Missing boy's foster dad's angry text message
Thursday, August 20, 2009
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More Information on Missing Boy
Thursday, 20 August 2009 11:17AM
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Foster Father Sent Angry Text
Thursday, 20 August 2009 12:13PM
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report: Boy's Foster Father Sent Text Threat
Aug 20, 2009 1:54 pm US/Pacific
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHORITIES: Missing Boy’s Father Failed Lie Detector Test
Posted: 3:37 pm PDT August 19, 2009
Updated: 9:01 am PDT August 20, 2009
<snipped>
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.
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Search of Hasanni Campbell's Foster Father's House Fails to Turn Up Sword
8/20/2009 9:47:00 AM
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Concern Grows Over Missing Fremont Boy
Aug 19, 2009 5:05 pm US/Pacific
<snipped>
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
<snipped>
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.
An inventory sheet from the warrant also shows that police recovered a pair of latex gloves, eight DNA swabs and four "fingerprint lifts" from Ross' 2002 BMW. Investigators took nothing from the home during the search.
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
10 minutes ago from TinyTwitter
FROM Twitter: at the home of missing Fremont boy, fulfledged media circus with no one talking. 10 minutes ago!
http://twitpic.com/en7wa
:angel: