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Evidence Shows Elizabeth Johnson Was Not Alone While On The Run
Food Receipts Suggest She Didn't Dine Alone
POSTED: 9:26 pm MST February 8, 2010
UPDATED: 9:59 pm MST February 8, 2010
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There is strong evidence Monday that at least for one night on the run, Elizabeth Johnson was not alone with her baby Gabriel. Tabor Morris is a pizza delivery driver at Papa John's. He doesn't remember all of the people he caters, but something about Elizabeth Johnson stood out.

She may have soon slipped his mind if not for the flier posted in the restaurant. He said he knew right away that the woman in the photo was the same woman at the Homegate Hotel. He produced a receipt to CBS5 from Dec. 21 with the name Elizabeth and her room number 150.

But a second pizza order three days later may better help find Gabriel. The receipt, provided by Papa John's, also lists the name Elizabeth and room 150, but on Dec. 24, she ordered two pizzas, a medium and a large. They had a different assortment of toppings and seem to strongly suggest she was not eating alone.

CBS5 passed along this new information to Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary. He immediately called San Antonio Police. McQueary has a meeting with investigators Tuesday, and they asked him to bring the receipts.

*Much More At Link!

VIDEO REPORT: Pizza Delivery Driver Offers Clues 1:54
Pizza delivery driver gives CBS 5 News strong evidence that Elizabeth Johnson was not alone in a Texas hotel room.
http://www.kpho.com/video/22506247/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22505785/detail.html
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Video: Valley's Underground Adoption Market 1:59
Money and desperation drive underground adoptions
http://www.azcentral.com/video/65686982001
 
San Antonio police news conference on missing baby

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 10:35 AM ET

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio Police Chief William McManus scheduled a news conference about a baby missing since Christmastime.

McManus announced Saturday that the case of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson was being treated as a homicide and that authorities would search a landfill as soon as weather allowed. Police said he would have an update on the case Tuesday morning, but offered no details.


a little more here

http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=11956739
 
San Antonio police news conference on missing baby
Posted on Tuesday, 02.09.10
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McManus announced Saturday that the case of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson was being treated as a homicide and that authorities would search a landfill as soon as weather allowed. Police said he would have an update on the case Tuesday morning, but offered no details.

Article:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470561.html
 
UPDATED: Police launch landfill search for missing baby Gabriel
Feb. 9, 2010 01:08 PM
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There doesn't seem to be new evidence suggesting the child is in the dump beyond text messages sent from the mother, Elizabeth Johnson, to the boy's father nearly seven weeks ago in which she claims she had smothered him, stuffed him in a baby bag and left him in a dumpster.

The likelihood of finding the body in the dump, experts say, is not good. That is especially true in a case where there's no confirmation that the child is dead, said forensic expert Paul Laska, who oversaw a landfill search for a child in Florida. "Sometimes unfortunately, you end up having to do things because you have a public out there expecting you to," Laska said.

Such searches cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, take weeks to complete and are often fruitless. Once the landfill operators determine exactly where in the dump the trash of interest is, dozens of volunteers from the police department and the fire department gather for weeks to sift through the trash. They use cadaver dogs and forensic anthropologists.

They follow dates on discarded newspapers to make sure they are looking in the right spot. They become experts on the difference between turkey bones, chicken bones and steak bones. And often times, they never find the body. If the child is in the dump and authorities have identified the right place, Laska said, he has confidence that cadaver dogs could pick up the scent.

*Much More Info At Link!

Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/09/20100209missing-baby-gabriel-san-antonio09-ON.html
 
Why No Amber Alert For Baby Gabriel?
POSTED: 8:29 am MST February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 9:16 am MST February 9, 2010
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Baby Gabriel Johnson has been missing for six weeks, despite investigations by two major police departments and the FBI, and some are questioning why an Amber Alert was never issued.

"We were told that (Johnson) was passing through &#8230; San Antonio," said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. "Then we got the information, 10 days later, that she had stayed at the (Homestead) Hotel. So, as far as the Amber Alert goes &#8230; you know, there was not (an) opportunity for that."

Nevertheless, the fact that Johnson was "passing through" Texas has nothing to do with the state's Amber Alert criteria.


VIDEO: Why No Amber Alert Issued For Baby Gabriel? 2:33
Should Texas authorities have issued an Amber Alert for missing baby Gabriel Johnson?
http://www.kpho.com/video/22504229/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22509021/detail.html
 
UPDATED: Landfill search underway in search for Tempe's baby Gabriel
Last Update: 5:52 pm
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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said he still hopes Gabriel Johnson will be found alive and well, but has to investigate other possibilities too.

The landfill search is expected to take several days.

McManus said crews will first have to remove 45 feet of debris before getting to the area they've pinpointed as a search area.

"All hopes are that we will find the baby alive, but we are going to proceed with a murder investigation," he said.

*Much More At Link!

Video: Landfill search underway for Tempe's baby Gabriel 1:30
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26983@knxv.dayport.com

Video: Police expected to search landfill for missing Tempe baby 1:55
http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=26947@knxv.dayport.com

Article:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/s...mpes-baby-Gabriel/xgsbK2cK80iD5ZWBC0ifjg.cspx
 
UPDATED: San Antonio Police Start Digging in Landfill for Missing Baby
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 5:21 PM MST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 8:45 AM MST
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First in the landfill search, over 20 searchers will dig down to where trash dumped around Dec. 26 would be. Phase 1 of the search involves removing over 45 feet of debris, which will take six days to complete.

Then when diggers find the right area of trash, they will begin sifting through it piece by piece.

"This phase will be a long and repetitive cycle, looking for anything of value. Debris will be examined by search teams and cadaver dogs," said Chief William McManus.


*2-Videos Included In Article Link!

Article:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/apx_missing_baby_020910
 
UPDATED: Landfill search for Arizona baby begins
Posted: 02/09/2010 11:17 CST
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He said he expects it will take at least six days for excavators to move 1.8 million cubic feet of debris off a section of the Tessman Road Landfill in the 7000 block of Interstate 10.

&#8220;We are chasing down every lead that we've come across, and we're chasing it down very vigorously,&#8221; the chief said. &#8220;The San Antonio community is a very tight community, and it takes very, very personally crimes against children. The community will not tolerate this, the police department will not tolerate this, and we're doing everything that we can to try to track down Baby Gabriel, and hopefully we'll find that baby alive.&#8221;

Once the 1.8 million cubic feet of debris has been removed from what police call the &#8220;search zone,&#8221; crews will begin the meticulous task of searching for evidence of a homicide, McManus said. Contractors will move the debris in the &#8220;search zone&#8221; to a separate secure site at a location that police declined to disclose, and search teams with cadaver dogs will then sift through the potential evidence.

Meanwhile, McQueary continues his own search in San Antonio, where he is retracing Johnson's steps. He has repeatedly turned down newspaper reporters' requests to be interviewed. McManus said investigators continue to update McQueary on the two cases in private meetings.


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Complete coverage
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Gabriel_Johnson.html

Article:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/83896017.html
 
UPDATED: SAPD begins dig through garbage for Baby Gabriel
Posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Updated today at 5:57 PM
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McManus told reporters Tuesday that homicide investigators have leads that point them to the Tessman Road Landfill.

Crews have begun digging through 45 feet of debris down to a target area, where garbage from a San Antonio hotel is believed to be. The excavation process will take a minimum of six days, McManus says.

Once crews reach the target area, investigators will begin sifting through the trash. Cadaver dogs will be called in to help with the search.


Video: SAPD begins dig through garbage for Baby Gabriel 1:47
http://www.kens5.com/video?id=83906632&sec=547077

Article:
http://www.kens5.com/news/SAPD-begins-week-long-dig-through-garbage-for-Baby-Gabriel-83906632.html
 
Baby Gabriel Search Moves to San Antonio Landfill; Police Remain Hopeful He's Alive
Tue., Feb. 9 2010 @ 2:00PM

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Police in San Antonio, Texas, today began searching a landfill, where they think the remains of missing Gabriel Johnson, the Tempe boy missing since December, may be.

Police, however, waited until today to actually start searching the dump..

Meanwhile, Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary, is in San Antonio and has recruited famed investigator, Jay J. Armes, who has robot arms, to help him: The two are retracing Elizabeth Johnson's steps looking for leads.

The best "lead" -- Elizabeth Johnson -- is sitting in a Maricopa County jail at the moment, but she aint talkin'.


Article:
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/baby_gabriel_search_moves_to_l.php
 
Texas landfill searched in baby Gabriel Johnson case
February 9, 2010 6:15 p.m. EST
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"Let me say this, that we do remain hopeful that baby Gabriel is alive," William McManus, chief of the San Antonio Police Department, said at a news conference at the landfill.

"We are, however, conducting both a missing persons investigation as well as a homicide investigation," he said, adding that aspects surrounding Gabriel Johnson's disappearance involve elements of a possible homicide.

First, it will take at least six days to remove 45 feet of garbage that has piled up since the time investigators believe evidence may have been dumped in the area.

"Once we have removed the debris and have searched our target area, we will begin the arduous task of sifting through layers in the search for possible evidence," McManus said.

"This phase will be a long and repetitive cycle. Search teams will be looking for anything of evidentiary value."

Cadaver dogs will assist the search teams in the effort, which will be conducted weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., McManus said. He estimated more than 20 people will be involved.

*More At Link!

Gabriel Johnson was last seen in San Antonio, Texas, with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson.
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Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/09/texas.baby.gabriel/
 
Search For Missing Baby Begins At Landfill
Tuesday, February 9 2010, 05:08 PM CST
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It will take at least 6 days for police to search the Tessman Road Landfill for 9 month-old Gabriel Johnson.

Chief William McManus also addressed today the existence of underground illegal adoptions in San Antonio. This after Johnson also claims to have given the baby to a couple in San Antonio.


Article:
http://www.foxsanantonio.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/vid_1194.shtml
 
Police start searching for Baby Gabriel in landfill
2/9/10 Last Update: 8:04 pm
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Chief McManus did not comment directly on what led police to the Tessman Road landfill, near I-10 and Foster Road. He said, "Homicide investigators believe that aspects surrounding the disappearance of baby Gabriel involve elements of a possible homicide." The chief said that workers at the landfill have identified an area where trash from the Homegate Studios and Suites would have been taken.

Police are focused on that area of the landfill and "will begin by removing 45-feet of debris," McManus said. That first phase of the search is expected to take at least six days. McManus went on to say, "Once we have removed debris and have searched our target area, we will begin the arduous task of sifting through layers for possible evidence."


Article:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/stor...r-Baby-Gabriel-in/rpmEkD2QQE23jYXnzfaZgg.cspx
 
Tempe Detective Recalls Local Landfill Search
POSTED: 7:02 pm MST February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 8:09 pm MST February 9, 2010
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The search that has begun in a San Antonio landfill for evidence in the case of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson brings back a lot of memories for Tempe police Detective Tom Magazzeni.

"We brought the trash out, it was spread out, the line of searchers went through it day after day hour after hour. It was a three-month process. It started in October, 1998 it concluded the 25th day of January of 1999," said Magazzeni.

The homicide detective is referring to the landfill search for Tempe mom Cookie Jacobson who disappeared in Septenber, 1998. Tempe police believed Jacobson's son, Aaron, then 16, was responsible for his mom's death and then with the help of his then 13-year-old sister, disposed of her body in a trash bin near where they lived.

Some 40 searchers spent a span of three months sifting through tons of trash at the Butterfield Landfill in Mobile, Ariz., southwest of the valley. Jacobson's body was never located.

"When you think of the final resting place for a person, a landfill is about as bad as it gets," said Magazzeni.

*More Info At Link!

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22516189/detail.html
 
San Antonio police gearing up to search landfill for Baby Gabriel
Posted on February 9, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Updated today at 6:10 PM
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Bad weather has so far hampered the planned search, which has been in the works for some time. That search is expected to get under way today. It will focus on a relatively small area of the 1,000-acre facility.

McQueary is in San Antonio, as is world-renowned private investigator Jay J. Armes, who specializes in missing-persons cases. Even though a search for the baby's body is imminent, Armes believes the child was the center of an underground adoption.

Police said they are aware of underground adotion rings

During a news conference Tuesday morning, McManus said 45 feet of debris would be removed in a process that would take at least six days. After that, officers will begin the search phase, carefully sifting through layers of debris for possible evidence. Cadaver dogs will be brought in during that operation. Once the search phase begins, crews will be out Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

*More At Link!

Listen to azfamily.com radio.
http://www.azfamily.com/home/related/Listen-to-online-radio-78977302.html

Video: San Antonio police gearing up to search landfill for Baby Gabriel 2:26
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83882827&sec=507182

Video: San Antonio police gearing up to search landfill for Baby Gabriel 2:04
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83882827&sec=507087

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/...earch-landfill-for-Baby-Gabriel-83882827.html
 
Search for baby centers on San Antonio landfill
Feb. 9, 2010, 9:51PM
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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said he expects excavators will need at least six days to remove 1.8 million cubic feet of debris from a section of the Tessman Road Landfill in the city's east side before reaching the depth in which the baby's remains could be.

Once the 1.8 million cubic feet of debris has been removed from what police call the &#8220;search zone,&#8221; crews will begin searching for evidence of a homicide, McManus said. Contractors will move the debris from the search to a separate secure site at a location that police declined to disclose, and search teams with cadaver dogs will then sift through the potential evidence.

McQueary continues his own search in San Antonio, where he is retracing Johnson's steps. He has repeatedly turned down newspaper reporters' requests to be interviewed. McManus said investigators continue to update McQueary on the two cases in private meetings.

Another Scottsdale woman, Tammi Smith, 37, was arrested in connection with Gabriel's disappearance on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery. Smith had told authorities she wanted to adopt the boy.


Article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6859506.html
 
UPDATED: Texas landfill search on for missing E.V. baby
February 9, 2010 - 9:29AM , updated: February 9, 2010 - 7:08PM
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A San Antonio police spokesperson told the Tribune on Tuesday that an initial excavation will include digging about 45 feet deep, and no cadaver dogs are being used at this time.

Between Dec. 21 and 27, Johnson stayed at two motels in San Antonio, the HomeGate Studios and Suites and the Quality Inn and Suites, according to authorities. While there, she was seen with a Hispanic man at both motels and riding in a smaller SUV, according to a Maricopa County Superior Court document. When Johnson left the Quality Inn and Suites, where she was last seen with the child, she left behind baby items including a portable baby bed and Gabriel&#8217;s hospital identification band from his birth.

Smith, 37, of Scottsdale, was charged last week with conspiracy to commit to custodial interference and forgery in connection to the case. Johnson is being held in the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on a $1.1 million cash bond, and Smith was released on $15,000 bond.

They both are scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court for a hearing on Friday.

*Much More At Link!

Gabriel Johnson, 9 months
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