home, foster father's car
Posted: 08/19/2009 08:41:05 PM PDT
Updated: 08/19/2009 10:44:57 PM PDT
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A search warrant issued the day after Hasanni Campbell was reported missing shows that police were looking for a "sword or cutting instrument" and biological evidence from the 5-year-old boy in his foster parents' home. Authorities also confirmed Wednesday that Louis Ross, the boy's foster father, failed a polygraph test given by the FBI.

The search warrant, issued at 5:45 a.m. Aug. 11 in Alameda County, was for the home on Roxie Terrace in Fremont, where the boy lives with his foster parents, Ross, 38, and Jennifer Campbell, 30.

The warrant was also for Ross' 2002 BMW.

Police recovered a pair of latex gloves, eight DNA swabs and four fingerprint lifts from the car but took nothing from the home, authorities confirmed Wednesday. It was unclear why investigators were looking for a sword or cutting instrument.

Article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_13164888
 
New Details Emerge In Search For Missing Boy
Posted: 3:37 pm PDT August 19, 2009
Updated: 10:50 pm PDT August 19, 2009
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KTVU has uncovered new details about the ongoing police search for a five-year-old boy who disappeared in Oakland&#8217;s Rockridge district over a week ago, including what authorities were looking for when they searched the home where the boy lives on Tuesday, August 11.

One new item that surfaced Wednesday was a copy of the original search warrant issued last week to search the Fremont home of Ross and Jennifer Campbell.

The warrant was issued at 5:45 a.m. on the day after Hasanni went missing. The warrant allowed police to search inside the house where Hasanni lived as well as a 2002 BMW belonging to Ross

According to the warrant, police searched for biological evidence belonging to Hasanni, and a sword or cutting instrument.

On Wednesday, KTVU also obtained the inventory sheet that listed what officers took during the search. The list included one pair of latex gloves taken from the vehicle as well as eight DNA swabs and four fingerprint lifts taken from the car.

The inventory sheet shows no items were taken from the home, though Ross has said officers took a cell phone and paperwork.

KTVU also learned from authorities that certain evidence indicates it is unlikely Hasanni wandered off.

Law enforcement sources told KTVU that search dogs never led their handlers on what's called a "hot trail" on the afternoon Hasanni disappeared, meaning the dogs never picked up a scent that led handlers away from the lot.

Sources said the dogs did pick up Hasanni's scent inside Ross's BMW. They said the boy was either snatched by someone as he was standing by the car or he was never in the back lot that day.

Law enforcement sources confirmed to KTVU Wednesday that Ross failed a polygraph test given by the FBI last week. During previous interviews, Ross has told KTVU he answered all questions during the polygraph honestly.

KTVU also learned that the boy's foster mother Jennifer Campbell arrived at the shoe store where she works sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on the day Hasanni went missing.

Additionally, two workers at an auto salvage yard in Hayward reported seeing Ross and Hasanni in the BMW that same morning.

On Wednesday, KTVU spoke with the father of two young daughters who lives adjacent to the lot. He says it's hard to fathom how a child could go missing without anyone seeing him.

"There's so much traffic. There's a lot of pedestrian traffic; cars coming and going at all times. There's restaurants right across the street," said Rockridge resident Steve Shochet. "It's hard to understand how someone could potentially kidnap a child with so many people who could be witnesses."

VIDEO~ FREMONT: Hasanni Campbell's Foster Father Sent Threatening Text Message
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20484345/index.html

VIDEO~ FREMONT: No Strong Leads In Case Of Missing 5-Year-Old; DNA Tests, Fingerprints Thicken Plot
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20481250/index.html

VIDEO~ FREMONT: New Details About Investigation Into Hasanni Campbell's Disappearance Surface
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20471933/index.html

VIDEO~ OAKLAND: New Details About Investigation Into Little Boy's Disappearance Surface
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20469034/index.html

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20467597/detail.html
 
Police search for a sword in Hasanni's case
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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After nine days of intensive searching, police are down to their last few leads in the disappearance of young Hasanni Campbell and they need the public's help. There are new details about a search warrant served the day after Hasanni went missing.

According to the warrant, police were looking for a sword or cutting instrument, biological evidence, and his foster's father's BMW.

Nine days ago Hasanni was last seen by his foster father behind a Rockridge neighborhood shoe store.

Through all of his pleas, Louis Ross -- Hasanni's foster father -- remains under a cloud of suspicion because he's the only one who can place Hasanni behind the store the day he disappeared.

"I was absolutely under a cloud of suspicion," says Mark Klass.

Klaas says the investigation for his daughter, Polly, who was abducted and murdered in 1993, could not go forward until he was cleared. The same for Ross.

"And I think at that point, the people will buy into his story a little more and you'll see a lot more public involvement in trying to recover little Hasanni," says Klaas.

Despite the cloud of suspicion, police say Hasanni's foster parents have been cooperating.

The Crime Stoppers Hotline number is now up and running. But, police say the best number for people to call is 510-777-3211, which is Oakland Police Dispatch, a number manned around the clock.

There is alot of hope to go around in the Rockridge neighborhood, but police are saying that because they have no new leads they have no new searches planned for Hasanni.

There is now a memorial for Hasanni in the parking lot where he was last seen.
Passersby like Toni Sands and her daughter cannot help but stop and wonder.

"I just wanted to go by and say a prayer, and hope that God answers it," she told ABC7.

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6972897
 
Oakland Police Concerned About 5-Year-Old, Now Missing for Nine Days
8/19/2009 3:52:00 PM
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Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason says police are &#8220;very concerned" about a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who has now been missing for nine days.

Thomason said police are still treating Hassani's disappearance as a missing persons case and that there is no evidence a crime has been committed.

"We're asking the public to call if they have any credible tips,&#8221; Thomason said.

Thomason said one caller left about 40 unhelpful messages with Crime Stoppers and clogged its voicemail box. But the voicemail box is now open again, he said.

Thomason said police talk to Hassani's foster parents every day and that they are being cooperative.

On Saturday, law enforcement officials and volunteers searched marshland and shoreline areas at the tip of West Winton Avenue in Hayward as well as Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont but didn't find anything significant.

Thomason said police have also searched North Oakland thoroughly.

VIDEO: Oakland Police Concerned About 5-Year-Old, Missing For 9 Day's
http://serve.castfire.com/video/143219/143219_2009-08-19-225834.mp4

VIDEO: Former Prosecutor Shares His Thoughts On The Hassani Campbell Case
http://serve.castfire.com/video/143223/143223_2009-08-19-225845.mp4

Article:
http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleVi...ar-Old Now Missing for Nine Days/Default.aspx
 
Missing boy's foster dad's angry text message
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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The foster father of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy sent an angry text message threatening to leave the child alone at a BART platform just 10 days before Hasanni Campbell vanished, according to court documents released today.

In addition, Louis Ross "voiced some misgivings" about caring for a disabled child when he talked to officers investigating the child's Aug. 10 disappearance, according to a statement that Oakland police submitted to justify obtaining a search warrant of Ross' Fremont home.

According to the police account, Ross sent an expletive-laden text message July 31 to Jennifer Campbell, his fiancee and the aunt and foster mother of Hasanni.

"This is f- over, I will watch her but he will be out on the BART and its your responsibility to hey (sic) him so f - you," Ross texted at 9:50 a.m., police said. The references appear to be to Hasanni and his 1-year-old sister.

As for the sword, Ross said he had told police about it and that officers had later returned and picked it up. He said he kept it under a mattress.

"It wasn't a big deal," he said.

Article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/20/BA9419BA1A.DTL
 
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