FWIW - Transcription of Steve Jefferson interview with mom.
Amber Robertson (AR) Interview with Steve Jefferson (SJ) via Facebook Live
I wish he would have asked her what her daughters name is.
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“Amber Robertson (AR) Interview with Steve Jefferson (SJ) via Facebook Live
Regarding the disappearance of her daughter, Amiah (8 Mos)
3/19/2019
Transcribed by Kadoober for Websleuths
AR: Um, I got her, um, a whole bunch of toys, the day, we had, we went to Walmart, it was a couple of weeks ago, maybe a month ago, there was some wind up toys, they were monkey toys, that could sing them, those were her favorite. Especially the stuffed animals that sing, she loves stuff that sings.
SJ: Do you think Robert knows where she is, or is he just bluffing?
AR: I think he does. He keeps telling me that he does know where she is at, but he won’t release that information unless I’m with him alone. I don’t feel safe to be with him by myself.
SJ: Ok. Now Police let us know that she may need some type of medical attention, you wanna share that with us?
AR: (Looks off to left, seems uncomfortable with this question)
SJ: Does she take medicine at all?
AR: It… maybe… she’s sick, she might take a tylenol. But I’m just praying that she’s perfectly fine. Or, maybe if she is sick, maybe someone helped her. She’s somewhere safe.
SJ: Did she have a cold at all? Maybe that’s what the police are referring to. Did she have a cold, or anything like that?
AR: No.
SJ: OK.
AR: She just had a (gestures to jaw), a little tooth coming in. That’s all.
SJ: Ok, maybe she just needs some toothache medicine. Or something.
So, was she teething? (He’s good.)
AR: Yes. A little. Just on that one tooth.
SJ: Ok. Tell me about the last time you held her, and, uh, what was that like?
AR: It was like joy. I love holding my child. And, um, it always melts my heart. It does. She’s a very person, type of person to melt someones heart. For sure. Uh. Little baby like that. Her smile gets to me, very beautiful, you can see her two teeth on the top that already came in, um, and the two on the bottom as well. I for sure can say, she loves her little brother. Her little brother’s always asking about her.
SJ: The picture that you made, and shared with police with the hearts around it, did you do that yourself?
AR: Yes.
SJ: Yeah, Ok.
AR: Yes, she loves to play on camera with me.
SJ: Oh, she even knows what the camera is?
AR: (Laughing) When she looks at it, she starts to smile, she can see herself in the other view.
SJ: Ok, all right, ok. So right now, police are saying, either call 911 or call the detective, Amber what would you say to people who may see her either in the store, or just, out in the community, about making sure they pick up that phone, even if they’re not 100 % sure that it’s your daughter but they think it is, how would you convince them to at least call, just to check things out?
AR: I would ask them to please either call 911 right away, or contact maybe the news or someone around them or contact me, my self, my phone #s out there, my mothers, so I’m hoping someone can maybe reach out to my child, and get her home safely.
SJ: Yeah, this, this would be hard for any mom, tell me about your support system, who has your back through this situation, where are you getting your support from?
AR: I can surely say, my family. They are supporting me, they are there for me, fully. Um. I can say for sure, my mom and dad, they are helping me through this as well as my sisters, the rest of my family, they’re such a wonderful support team for me. Um. My friends. They’re such a wonderful support team as well. Everyone’s trying to help me bring justice to get her home.
SJ: When ah, when you called police did they come out and respond right away?
AR: Yes
SJ: And I know, I know that they’ve got, they’ve issued a Silver Alert, just a few minutes ago, to get more people, ah, on alert. Did they let you know they were gonna do that?
AR: No, but I did get a message, saying that a Silver Alert was out.
SJ: Do you have friends on Facebook that are looking too?
AR: Yes.
SJ: Tell me about that.
AR: Uh, they are sharing, um, posts and pictures of her, um, they’re begging people to please contact them if she’s being seen or any information on her please, contact the police, or the mother, and um, they’re just sending her picture throughout all.
SJ: Ok. And describe her, we, she’s, describe her, her hair, her eyes, what she’s wearing, what she was wearing so..
AR: She was wearing a, one piece sleeper, um, and she has black hair, um, short, she has blue eyes, hazel color, she’s a chubby one to be her age, she does eat a lot. She loves her food. Um, and she has a birthmark, up here by her chin (gestures to left collarbone) it’s, on her arm a little bit, it’s like a strawberry birthmark.
SJ: Ok, ok.
UNK: Amber, were you and your boyfriend arguing, or having any kind of problems before she disappeared?
AR: We were arguing a little bit because he said that I kept trying to be with my sons dad. And he was getting upset about it.
UNK: Do you feel that he’s involved in her disappearance as, as retaliation?
AR: (pauses, thinks) Kinda. Kinda not. I just so, you know you didn’t do anything to her. I hope that she can be brought home safely.
SJ: You think maybe he doing this to get at you?
AR: I think so. He wanted me to be with him by hisself so that he could go pick the baby up. I don’t trust it um, I feel like there would maybe be harm, to me, if I was to go by myself.
SJ: Mmm hmm. Does he know people over in Martinsville?
AR: He, he says he don’t. Um. But I’m not sure. Me , personally, I don’t have any clue of who could be in Martinsville?
SJ: Um. Let’s send a message out to people in Martinsville, just in case! You know, you would want people in Martinsville to keep an eye out too, right?
AR: Yes. Most certainly.
SJ: Ok.
AR: I hope that anyone in Martinsville that can help me locate my daughter or has seen her, um, I hope that you can please call, 911 or me, or the other # that is on there as well, um, and just please keep praying, and crossing your fingers and sharing it out to other people that may be in Martinsville, to get my daughter home safely.
SJ: Ok, All right. Very good dear.
End.”