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[Angel Who Cares]

More Information on Missing Boy
Thursday, 20 August 2009 11:17AM
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Oakland police said that Louis Ross, the foster father of missing 5-year-old Hassani Campbell, failed a polygraph test given by the FBI.
Authorities also said a search warrant issued the day after Campbell was reported missing shows that police were looking for a "sword or cutting instrument" and biological evidence from the 5-year-old in his foster parents' home.

The search warrant was for the boy's home in Fremont, where he lived with his foster parents, Ross and his aunt, Jennifer Campbell.

Police have been scouring Oakland's Rockridge district, where the 5-year-old was first reported missing on August 10.

Article:
http://www.kcbs.com/More-Information-on-Missing-Boy/5048848

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Foster Father Sent Angry Text
Thursday, 20 August 2009 12:13PM
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The foster father of a missing 5-year-old with cerebral palsy reportedly sent an expletive-laden text threatening to leave the child alone on a BART platform just 10 days before the boy disappeared.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that court documents released Thursday revealed not only the angry text, but also that Louis Ross "voiced some misgivings" about caring for a special needs child when he talked to officers investigating the Hassani Campbell's disappearance.

Ross sent the angry message July 31 to Jennifer Campbell, who is his fiancee and the boy's aunt and foster mother according to a statement submitted by Oakland police to justify obtaining a search warrant if Ross' Fremont home.

The Chronicle reports that court papers show the relationship between Ross and Campbell was violent at times and that police had heard reports that Ross had threatened his fiance with a sword.

Nothing was seized from the home, but court records show that Ross voluntarily surrendered his cell phone to police.

When The Chronicle asked Ross about any domestic disputes, he downplayed them, saying he was "venting."

Ross also denied leaving Hasanni at BART and said he has been cooperating "100 percent" with police.

Article:
http://www.kcbs.com/Chronicle--Foster-Father-Sent-Angry-Text/5049050

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Missing boy's foster dad sent angry text
ABC7 is learning new details on what kind of evidence investigators had searched for at the Fremont foster home of a missing 5-year-old boy.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 1:08 PM
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Hasanni Campbell disappeared from an Oakland shoe store 10 days ago.

The search warrant that was issued the day after Hasanni Campbell disappeared shows that police were looking for biological evidence as well as a sword.

That search warrant was served on by the boy's foster parents Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell at their Fremont home. They took some latex gloves, DNA samples as well as some fingerprints from the car.

ABC7 received a text message from Ross regarding the sword that read: "The subject of the sword came up before the search warrant. It is the only weapon we have at the house, and was discussed with police during day one of the search during questioning."

VIDEO: Police Search For Sword In Hasanni's Case
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6974054

VIDEO: Search For Hasanni Intesifies
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6974951

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6974839

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Report: Boy's Foster Father Sent Text Threat
Aug 20, 2009 1:54 pm US/Pacific
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that court documents released Thursday revealed not only the angry text, but also that Louis Ross "voiced some misgivings" about caring for a special needs child when he talked to officers investigating the Hassani Campbell's disappearance.

The Chronicle reports that court papers show the relationship between Ross and Campbell was violent at times and that police had heard reports that Ross had threatened his fiance with a sword.

Police are maintaining that Ross is not a suspect in the case.

"In any case we keep an open mind. Whether it's a missing persons case, whether it's a criminal case, in any type of case we try to keep an open mind and we try to cover all of our bases. And that's why the search warrant was done last week and I'm not going to comment on what we were searching for or what we found," said Jeff Thomason, spokesman for the Oakland Police Department.

VIDEO: Cutting Instrument Focus In Search For Missing Boy
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54303@kpix.dayport.com

Raw VIDEO: Oakland PD Briefing On Missing Boy Auguat 20, 2009 9:47
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54310@kpix.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs5.com/crime/fremont.missing.boy.2.1137432.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

AUTHORITIES: Missing Boy&#8217;s Father Failed Lie Detector Test
Posted: 3:37 pm PDT August 19, 2009
Updated: 9:01 am PDT August 20, 2009
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Law enforcement sources have confirmed to KTVU 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 has also obtained 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.

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

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

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20467597/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Search of Hasanni Campbell's Foster Father's House Fails to Turn Up Sword
8/20/2009 9:47:00 AM
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Police are still searching for a sword or other cutting object that they say could lead to the discovery of five year old Hasanni Campbell.

Investigators are also confirming reports Ross sent a text message on July 31st to Campbell threatening to leave Hasanni on a BART platform.

The warrant says Ross told police he had left Hasanni and the daughter home alone on a previous occasion while he went to the bank to conduct a transaction.

"He had also voiced some misgivings about caring for a developmentally disabled child during the interview," the warrant says. Ross told KRON 4's Terisa Estacio several days after Hasanni's disappearance that the child had developmental difficulties.

Ross told Terisa he left Hasanni outside his BMW but the search warrant quotes the foster father as saying the child was still inside the vehicle.

"Another concern amongst this investigator and others in the unit was the fact that this child, who was severely disabled, disappeared in a croweded business district with no witnesses while Ross took the 1-year old daughter to Jennifer Campbell who was working at Shoes of Rockridge," the warrant says.

The affidavit says neighbors told Fremont police they hadn't seen Hasanni for at least two weeks before the child was reported missing.

VIDEO: Search of Hasanni Campbell's Foster Father's House Fails to Turn Up Sword
http://serve.castfire.com/video/143721/143721_2009-08-20-120640.mp4

Article:
http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleVi...ers House Fails to Turn Up Sword/Default.aspx

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Concern Grows Over Missing Fremont Boy
Aug 19, 2009 5:05 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 Hasanni'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.

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

VIDEO: What's Being Done To Search For Hasanni Campbell
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54272@kpix.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs5.com/crime/fremont.missing.boy.2.1135832.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Foster father of missing Fremont boy sent angry text message about abandoning boy on the BART platform
Posted: 08/20/2009 03:36:29 PM PDT
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The Alameda County Superior Court records showing that police recovered that information were temporarily available early today but were quickly sealed by police once the information about the text message got out to the media.

Information in a search warrant issued at 5:45 a.m. Aug. 11, the day after the boy was reported missing, shows that police were looking for a "sword or cutting instrument" and biological evidence (hair, blood or skin cells) from the 5-year-old boy at the Roxie Terrance home in Fremont, where the family lives. They did not recover a sword or cutting instrument and it is not clear why police were looking for such an item.

Ross, 38, has not returned repeated calls for comment.

For a second straight day, Oakland police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason held a morning news conference at police headquarters today. He said investigators have no new leads and have received no new tips about the missing boy. About 50 tips have come into police to date.

"The main goal of this case is to find Hasanni Campbell," Thomason said.

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_13171008

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Thank You to ecatzippy

Last 2 tweets from Ben Aguirre, local reporter

just talked to Hasanni Campbell's foster father, gave me one quote and refused to do more interviews. He'd spoken to a few TV stations. #fb
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FROM Twitter: at the home of missing Fremont boy, fulfledged media circus with no one talking. 10 minutes ago!

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[Angel Who Cares]

Foster Father of Missing Boy Defends Self in Interview, Says Focus of Investigation Should Be on the Child
8/20/2009 5:20:00 PM
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The foster father of a missing 5-year-old with cerebral palsy is defending himself, saying the focus of the investigation should not be on him, but on his missing boy.

While Ross may not want too much focus on himself, information in a search warrant regarding a sword, a heated text message recovered from phone records and possible instances of domestic violence against Jennifer, his fiancée, has put him in the spotlight.

KRON 4&#8217;s Haaziq Madyun spoke to Ross, who says he has an explanation for all of the above, including the sword, &#8220;Jennifer is uncomfortable with the sword,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think that may have been one of my text messages, that she didn&#8217;t like the sword in the house and I kept the sword underneath my bed for protection, it is the only weapon in the house.

Regarding the text message laced with profanity sent to Jennifer, where he threatens to leave Hasanni at a Bay Are Rapid Transit station, Ross says he never left the boy at a train station, &#8220;I said get the f-out. At the time I am responding to a comment she made and I am venting. Do I regret it? I regret it not that the world knows about it, I regret that I said it.&#8221;

With Jennifer by his side, Ross tells Haaziq there has never been any domestic violence in their relationship. Jennifer stresses that none of these things are important right now, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter what you think of us, or our relationship, or anything else. Just find Hasanni.&#8221;

VIDEO: Missing Boy's Father Sent Angry Text Messages
http://serve.castfire.com/video/144505/144505_2009-08-20-230259.mp4

VIDEO: Court Documents Display New New Details On mIssing Boy's Foster Parents' Relationship
http://serve.castfire.com/video/144509/144509_2009-08-20-231211.mp4

VIDEO: Foster Father of Missing Boy Defends Self in Interview, Says Focus of Investigation Should Be on the Child
http://serve.castfire.com/video/144439/144439_2009-08-20-204455.mp4

Article:
http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleVi...stigation Should Be on the Child/Default.aspx

 

[lonetraveler]

WTH, the foster father states in an interview at 6:10 pm that LE took the sword in the search of the house. Also today, LE make a comment that they have been unable to locate the sword.............Do lies just roll off of the tongue of this foster Father like a hot knife through butter, or what? He failed the LDT and the lies just keep on coming...............

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Missing Boy's Foster Dad Fails Polygraph
Aug 20, 2009 6:37 pm US/Pacific
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The foster father of a missing 5-year-old Fremont boy with cerebral palsy told CBS 5 on Thursday that he failed a polygraph examination, also known as a lie detector test, as part of the police investigation of the case.

Despite the text threat, failed polygraph test and the execution of a search warrant at Ross' home, police maintained Thursday that he was not a suspect in the boy's disappearance.

Nothing was seized from his home, but court records showed that Ross voluntarily surrendered his cell phone to police.

In the search warrant affidavit, investigators also said they were mystified that Hasanni could disappear from "a crowded business district with no witnesses."

Further, the affadavit said bloodhounds were unable to detect Hasanni's scent outside the store where Ross said he left the boy.

The affadavit also said police believed foul play might have been involved.

The court papers showed the relationship between Ross and his fiancee was violent at times and that police had reports that Ross threatened her with a sword.

That sword was among the items that police were looking for when they searched Ross' 2002 BMW and his home on Roxie Terrace in Fremont -- where he lives with his fiancee, the missing boy and the boy's younger sister.

When Ross was asked about any domestic disputes, he downplayed them, saying simply that he was "venting." He also stressed that he had been cooperating "100 percent" with police.

Download Court Documents (.pdf)
http://llnw.static.cbslocal.com/station/kpix/docs/2009/campbell_warrant.pdf

RAW VIDEO: Missing Boy's Foster Parent's
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54319@kpix.dayport.com

NEW VIDEO: Missing Boy's Father Discusses Failing Polygraph
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54318@kpix.dayport.com

VIDEO: Missing E. Bay Boy's Foster Dad Fails Polygraph
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=54332@kpix.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs5.com/crime/fremont.missing.boy.2.1137432.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Missing boy's foster dad sent angry text
There are new details about the mindset of the foster father of a missing child.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 6:41 PM
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The warrant says records from Ross' cell phone revealed "a relationship that appeared to have some instances of domestic violence."

Ross says he has never abused his fiancée Jennifer Campbell, who is also Hasanni's aunt.
Rodd told ABC7, investigators kept pushing towards that conclusion during their interviews.

"They were trying to say that, they even told me that, 'So you're very emotional, aren't you, you must have got to the point where you just snapped,'" Ross said.

Ross says they were talking heatedly about a previous argument terminating their relationship and it had nothing to do with harming Hasanni.

"I said, 'this is over,' I was ending the relationship, completely; this wasn't about me getting rid of Hasanni," Ross said.

Investigators also said in the affidavit that "Ross voiced some misgivings about caring for a developmentally disabled child."

Campbell and Ross say that is rubbish.

"There was no conversation we ever had, either verbal or text message at all," Campbell said.

"Saying that we had misgivings," Ross added. "Every child in every home has their issues."

VIDEO: Missing boy's foster dad sent angry text
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6975697

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6974839

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Foster father of missing Fremont boy sent angry text message about abandoning 5-year-old
Posted: 08/20/2009 03:36:29 PM PDT
Updated: 08/20/2009 06:35:09 PM PDT
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The Alameda County Superior Court records showing that police recovered that information were temporarily available early today but were quickly sealed by police once the information about the text message got out to the media.

The last two days have brought out more questions than answers about Ross and Campbell and their roles &#8212; if any &#8212; in the disappearance of the boy.

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that Ross failed a polygraph test given by the FBI a few days after the boy was reported missing. Campbell, 30, did not take the test because she is six months pregnant and told authorities she was worried the test could harm her unborn baby.

Article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_13171008

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Foster Parents Discuss Troubling Investigation Details
Posted: 9:34 pm PDT August 20, 2009
Updated: 11:06 pm PDT August 20, 2009
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During the interview at their home, Campbell and Ross told KTVU Thursday they want to refocus attention on trying to find the missing boy. The couple denied allegations Ross may have had something to do with the disappearance.

They said when they gave police permission to access their phone records more than a week ago, they told investigators about the angry, obscenity-laced text Ross sent Campbell about ten days earlier during an argument.

"It's like we had an argument and we worked through it. And now it's like the argument is being twisted and turned into something it isn't," said Campbell.

"The situation resolved," explained Ross. "I calmed down and never left the house."

They also said they were the ones who told police Ross kept a sword under his bed. That sword was among the times included in the police search warrant of the home and, according to the couple, was taken by authorities last week.

Campbell and Ross showed KTVU a list of items police took from Ross's car. However, there was no mention of latex gloves disclosed in court documents as one of the items taken from the vehicle.

The couple said they volunteered to give DNA samples to police who visited the house Thursday morning so that they could be ruled out as suspects.

VIDEO~ FREMONT: Police Still Searching For Leads In Case Of Missing Five-Year-Old
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20496131/index.html

VIDEO~ FREMONT: Foster Parents Address Disturbing Details Of Missing Child Investigation
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20487497/index.html

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20486996/detail.html

 

[Shutterfly]

http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_13173374


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Ross said police took his small decorative sword that he kept under his bed for protection, at least one of Campbell's poems, a camera and his cell phone.

From his 2002 BMW, the FBI took swabs, the rear seat of the vehicle, carpet from the car, two car seats, molding and latches, according to a receipt of property from the FBI. An Alameda County Superior Court document also shows that four fingerprint lifts, eight DNA swabs and one pair of latex gloves were taken from the car.

Ross said that over the past year, he got to know Hasanni, who loved music, books and SpongeBob SquarePants. "His interest was books and people reading to him "... and even his little sister was picking up that habit from him,'" Ross said.

Hasanni also seemed to enjoy music and had a small guitar that he played, Ross said, adding that he was thinking about buying the boy a piano and had taken him to a violin teacher. Ross said that Hasanni had done "OK" in school and that the couple wanted him to understand that his cerebral palsy should not be a deterrent to success.

In fact, Ross, who is unemployed, said Hasanni "put the fire under me to be a neurologist."

"Medicine was my ultimate goal," he said, adding that he was heading to an orientation at Stanford Medical Center the day the boy went missing.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Missing Fremont boy's foster father speaks out about Hasanni
Posted: 08/20/2009 08:02:05 PM PDT
Updated: 08/20/2009 11:47:50 PM PDT
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I failed Hasanni the last couple of days," said Ross, 38, in a telephone interview Thursday. "Every single day I am having to defend myself, but that is wrong. By defending myself, I am making it about me. "... Think about it. "... It's not about Hasanni anymore."

The text message read: "This is (expletive) over, I will watch her (the boy's 1-year-old sister) but he (Hasanni) will be out on the BART and its your responsibility to hey (sic) him so (expletive) you," sources confirmed Thursday.

Ross said the message was not meant to imply that he planned to leave the boy, who has cerebral palsy, alone at BART but rather that he wanted to meet Campbell at a Union City BART station to give her the boy.

Ross said he sent the angry text message because the two had an argument, and he was going to end the relationship.

He said he eventually calmed down, apologized and decided not to break off the relationship. "I should not have let the situation escalate," he said.

Ross said that over the past year, he got to know Hasanni, who loved music, books and SpongeBob SquarePants. "His interest was books and people reading to him "... and even his little sister was picking up that habit from him,'" Ross said.

Hasanni also seemed to enjoy music and had a small guitar that he played, Ross said, adding that he was thinking about buying the boy a piano and had taken him to a violin teacher. Ross said that Hasanni had done "OK" in school and that the couple wanted him to understand that his cerebral palsy should not be a deterrent to success.

In fact, Ross, who is unemployed, said Hasanni "put the fire under me to be a neurologist."

"Medicine was my ultimate goal," he said, adding that he was heading to an orientation at Stanford Medical Center the day the boy went missing.

Article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_13173374

 

[Angel Who Cares]

No Wonder There Isn't a Stronger Outcry About the Missing Boy
August 21, 2009
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The Oakland Tribune's Tammerlin Drummond complained in a piece yesterday that people weren't out searching for 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell, who allegedly went missing in Rockridge, suggesting that it was because the boy isn't white. Drummond also argued that there was no evidence to suspect Campbell's foster father was involved in the child's disappearance. But of course, there has been ample reason to suspect the foster father from early on in the case, and now there's even more. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, newly released court documents show that Louis Ross threatened to abandon the child just ten days before the boy supposedly went missing.

But more to the point, people have been justified for the past week for not partaking in a massive search of the boy. Drummond compared Hasanni's disappearance to the case of Sandra Cantu who went missing in Tracy. But there is one major difference that explains people's reactions. There was never any question about Sandru's parents being involved in her disappearance, but from the beginning, police questioned Ross' version of events &#8212; and rightly so. Investigators searched his home and a junkyard that Ross said he took the boy to before going to Rockridge. Indeed, there is reason to question whether the little boy was ever in Rockridge the day Ross reported him missing. So why should people be blamed for not embarking on what could be a wild goose chase, when police themselves are not doing it?

Article:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/blogs...cry_about_the_missing_boy/Content?oid=1179650

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Foster father of missing Fremont boy sends angry text, but says he's not to blame
Posted: 08/21/2009 06:14:07 AM PDT
Updated: 08/21/2009 06:14:09 AM PDT
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Louis Ross says he's failed his foster son in the past few days because he has been focused on defending himself rather than searching for the missing 5-year-old.

Ross also has been on the defensive after information about items seized from his home and car came to light on Wednesday through search warrant documents. A warrant issued Aug. 11, the day after Hasanni was reported missing, shows that police were looking for a "sword or cutting instrument" and biological evidence, such as hair, blood or skin cells, at the couple's Fremont home.

Ross said police took his small decorative sword that he kept under his bed for protection, at least one of Campbell's poems, a camera and his cell phone.

From his 2002 BMW, the FBI took swabs, the rear seat of the vehicle, carpet from the car, two car seats, molding and latches, according to a receipt of property from the FBI. An Alameda County Superior Court document also shows that four fingerprint lifts, eight DNA swabs and one pair of latex gloves were taken from the car.

Ross said that over the past year, he got to know Hasanni, who loved music, books and SpongeBob SquarePants. "His interest was books and people reading to him "... and even his little sister was picking up that habit from him,'" Ross said.

Meanwhile, Oakland police said Thursday they had no new leads and had received no new viable tips about the missing boy. About 50 tips have come in to police to date. Police have become increasingly concerned because the longer a child is missing, the slimmer the chances are for a positive outcome, Oakland police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said. He said the department still considers the disappearance a missing-persons case. A homicide detective was assigned to the case last week because that detective is experienced in dealing with such cases, police said. Police have not said they have any suspects in the case.

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13176347?source=most_viewed

 

[Angel Who Cares]

VIDEO: Dad fails polygraph 1:50
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/08/21/ng.dad.fails.cnn