There was a married couple who saw a man walking with at infant shortly after midnight the night/morning Lisa went missing. There is also surveillance video from a BP station a short distance away from the Irwin home, recorded at around 2:15am- not much is seen in that video, just a blob walking down the road. Shortly after 4am a man on a motorcycle (MT) says he saw a man carrying a baby a few miles away from the Irwin home. IMO, the first sighting is the most compelling. The married couple saw the man walk into the yard of the house John "Jersey" Tanko was staying/working at. John Tanko was the homeless "handyman" in the neighborhood, and the ex-boyfriend of Megan Wright, the woman who's phone number was dialed from one of the missing Irwin cellphones. Her and Jersey broke up about a week before Lisa went missing. He is currently incarcerated on vehicle tampering charges.
Here is a video of the wife explaining to Jim Spellman what her and her husband saw that night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvF-nGYiV4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
Starting at 6:15 in this video, reporter Jim Spellman travels through the area where the man was seen walking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwcp9KqizY4&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
At 7:50 in that video, Jim points out a dumpster in the Townhouse parking lot that can be seen from the backyard. That dumpster was set on fire at approx 2:30am the night Lisa went missing.
In the video below, neighbor MH explains that Jersey was doing yard work that day at her next door neighbor's house. She saw him at around 1pm when she left to run errands. When she returned from her errands at around 9:30pm, she noticed that the sprinklers in the yard next door were still on. At around 11pm, she noticed they had been turned off. The ground had become muddy from the sprinklers. The next morning after Lisa was reported missing, KCPD took footprint casts in the muddy area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4V8DZJnqWs&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
Some videos about the other sighting and BP surveillance..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-ukSYIjrU&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEpX4V5CK4Q&list=UUfj0f6PGTrAF4NjTg0l7--A
Here is a map of the area. BP station and MT sighting not shown.
This is a timeline of the sightings based on information from those videos and other MSM links.
1:00pm-As she was leaving to run errands, MH, who lives around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., saw John Tanko doing yard work at the home of her next door neighbor, who was out of town.
9:30pm-MH noticed that the sprinklers were still turned on at her neighbor's house when she returned home from her errands.
11:00pm- MH noticed that the sprinklers had been turned off.
12:15am-Around the corner from the Irwin home on N.Chelsea Ave., a man was leaving his house to go to work. As he was walking to his car, he noticed a man carrying a baby down the street. His wife watched the man through the front window of their home. The married couple saw the man walking toward the yard of MH's neighbor's house. Police later interviewed the couple at least 4 times about the sighting. Later in the morning, police took casts of footprints from the area leading into the backyard. MH told Jim Spellman that John Tanko and his girlfriend at the time, Megan Wright, would often cut though that backyard as a shortcut to the N.Brighton Townhouses.
2:15am-Surveillance video from a BP station located at N.Brighton and Parvin Rd., not far from the Irwin home, shows a person walking along the road. The store manager said it is unusual to see someone walking in that area at that time of night.
2:27am-A dumpster fire is reported in the parking lot of the N.Brighton Townhouses, located at 5057 NE 37th St. near the Irwin home. On September 16th, 2011, Megan Wright's car was set on fire in a different area of the same parking lot.
4:10am-The first police car arrived at the Irwin home after Lisa was reported missing.
A man riding a motorcycle said he saw a man walking with a baby in his arms at the intersection of NE 48th St. and N.Randolph.
. I just finished watching the 2016 People Investigates special about baby Lisa. I dont even remember what my opinion was back in 2011 concerning what happened to her, but IMO in this interview, as well as previous ones Ive seen, both of her parents come across as grieving, sincere and believable. I also find the sightings of the man with the baby and the John Tanko / Megan Wright connection to be the most compelling. Too much going on there to ignore it or believe otherwise, IMO. I really find it hard to believe this case remains unsolved. Terribly sad.
