Nancy Grace interview Jan 15
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NANCY GRACE, HOST: With me right now, a very special guests joining us in a primetime exclusive from San Antonio, Texas, the babysitter who came to that motel room, who saw baby Gabriel, who saw the mother, Elizabeth Johnson.
With me is Analisa.
Thank you for being with us. What was the first thing you saw when you got into that hotel room?
ANALISA, ALLEGEDLY BABYSAT BABY GABRIEL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: The first thing I saw was she opened the door and she looked like she wanted to kill me. She looked very angry. And I walked in, she handed me the baby, told me his name and left.
GRACE: When you say she looked like she wanted to kill you, what do you mean by that?
ANALISA: When she opened the door, she looked like she wanted to kill me. She looked very angry and upset. She looked like she was basically crazy.
GRACE: When you say crazy, what do you mean? Describe her features. What did her face look like?
ANALISA: Her eyes were — her eyes got very small. And her nose was like crumbled up, and her mouth was like — it was like closed, like very tightly. And she looked mad. She looked angry.
GRACE: Was the baby crying?
ANALISA: He wasn`t crying when I got there. But the whole time I was there, he was crying.
GRACE: When you walked into the room, where was the baby?
ANALISA: She — he had it — she was holding him.
GRACE: OK. What was the first thing she said to you?
ANALISA: She said, you`re late, and then she said well, this is Gabriel, he`s 8 months old. She told me that he should be due for a feeding in about an hour. She told me where his Enfamil was, his bottle, and then she left.
GRACE: What about the Tylenol?
ANALISA: She told me that she had already drugged him up with medication, but that if he started to cry again, just to give him more medicine to shut him up.
GRACE: What condition, Analisa, was the baby in?
ANALISA: He looked very thin. He definitely wasn`t happy. He seemed to be scared for some reason.
GRACE: Why do you say he seemed to be scared?
ANALISA: Because if I was trying to hold him — when I was holding him, if I tried to put him down, he would cry as soon as I put him down.
GRACE: Was he clean?
ANALISA: No, he wasn`t. He`s — I would try to play with him, and he did not want to play. All he wanted to do was be held. And he did not smile at all or anything.
GRACE: When you say he was not clean, what do you mean by that?
ANALISA: I mean, he had like stains around his mouth. He had dry — you know, like boogers around his clothes didn`t look clean. He just doesn`t look clean or happy.
GRACE: Were there toys there for baby Gabriel?
ANALISA: No, there wasn`t. There wasn`t anything — the room didn`t look suitable for a baby. She didn`t have toys or, you know, books for him to read or anything like that.
GRACE: So everything was for her and nothing was there for baby Gabriel?
ANALISA: Correct.
GRACE: Did the baby seem lethargic at times? Listless, inactive, tired?
ANALISA: He didn`t seem tired. He just seemed like he was scared. I mean he didn`t want to do anything. Like I said, he didn`t want to play or anything like that.
GRACE: He just would lay there?
ANALISA: Well, he wasn`t laying there, I was holding him. But, yes, he was just sitting there. You know, he didn`t want to do anything.
GRACE: How much baby food did she have for him?
ANALISA: She had a tube of Oragel and a little bottle of Tylenol.
GRACE: What about food? How much baby food did she have for him?
ANALISA: She had a can of Enfamil and a few cans of baby food.
GRACE: So Analisa, how was Elizabeth Johnson dressed when she left?
ANALISA: She was dressed like she was going out to the club. She was wearing very tight, low-cut jeans, a tight blouse showing like half of her stomach, and she had big heels on.
GRACE: Where did she say she was going?
ANALISA: She told me that she was going to an important appointment.
GRACE: How long was she gone?
ANALISA: She was gone for about two hours at the most.
GRACE: And what time of the day or night was it that you went to the hotel?
ANALISA: I got at the hotel right around 11:45 in the morning.
GRACE: 11:45 in the morning. And you believe this was the 20th, the 19th or 20th?
ANALISA: Yes, I do.
GRACE: How did baby Gabriel act while you were with him? Did you feed him?
ANALISA: Yes, I fed him. I fed him a bottle and I fed him some baby food. He acted very scared, like I said.
GRACE: What did you observe in the hotel room, Analisa?
ANALISA: Well, one thing that I noticed that kind of scared me a little bit was that she had like kind of like a butcher knife next to her bed.
GRACE: What else did you observe? Was the room clean and tidy?
ANALISA: No, the room was very messy. She had clothes thrown everywhere. She had all of her things thrown.
GRACE: I want to go back to the baby. You said he was thin. Now I noticed in some of the earlier pictures, he looks normal. Little chubby cheeks. But I had already noticed in other pictures he was already starting to look thin.
How did he take the bottle? Did he take the whole thing?
ANALISA: Yes, he did. He — when I gave it to him, he got like really excited. That was the only type that I actually — he actually smiled was when he got the bottle.
GRACE: Did you hold him most of the time?
ANALISA: Yes, I held him the whole time I was there. Like, he didn`t want to be put down. When I would try to put him down to play with him, he would start crying.
GRACE: You stated that every time you tried to put him down, he would scream. You also stated.
ANALISA: Yes.
GRACE: . he would not play with you. Don`t you find that odd the little baby wouldn`t play with you?
ANALISA: I do, because I`ve never came across a baby that was so sad and scared.
GRACE: Now why do you say that? I mean you`ve had a lot of experience with young children. You practically raised all of your siblings. Why do you say you`ve never seen a baby so afraid and sad?
ANALISA: Every baby that I have either — well, that I came in contact with is very happy, they like to play, for sure. They don`t seem scared the way Gabriel did.
GRACE: What did you do to try to play with him, Analisa? I mean there were no toys.
ANALISA: No. I tried to tickle him, I tried to — you know, I tried bouncing him on my leg up and down. I tried smiling at him. I tried to play peek-a-boo with him, but nothing worked.
GRACE: So what did you do for those hours you were with baby Gabriel? Just hold him?
ANALISA: Yes, I was holding him, you know, like I said the whole time I was just trying to play him. I was trying to make him happy at least while I was there.
GRACE: Did anyone come to the door? And did Elizabeth Johnson give you instruction if anyone knocked at the door?
ANALISA: Yes. Elizabeth told me if anyone knocked at the door not to answer it. But then the housekeeper came and opened the door with a key.
GRACE: When she finally returned, did she say she would or would not need you back as a babysitter?
ANALISA: When I asked her if she would need me again, she said that she wasn`t sure because she didn`t know what she was going to do next with her life.
GRACE: When she came back, was she in a better mood?
ANALISA: Yes, she was in a much better mood.
GRACE: Did she look the same as when she left? I mean, did she still have on the same outfit? Was her hair the same?
ANALISA: Yes, she looked the same when she came back, just much happier.
GRACE: At any point, Analisa, did she ask you what you credentials or experience was?
ANALISA: No, she didn`t. She knew nothing about me but my name and phone number.