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Dallas police issue Amber Alert for 9-month-old girl reported missing

02:01 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Police issued an Amber Alert this morning for an 9-month-old who her parents said was kidnapped after a man entered their apartment in Far North Dallas.
 
Daisja Weaver Daisja Weaver was reported missing about 11:40 p.m.Tuesday in the 5800 block of Preston Oaks Road, just north of Spring Valley Road, Dallas police said. The child's mother, who is pregnant, reported that she fought off an intruder who tried to assault her. The man then grabbed Daisja and left.

The mother was evaluated at the hospital and had no injuries, police said. Daisja's father was not home at the time.

Officers searched the area by foot and by helicopter and tried to gather evidence.

5800 block of Preston Oaks Road An Amber Alert had not been issued earlier because the parents provided conflicting information, said Dallas police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse.

Daisja is black and has black hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 20 pounds and is about 2 feet, 4 inches long. She was last seen wearing a red hoodie.

A description of the intruder was not available.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 214-671-4268 or 214-671-4250.

The family was in the process of moving out of the apartment.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/061109dnmetdallas.67ca0913.html

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My hinky meter is off the scale...some reports say 8 mo. old, some say 9 mo. old. Regardless, the photo above is of a much younger child...IMO. They have no recent photos??

Amber alert issued for missing North Texas tot
DALLAS — An Amber Alert has been issued for an nine-month-old baby who was snatched from a Dallas apartment after her mother said she was assaulted late last night.

Police spokesman Kevin Janse said the 19-year-old mother told investigators that a man entered her home at the Oak Run Apartments around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday and tried to sexually assault her. The woman said she managed to fight off the assailant, but he grabbed her daughter, as he left the residence.

Daisja Weaver is black, has brown eyes and weighs 20 pounds. She was last seen wearing a red hoodie.

Janse said officers have been searching the immediate area using foot patrols, police dogs and a helicopter. They prevented trash pickup today, so dogs could sniff dumpsters for clues. They have found nothing, so far.

"Each dog has a discipline. Some of our dogs have more than one discipline, like live and deceased but we have other dogs out here that are deceased only and dogs out here that are alive only. Some are trailing, some are air scent," said Paul Lake from search and rescue.

The man was dressed in red and black. No other descriptions were available.

The missing child's mother and father were taken to police headquarters for questioning. The parents were offering conflicting stories about what happened, said police. They said that's why they delayed issuing the Amber Alert. The parents also didn't have a recent picture of the baby. The only one they had was when she was just a few days old.

Police have expanded their search to a second apartment block, Nantucket Landing, located at 18949 Marsh Lane, where they say the parents of the girl were in the process of moving to last night.

"It crossed my mind, why are they moving at midnight with a small child?" said a neighbor, Marilyn Johnson. "You don't know what's going to happen anymore."
http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090610_wz_kidnap.67c6f037.html

This report says 7 mo. old child>>
http://www.newstreamz.com/2009/06/10/amber-alert-dallas-infant-abducted/

This report says 8 mo. old child>>
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Amber-Alert-8-Month-Old-Reported-Taken-From-Home.html

I agree Nut....something is WAY off here!  I have a hundred questions that I wont even throw out there yet because the info we have is so limited at this point.

Family members told NBCDFW that the baby, who was born premature, is physically challenged. The child's mother was taken to the hospital for minor injuries Tuesday night and was later released.

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http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Amber-Alert-8-Month-Old-Reported-Taken-From-Home.html


So no recent photos...did they even care about this child??  I hope this isn't a case of a mother not being able to deal with a physically challenged child   ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

Mother says 9-month-old taken by intruder in Far North Dallas

12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, June 11, 2009

Dallas police spent Wednesday searching for a 9-month-old girl whose parents told them she had been kidnapped late the night before from their Far North Dallas apartment.

But the baby, Daisja Weaver, had not been found by the evening.

From the beginning, the young parents gave conflicting accounts of what happened, police said, leaving investigators skeptical.

The mother said she was coming out of the bathroom when she realized a man was inside her apartment. She said he tried to take her pants off but she fought him.

The man punched her in the face, the mother said, then grabbed her baby and ran out the door.

Police said the incident happened just before midnight as the family was moving from an apartment in the 5800 block of Preston Oaks Road to another apartment seven miles away, in the 18900 block of Marsh Lane.

"I think they had to be out by today, so that's not uncommon," Dallas police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse said. "They had a deadline to meet, so that's why they were moving late."

The mother, who is pregnant, was evaluated at a hospital and had no injuries, police said. Daisja's father was not home at the time.

Officers searched the area by foot and helicopter but came up empty-handed.

Police did not explain how the parents' accounts varied, but authorities did not issue an Amber Alert until almost noon on Wednesday.

"It was not the conflicting stories, it was the fact that she was not able to give us a definitive suspect description, and that's one of the criteria" for an Amber alert, Janse said. "So throughout the interview, we kept trying to get a better description before we put out the Amber Alert."

The parents, whom police did not identify, were released and are considered witnesses, Janse said.

A team of dog handlers wearing orange shirts spent much of the afternoon under a hot sun leading search dogs around the area of Nantucket Landing, the Marsh Lane apartment complex.

As police searched Wednesday, family members stood nearby, waiting for some word of their progress.

A cousin, Rashad Creagh, said the family was grief-stricken.

"She's wonderful with her baby," he said of the mother, speaking to WFAA-TV (Channel 8). "They seemed happy, and everything seemed good."

Creagh also spoke well of the father.

"He's a good dad, I mean I know he's heartbroken," he said. "He had the baby with him every day."

Daisja is black and has black hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 20 pounds and is about 2 feet, 4 inches long. She was last seen wearing a red hoodie.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 214-671-4268 or 214-671-4250.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/DN-kidnap_11met.ART.Central.Edition1.50d5103.html


so you fight off an intruder, get punched in the face and have no injuries???  not buying this one!

Why no amber alert! So the amber alert says, "please be on the look out for a baby girl, 20 lbs black hair and skin, last seen wearing a red hoodie, she is in the company of a male discribtion to follow" WTH is wrong with this system that you need to know everything about the person(s) responsible for taking a child?

I know, it is so frustrating!

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=66128

Maybe they couldn't afford a camera or have a disposable camera developed?  The mother's only 18...

Although I do have to say the story gives me a bad feeling. 

Yep...18 w/ a "missing" 7-9 mo. old who was born premature and is physically challenged and pregnant with another one. I better shut up now  ::MonkeyNoNo::

The parents, whom police did not identify, were released and are considered witnesses, Janse said.

This says they are witnesses so I assume they are not POI's?

Gosh I hope they can find this baby. Of course I don't condone anything like this but I know how difficult it can be to come to terms with raising a child with a disability. It is very scary and if you are young, no money, no help it can be even more so. This is why I tell young girls who are so intrigued with mother hood  there are no promises you will not have a disabled child.  Raising a child with a disability is very hard for even a mature woman. It takes a ton of patients, understanding, commitment, not just for 5 years until you can send them to school but for your entire life time. 

Anyway, I pray this mom didn't find herself in a situation she couldn't handle and didn't know how else to get out of it. It happens folks, all of the time it happens. I will give her the benefit of the doubt though until more comes out. Prayers for this baby, may she be found alive and well.

(http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/300*168/deja.jpg)

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 9-month-old girl, Daisja Weaver.

9-month-old Daisja Weaver, missing child, last seen at 11:30 p.m. June 9, 2009. Click Here for Amber Alert Flyer

The child's mother says her baby was kidnapped after she fought off a sexual assault in her home.

The girl's mother, Tamiria Creath, told Dallas police that the child was taken at about 11:30 Tuesday evening after she fought off a sexual assault in her home at the Oak Run Apartments.

"There was no words, no words," she said. "He had a motive. He did what he had to do. He got my little girl."

Nearly 12 hours later, an Amber Alert was issued. Police initially launched a full-scale search on foot and by helicopter, but they have not located the child.

Weaver pleaded for the safe return of her child Wednesday evening.

"Please, just bring me my baby back," she said, sobbing.

The child is black with black hair, brown eyes and weighs approximately 20 pounds.

"Please help us, because the police officers are not here to help us," Creath said. "They are not letting us know what is going on."

The Dallas Police Department said they did not issue an Amber Alert initially because the missing child did not meet the department's criteria for issuing an Amber Alert.  They didn't explain their reasoning further.

Early Wednesday morning, the woman and her husband were being questioned by police who said some elements of the story had changed.

Investigators are now working to sort out the facts in the case while continuing to search for the missing girl.

Family members told NBCDFW that the baby, who was born premature, is physically challenged. The child's mother was taken to the hospital for minor injuries Tuesday night and was later released.

I can't watch the video on this computer, can someone watch it (at the link below) and share their impressions of the mom, please. Thanks in advance. :)

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Amber-Alert-8-Month-Old-Reported-Taken-From-Home.html

video link
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Mother_Pleads_for_Return_of_9-Month-Old_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html

I can't view it either...sure wish I could. omg what a beautiful baby ...  ::MonkeyWaa:: ::MonkeyWaa::

Isn't she? Her eyes are so dark and expressive. She is gorgeous.

I hope they get some answers soon and it isn't another parent who has harmed another innocent child.

This mom seems to be very, very upset to me. She didn't seem like she was acting, just upset and begging for people to help find her baby girl.

I have a question, you have a mom saying a baby was taken by an intruder but this doesn't match the criteria for an amber alert? WTH??? What is the criteria for gosh sakes! it is shameful, just shameful.

NUT - I hate to say it but I just watched the video of the mom and I just don't believe her.  I know I'm a bit jaded but I don't.  I think something happened to the baby by accident and she panicked.

Hi Klaas...I watched a video of her pleads for return of the baby on TV last night. It looked to me like "forced drama" and not very good acting, I must say. Crying w/ no tears  ::MonkeyNoNo:: I do not believe her either. Time will tell....

Police have no new leads in search for 9-month-old

12:00 AM CDT on Friday, June 12, 2009

Dallas police said they had no new leads Thursday in the case of a 9-month-old girl, Daisja Weaver, whose parents said she had been kidnapped late Tuesday from their Far North Dallas apartment.

"Detectives have been working around the clock searching for baby Daisja," said police in a statement Thursday. "They are currently meeting with the parents doing a walk-through of the crime scene in hopes of finding more evidence."

Investigators have said the parents gave conflicting accounts of the events surrounding the baby's disappearance. The mother said a man entered the apartment while the father was not there and tried to sexually assault her before taking her child.

Officers have combed the area surrounding the apartment. Searchers also focused on a second apartment the family was moving into that night.

The baby's mother, 19-year-old Tamaira Creagh, told Rebecca Lopez of WFAA-TV (Channel 8 ) that police were focusing on the wrong place.

"They're looking in the wrong area," she said, between sobs. "They need to be looking where it happened."

The mother, who is pregnant, said her attacker said nothing as he took her child. Police said she was unable to give a detailed description of him.

"I just want whoever has my little girl to bring her back," the mother said.

Daisja is black and has black hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 20 pounds and is about 2 feet, 4 inches long. She was last seen wearing a red hoodie.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 214-671-4268 or 214-671-4250.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/DN-kidnap_12met.ART.State.Edition1.50de9dc.html

Edit to fix typo

I swear I ddin't purposely put that smiley in my last post  ::MonkeyEek:: 

We know you didn't, Leroy.  It happens when you put the numeral 8 in with a parenthesis  right next to it.   For it not to show as a smiley, you could leave a space between the 8 and the )    That's what I did when I edited your post to have it show the 8 and not the smiley.

scootch over on that there branch...I am hanging on there with ya!
how many rapists don't succeed with the rape and then take off with an infant?
his goal/purpose is to rape and terrorize, not to babysit an infant...imo...
I think that the mom is/was very pressured...child with special needs, pregnant again and moving...all very stressful alone, never mind all combined....Mom is making me twitch...sorry, can't help my gut feeling...

Even I will admit I am stretching a bit. Time will tell I suppose. Prayers for this baby.

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1430578.html
Fri, Jun. 12, 2009
$10,000 reward offered in case of missing Dallas baby
BY NATHANIEL JONES
njonesb@star-telegram.com

A $10,000 reward has been offered in the safe return of a missing 9-month-old Dallas girl whose parents said was kidnapped this week during a sexual assault attempt on the mother.

The mother told Dallas police Tuesday night that the black-haired and brown-eyed Daisja Weaver, was taken from the family's north Dallas apartment in the 6800 block of Preston Oaks Road at about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday.

The mother told police that a man entered the family's apartment and tried to assault her. The woman fought him off, but the man grabbed the baby and fled the apartment.

It took police more than 10 hours after the baby was taken to issue an Amber Alert because police said that the parents gave conflicting stories about their daughter. The alert went out just before noon Wednesday.

Police late Tuesday and Wednesday morning searched with dogs and a police helicopter in the area around the complex.

If Weaver is determined to have been a victim of foul play, the same $10,000 will be paid for information that lead to the arrest and indictment of the suspect, Dallas police said.

Daisja weighs about 20 pounds and is about 2 feet, 4 inches long. She was last seen wearing purple clothes and a diaper.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 214-671-4268 or 214-671-4250.

I have an awful feeling about this beautiful baby with the big dark eyes.....
Maybe I'm jaded also, like some of you, because of everything we've seen in the last few years, but I just don't think the mom is telling the truth either.

Another heartbreaking story is about to emerge, more than likely.

Muffy - thanks for fixing my post....i learn something new here everyday  ::MonkeyWink::

pdh3 - sadly, i agree with you  ::MonkeyWaa::

I was just now able to watch this video....I do not believe this womans story at all.  I am confused about what this baby was wearing the last time she was seen...in all the news reports it says a red hoodie, but in this video the mom say she had on a purple shirt??  maybe I misunderstood but something doesn't add up!

Also, I think the only reason the amber alert was issued was more of a *CYA* on LE's part.

Reward Offered for Missing Dallas Baby
2009-06-13 19:50:53 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - Dallas, News)

Wired PR News reports an award has been offered for the safe return of missing Dallas baby.

Dallas police are searching for a 9 month old baby who was reportedly kidnapped Tuesday.

Wired PR News – Police are searching for a missing baby who was reportedly taken from her home in Dallas Tuesday. As reported by the Dallas Morning News, a $10,000 reward has been offered by Schepps Dairy for the safe return of nine month old Daisja Weaver, who was stated by her parents to have been kidnapped by an unknown man after he allegedly tried to assault the mother.

The mother Tamaira Creagh is quoted in the report as stating to Channel 8 News, “I just want whoever has my little girl to bring her back.”

Daisja is described in the Dallas Morning News report as being black with black hair and brown eyes. A picture is available at http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/061309dnmetdaisja.7392ce94.html. Anyone with information should call the Dallas police at 214-671-4268, or 214-671-4250.



Police puzzled in missing child case
© 2009 The Associated Press
June 13, 2009, 3:50PM
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DALLAS — Police Saturday were reviewing information gathered since the parents of a 9-month-old girl reported her abducted from their home earlier in the week.

"It's getting frustrating," Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse said.

Tamaira Creagh, 19, said a man wearing a red hooded sweatshirt broke into her North Dallas apartment Tuesday night and tried to sexually assault her, then took her daughter Daijsa Weaver and fled. She said the child's father was not at home at the time.

Police have expressed skepticism about the disappearance because the girl's parents differ in their accounts.

"We've exhausted all leads, tips," Janse said. "We're going back through the evidence. We're hoping we missed something. As of right now we are back to square one. We're no closer than we were the first night."

A $10,000 reward has been offered for the child's safe return.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6477427.html

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/48023777.html
Father Of Missing Texas Infant Arrested
DALLAS (June 14, 2009)—Alandus Weaver, 20, the father of a 9-month-old Texas girl who has been the focus of an Amber Alert since Wednesday, was in custody Sunday in Dallas, charged with tampering with physical evidence to impair an investigation.

WFAA-TV reported Weaver was also held on an outstanding Richardson warrant.

Weaver was booked into the Dallas County Jail just before 11 p.m. Saturday, the

Meanwhile, Dallas police this weekend were reviewing information gathered since the parents of the 9-month-old girl reported the infant had been kidnapped from their home last week.

Tamaira Creagh, 19, said a man wearing a red hooded sweatshirt broke into her North Dallas apartment last Tuesday night, tried to sexually assault her, and then took her daughter Daijsa Weaver and fled.

She said the child's father was not at home at the time.

Police have expressed skepticism about the disappearance because the girl's parents differed in their accounts.

Dallas Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse says police have exhausted all leads and tips.

He said investigators are going back through the evidence hoping they missed something.

He says as of right now police are back to square one.

Schepps Dairy is offering a $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction..

Dallas police issued an Amber Alert last Wednesday morning for the baby girl.

Daisja is black, weighs about 20 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair.

She disappeared just before midnight Tuesday from the Oak Run Apartments in North Dallas.

The girl’s mother told police a man entered her apartment at around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday and tried to assault her.

She told officers she was able to fight the man off, but said the would-be attacker grabbed the infant as he fled.

At the time of the attack, the baby’s father was across town at a new apartment to which the couple was moving.

The infant was wearing a purple outfit, police said.

The man who kidnapped her was Hispanic and was wearing a red and black hoodie, but no other description was available.

Anyone with information is asked to call Dallas police at (214) 671-4268.

Now they are calling him a "suspect".

June 14, 2009 3:29 pm US/Central
Father Arrested In Amber Alert Case
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ―

A Dallas father whose daughter has been missing since Tuesday night is in jail, charged with tampering with evidence in the case.

20-year-old Alandus Weaver is the father of 9-month-old Daisja Weaver, whose disappearance launched an Amber Alert Wednesday morning.

The father was booked into the Dallas County Jail late Saturday night.  Dallas Police say the father is a suspect in the case, but say he has not been charged with any other crime.

Weaver spoke with CBS 11 on Friday.  When asked about how people thought the disappearance story was suspicious he got up from the interview and walked away.

He is being held on a $100,000 bond.  The Amber Alert for Daisja is still active.  Schepps Dairy is offering a monetary reward to anyone with information in the case.  They are asked to call Dallas Police.

(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Amber.Alert.arrest.2.1044208.html

Missing Dallas infant's father arrested on evidence tampering charge

12:00 AM CDT on Monday, June 15, 2009
By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN / The Dallas Morning News
sgoldstein@dallasnews.com

Dallas police arrested the father of a 9-month-old girl missing since last week and said Sunday that they have "uncorroborated evidence" from the mother that the child was not kidnapped as she and the father had said but was killed.

Alandus Weaver, 20, of Dallas was arrested Saturday on a charge of tampering with evidence in the case of Daisja Weaver and on a warrant out of Richardson, according to Dallas County Jail records. His bail was set at $100,000.

Details of the accusations against Weaver were not available. But police said they still hope to find Daisja alive, and an Amber Alert remained in place Sunday night. Also, Schepps Dairy and CrimeStoppers are offering a total of $15,000 for information in the case.

Daisja's mother, Tamaira Creagh, 19, told police that late Tuesday night a man entered her Far North Dallas apartment while the father was not there, tried to sexually assault her and then kidnapped the child.

Investigators said from the beginning that the parents were providing conflicting accounts. Creagh, who is pregnant, said the attacker said nothing, and she could not provide a detailed description of him.

Authorities searched the area by foot and helicopter but came up with nothing.

"The initial investigation did not yield anything of importance," said Lt. C.L. Williams of the crimes against children unit. "We were not able to verify that the child was taken, we were not able to find the child. We had very scant information on which to base a search."

The investigation picked up steam Saturday morning when Creagh recanted her original account and provided new information, police said.

"We now have uncorroborated evidence or testimony that the child was not taken in a kidnapping but actually [had] been killed," Williams said.

Investigators spent the weekend searching more areas, including Lewisville Lake on Sunday, police said.

"We have been looking at length in a variety of places where the evidence suggests we should look," Williams said.

Alandus Weaver's uncle Rudy Oliver said the family has not been given details of the accusations that led to Weaver's arrest.

"We're still not understanding what's going on because one person is locked up and one person is free," Oliver said.

Weaver thinks Creagh is trying to blame him for whatever happened to their daughter, Oliver said.

"He believes that they're trying to turn it around and pin it on him," said Oliver, who added that family members still believe Daisja could be found alive.

Creagh could not be reached for comment Sunday. Last week, she criticized the police search in an interview with WFAA-TV (Channel 8).

"They're looking in the wrong area," she said as she sobbed. "They need to be looking where it happened."

"I just want whoever has my little girl to bring her back," Creagh said.

Daisja is black and has black hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 20 pounds, is about 2 feet 4 inches tall and was last seen wearing a red hoodie.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 214-671-4268 or 214-671-4250.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-weaverarrest_15met.ART.State.Edition2.50cfbcd.html

so,the mother is saying that the little girl was killed? who did it then and where is this little girl's body at?
so very sad...this little one deserved to have her life..

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090614_wz_daisja.7d4d8a12.html

Father of missing infant jailed in Dallas

02:48 AM CDT on Monday, June 15, 2009


Search Video:    DALLAS — The father of an eight-month-old girl who has been missing since late Tuesday night has been jailed and is considered a suspect in her disappearance, police said Sunday.

Alandus Weaver, 20, was booked into the Dallas County Jail at 10:55 p.m. Saturday and charged with tampering with physical evidence to impair an investigation. He is also being held on an outstanding warrant out of Richardson.

"He looked me straight in the eye and said, 'Dad, I do not know where this kid's at,'" said Alandus Weaver Sr., the suspect's father.

Dallas police spokesman Kevin Janse confirmed to News 8 that Weaver is a suspect in Daisja Weaver's disappearance.

"[The mom] recanted her story about the kidnapping and we know that didn't take place," Janse said.

Daisja was reported missing by her parents at 11:30 p.m. on June 9. Daisja's mother, 19-year-old Tamaira Creagh, told police that the infant was snatched by an intruder who had tried to assault her in the family's far North Dallas apartment, but police said the child's parents offered conflicting statements about what had happened.

"Although uncorroborated information, she did give us some information that led us to believe that the child had been harmed by the father," Janse said.

This led an extensive search for evidence of Lake Lewisville Sunday afternoon, but police found nothing. Weaver's father challenges Creagh's story. He said he believes his granddaughter is still alive.

"Get this baby home," he said. "We want this kid back home. We really do."

Weaver is being held on a bond of $100,000.

Daisja, the subject of a national Amber Alert, remained missing Sunday morning. The $10,000 reward offered by Schepps Dairy for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for her disappearance has been raised to $15,000.

Call Dallas police at 214-671-4268 if you know anything about Daisja Weaver.


WFAA-TV's Darla Miles contributed to this report

notice the dad and the grandfather referred to Daisja as "this kid"?  how cold is that???? ::MonkeyConfused::

Father of missing baby Daisja Weaver talked of blood in apartment, police say
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Soon after 9-month-old Daisja Weaver went missing, her father told her mother she should not have signed anything to let police inside their new apartment because there was blood inside, Dallas police say.

The father, 20-year-old Alandus Weaver, was talking to the mother, 19-year-old Tamaira Creagh in a "very threatening manner," according to a search warrant affidavit by detectives seeking to search the apartment on Marsh Lane on Wednesday.

Two detectives overheard the conversation, the affidavit says. It is not clear how much the father's alleged statements helped precipitate his arrest over the weekend.

In the affidavit, police stated they wanted to search the apartment for the baby, blood or other evidence of injury to a child. Read on for an inventory of what police say they found, some of which police say had red stains on it...


Here's what police say they seized:

Red bath towel

Stained baby outfit "Gerber onesies" from kitchen pantry trash

White "George Stretch" Ladies XS shirt

fitted sheet from bed "Queen Mainstays" brand w/ Red stains

blanket comforter

Pillow case

"Graco" crib mattress pad from crib

"Graco" crib frame

Pillow case

Pink baby bath towel "Carters child of Mine"

"Graco" car safety seat

Baby blanket, yellow and blue, "Dolly" brand

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/06/father-of-missing-baby-daisja.html

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Dallas police arrest mother of missing 9-month-old 1:04 PM CT

01:17 PM CDT on Monday, June 15, 2009
By STEVE THOMPSON / The Dallas Morning News
stevethompson@dallasnews.com

The mother of a missing 9-month-old girl told police that she and the baby's father threw the child into Lewisville Lake, WFAA-TV has reported.


Daisja Weaver's parents told authorities she had been kidnapped last week after an intruder entered their apartment. Tamaira Creagh, 19, told police that the man tried to sexually assault her before fleeing with Daisja.

Dallas police said today that Creagh was arrested on an accusation of tampering with evidence. Authorities had arrested the father, Alandus Weaver, 20, of Dallas, Saturday on the same accusation.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Creagh said she arrived at her apartment on Marsh Lane on June 8 and found Daisja cold, WFAA-TV reported. She tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the child.

The next day, she and Weaver, went to Lewisville Lake, tied the child's body to a sandbag and threw her off a bridge and into the water, the television station reported.

Police have searched the couple's apartment for evidence. According to court documents, a witness said Weaver told Creagh that she should not have let police search their home because there was blood inside.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/061609dnmetmissingbaby.827b648b.html

Good lord, what the hell is wrong with people? Poor little Daisja didn't have a chance with evil for parents.

I hope the state takes that baby in her belly away and gives it to someone outside both of their families. jmo

I am so sorry baby Daisja. I am heartbroken.

Yes, the state better take the unborn child far far away from these POS parents!

Search For Missing Texas Infant Focuses Around I-35 Bridge Over Lake

DALLAS (June 15, 2009)—The search for a missing Texas infant who’s the focus of an Amber Alert was focused Monday around the Interstate 35 bridge over Lewisville Lake where authorities now think the baby girl’s parents threw her body.

An arrest warrant document shows that the mother of 9-month-old Daisja Weaver told police that she arrived home on June 15 to find the infant dead and cold, WFAA-TV reports.

 
She said attempts to use CPR to revive the child failed.

Jamaira Creagh, 19, told investigators that she and the baby’s father, Alandus Weaver, 20, tied a sandbag to the baby’s body and threw it over a bridge railing into the lake.

Creagh was arrested Monday on a charge of tampering with evidcence.

The search of the lake started Sunday after Weaver’s arrest late Saturday on a charge of tampering with physical evidence to impair an investigation.

Creagh told police last week that a man who broke into her apartment and attempted to sexually assault her grabbed the infant and ran after she fought him off.

She recanted the story on Sunday, WFAA reported.

Despite the revelations, the Amber Alert for the infant remains in effect.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Dallas Police Department at (214) 671-4268.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/48082312.html

(the June 15th date is a typo...the last article said she found her dead on June 8th.)

So they left a nine month old child home alone....then came home and she was dead??  I am willing to bet that this story is yet another lie....my gut says this father harmed her intentionally  ::MonkeyWaa:: 

Jun 15, 2009 12:23 pm US/Central Affidavit:
Affidavit: Baby's Dad Threw Her Body Into Lake

According to court documents, the mother of missing nine-month-old Daisja Weaver says the baby's father dumped the child's body into Lake Lewisville the day after she died.

Dallas police arrested Alandus Weaver on Saturday and charged him with tampering with evidence in the case.

Late Monday morning, police arrested the baby's mother and charged her with the same crime.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit filed by Dallas police, the child's mother, Tamaira Creagh, told detectives that Weaver regularly looked after the child while she was at work.

According to the affidavit:  Creagh said on June 8, Weaver picked her up from work, but the child was not with him that day.  Creagh asked Weaver where the baby was, and he said he had bathed the child and left her home alone.  When they arrived back at their apartment, Creagh told police, she found the child's lifeless body wrapped in a towel on the floor. 

The affidavit says that when Creagh asked Weaver what had happened to the child, he became threatening and violent towards her.  She tried to call police, it says, but he stopped her and told her they had to "stick together" and tell police the child had been kidnapped.

According to the affidavit, Creagh told police that after Weaver picked her up from work the following day he drove her to Lewisville Lake, stopped on a bridge, tied a sandbag to the baby's body and dropped it in the lake.

The affidavit says that Creagh told police throughout the incident she was afraid of what Weaver might do to her because she is six months pregnant with his child.

The affidavit does not mention how the child died.

Police searched Lewisville Lake Sunday and again Monday, but have not yet found a body

We interviewed Weaver and Creagh on Friday.  At that time, they said they were frustrated with the investigation.  "We're not getting help from the detectives that were assigned to us," Creagh said.  "We have to do the investigation ourselves."

Also during that interview, Weaver said, "Please, I just really need help trying to find my daughter."

(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

http://cbs11tv.com/local/amber.alert.weaver.2.1045185.html


UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

I've changed Daisja's thread title to indicate she is likely deceased.  I will wait to see if her little body can be found before moving the thread.  I think many reading here felt there wasn't going to be a good ending to this case.   ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

It says in that last article that "she was six months pregnant with his child"  was he not the father of Daisja as well.  I'm confused.

Poor Daisja.

Very sad, but true, I had felt the mother was lying.

I am not sure who Daisja's father is....i assumed it was this same guy but now i'm not sure.

Me too NoRose.  Klaas and Nut both called it after seeing her interview early on. 

I was hoping for better news for this precious child  ::MonkeyWaa:: 

Mom of missing 9-month-old says girl's body was dumped in Lake Lewisville

--snipped---

From the beginning, investigators have expressed skepticism about the reported kidnapping, saying that the parents provided conflicting accounts.

As early as Wednesday – hours after the purported kidnapping, detectives read both parents Miranda warnings advising them of their rights to remain silent, according to the newly released affidavit.

But police released the parents as witnesses and continued combing the area with dogs in hopes of finding the child.

On Saturday, detectives met again with Creagh, who was accompanied by an attorney.

Police say she told them Weaver picked her up from work on June 8, and told her that the baby was home alone. He said he had given the child a bath.

When they arrived home, Creagh told investigators, she found the baby on the floor naked, wrapped in a towel. The baby had no heartbeat and was cold, she said.

The mother said Weaver performed CPR on the baby for nearly 30 minutes without success. When she asked Weaver what happened to the child, she told police, he became threatening and violent.

She said he told her they had to stick together and report that the baby had been kidnapped. The following day after she got off work, she said, Weaver made her drive to Lake Lewisville with him. He stopped at a bridge and dropped the girl into the lake.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/061609dnmetmissingbaby.827b648b.html

terrible terrible! I knew right away that she was lying too!
this baby didn't have a chance...poor baby..
but then to throw her tiny body into the lake??? why not call 911? also, I heard on HLN that they didn't even throw the baby's body into the lake until the next day when the dad was driving the mom to work! the baby's body must have lain on that floor all night...cold and alone...I am pissed...
they need to take her unborn baby away the moment the baby is born...jmo

Mom: Baby was tossed from Lewisville Lake bridge

02:30 PM CDT on Monday, June 15, 2009
(http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/wfaa/2009-06/0615_babysearch450x253.jpg)

Video search at link
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090615_wz_missingchild.82a80f0a.html

What a horrible story. This poor little baby was a blessing for her family. I am sorry they were too ignorant to see that. Everything she says now is a lie to cover the fact they killed this poor little angel, most likely because she was not what they considered perfect. In death they didn't even have proper respect for her by throwing her little body over a bridge into the water. They couldn't even bury her, just threw her over like a piece of trash. They are trash and I hope they both rot in prison never to see the light of day!

Nor me- this just doesn't pass the sniff test and the mother is very unconvincing.
I think she has been watching too much daytime TV drama.
The real story will follow........

Search For Missing Texas Infant Continues

DALLAS (June 16, 2009)—Teams from a number of agencies were searching an area around an Interstate 35 bridge over Lake Lewisville Tuesday for the body of 9-month-old Diasja Weaver, who police now think as killed and then dumped into the lake.

Documents released Monday say infant’s mother, who originally reported that the girl had been kidnapped, recanted and told investigators the baby's father dumped the dead infant into Lewisville Lake.

 
Tamaira Creagh, 19, was arrested on a charge of tampering with evidence.

But Creagh's attorney, Roderick White, told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KDFW that law enforcement personnel have erroneously made Creagh a suspect, "as opposed to the victim and witness that she actually is."

The baby's father, Alandus Weaver, 20, was arrested over the weekend on a charge of tampering or fabricating evidence to hinder an investigation.

Police issued an Amber Alert and began searching for little Daisja Weaver on Tuesday after her mother reported a man broke into her apartment, tried to sexually assault her then took the baby.

During a meeting with detectives Saturday, Creagh had a different story about the baby.

She said she left the girl in Weaver’s care and returned to find her wrapped in a blanket, cold and not breathing.

She said they dumped the body into the lake the next day, but family members don’t believe that’s what happened and think the baby is still alive.

Creagh and Weaver remained in custody Tuesday.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/48161737.html




Wonder why the family thinks she is still alive?....wishfull thinking maybe???

Family believes missing baby is still alive

12:18 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 16, 2009


http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/county-denton/stories/wfaa090616_lj_missingchild.877fa54d.html


---for some reason I'm having a hard time copying this article
I've posted it for you Leory.  Thank you for bringing it here.

Posting this for Leroy:

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/county-denton/stories/wfaa090616_lj_missingchild.877fa54d.html
Family believes missing baby is still alive

12:18 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
By JONATHAN BETZ / WFAA-TV

 Police records show that a mother who reported her baby missing last week now admits to tossing her infant daughter over the Lewisville Lake bridge.

The search for the small body of Diasja Weaver continued Tuesday, with teams from multiple agencies expanding their scope beyond an area around the Interstate 35E bridge that was their focus on Monday.

Relatives of the infant said they still believe she is alive. The Weaver family is standing by Alandus Weaver, despite mounting evidence the 20-year-old had something to do with his young daughter's disappearance.

"I just don't believe it. I don't have a feel for it, my grandbaby somewhere around here, she's somewhere," said the child's grandfather, Alandus Weaver Sr.

"If they put that baby in the lake, that would really hurt me, because that's an innocent child that can't even defend herself," said Deamber Johnson, the suspect's cousin.

They are still hopeful the nine-month-old child lives, despite what police say was a chilling confession Monday morning from her mother, Tamaira Creagh.

She allegedly told officers that she and her boyfriend tied the baby's corpse to a sandbag and dropped her in Lewisville Lake last week.

"Until we find the baby, we can't confirm what she's telling us is 100 percent accurate," said Dallas police spokesman Kevin Janse.

Two days of searching in Lake Lewisville hasn't yielded a body.

From the beginning, police say, the mother has lied. "I just want whoever has my little girl to bring her back," Creagh told reporters last week.
 Now, court documents say the 19-year-old mother admits she left the baby in Weaver's care last week, but when she returned home, Daisja was lying on the floor naked, wrapped in a towel. She was cold, without a heartbeat.

Scared by Weaver's threats, Creagh told police they waited until the next day to dump the young child's body, a scenario family members find hard to believe.

"It just hurts," Johnson said. "Just imagine having a nine-month-old child in your family missing. It hurts, it really hurts."

Police have only charged Creagh and Weaver with tampering with evidence because there is no body. They say they believe it is just a matter of time before they find the body.

The mother's family tells News 8 all this caught them completely off-guard: The young mother — soon to be a mother again — accused of such an unthinkable crime.

 DALLAS — Lawyers for the mother of missing baby Daisja Weaver say their client was a long-term victim of domestic violence and should not have been arrested.

Tamaira Creagh — who is 19 years old and six months pregnant — originally said she was assaulted and her daughter was kidnapped before changing her story and telling police the baby's father threw the child into Lewisville Lake last week.

"While it is very easy to demonize this teenage mother, Tamaira Creagh, because of the outrage we all feel at the disappearance of this young child, anyone who has ever had any experience with continued domestic violence and abuse knows that the violence and abuse permeates every aspect of the victim's life," criminal defense attorneys Roderick C. White and Roberta Walker said in a statement issued Tuesday afternoon.

According to the arrest warrant for her 20-year-old boyfriend, Alandus Weaver, Creagh told investigators that Weaver picked her up from work on June 8 and took her to their apartment on Marsh Lane in Dallas. She said Weaver told her he had left the child alone after giving her a bath.

When they arrived, Creagh said she found the baby on the floor naked, wrapped in a towel. Daisja had no heartbeat and was cold, Creagh told police.

For the next 30 minutes, Weaver attempted to use CPR to resuscitate the child without success, Creagh said. When she asked Weaver what happened to the child, she told police, he became threatening and violent.

"If domestic violence and abuse is devastating to older, more sophisticated, and more experienced suburban women, just imagine its dramatic affects upon this young, poor, inexperienced teenage mother," Creagh's lawyers said. "Her initial participation in Alandus Weaver’s cover-up story was simply a byproduct of the grief, shock, and fear associated with domestic violence and abuse."

They noted that Weaver was the parent who was taking care of the child while Creagh was at work, and that the fhe child was bruised, cold, and lifeless when she came home from work.

The lawyers' statement said Weaver forced Creagh to ride to Lewisville Lake with him, placing her in imminent fear for her own safety and tied the baby to a sandbag. They said Weaver dropped the baby into the lake.

"The police have erroneously made Tamaira a suspect as opposed to the witness and victim that she clearly is," her lawyers' statement said. "It was in response to actual and threatened physical abuse that Tamaira was forced to participate in Weaver’s attempted cover-up. While Tamaria obviously regrets her participation, she is still willing and anxious to cooperate with law enforcement in an effort to seek justice for her child, despite her inappropriate arrest."

The search for Diasja Weaver continued Tuesday, with teams from multiple agencies expanding their scope beyond an area around the Interstate 35E bridge that was their focus on Monday.

Meanwhile, relatives of the infant said they still believe she is alive. The Weaver family is standing by Alandus Weaver, despite mounting evidence the 20-year-old played a role in his young daughter's disappearance.

"I just don't believe it. I don't have a feel for it, my grandbaby somewhere around here, she's somewhere," said the child's grandfather, Alandus Weaver Sr.

Police say they believe it is just a matter of time before they find the body.

WFAA-TV and The Dallas Morning News contributed to this report.
(http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/wfaa/2009-06/0616_creagh450x253.jpg)

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090616_lj_missingchildlawyer.8891ffea.html

they are both guilty...I am not buying the abuse business....
if someone killed my baby, they might as well have killed me too cause there is no way that I would have kept my mouth shut to protect this sob after he killed my baby and then to throw my baby over a bridge into a watery grave?..she could have called the police once he was asleep while the baby lay dead on their floor cold and all alone all night...called 911 and the police would have come ....she would have been in protective custody by then and he would have been arrested for killing the baby..at least then this little girl would have gotten a proper burial...

I am spitting mad right now...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-kidnap_17met.ART.State.Edition1.5107688.html
Lewisville Lake conditions make search for baby harder
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN / The Dallas Morning News
Divers searching for 9-month-old Daisja Weaver in Lewisville Lake since Sunday morning are battling treacherous conditions on top of the frustration that they have not found the child.

"Horrors is what we're facing," said Dallas police Sgt. Brenda Nichols, commander of the child abuse unit. "We've got a lake that, after about 10 feet down, there's no visibility at all."

Members of the Lewisville Fire Department dive team are focusing their efforts underneath the Interstate 35E bridge over the 29,592-acre lake. They're forced to feel their way through debris for a child thought to be about 20 pounds and 2 feet, 4 inches long.

"Several of the divers actually were so entangled that they had to cut themselves out," Nichols said.

Daisja's father, Alandus Weaver, 20, is accused of tying a sand bag to his dead daughter and tossing her body from the bridge last week. Police believe Daisja's mother, Tamaira Creagh, 19, was there.

Creagh told police her child had been kidnapped from her Far North Dallas apartment.

Weaver and Creagh were arrested in recent days on charges of tampering with evidence.

Also Tuesday, Creagh's attorneys said in a written statement that their client is the victim of long-term domestic abuse by Weaver. Creagh, who is six months pregnant with Weaver's child, was forced to participate in the cover-up, the attorneys say.

Well now, shouldn't weaver be charged with kidnapping creagh then? Being that she was forced to go dispose of her daughter. What dirt.

I wish LE could force these 2 dirt bags to dive in that lake until they find her, then they will give the exact location.

I hope they findlittle Daisja soon

Alandus Weaver and Mommy Dearest/Tamaira Creagh last week as she told reporters her baby had been kidnapped. No tears... :roll:

They should throw them into the lake and tell them they will throw a line once they find this poor baby so she can RESPECTFULLY be buried.

I don't believe this mom one bit. She lied once, that is all it takes. She could have easily told the police when they were questioning her he did it and protect me. she is a lying !#$@!$#

Authorities suspend search at Lake Lewisville for 9-month-old 11:14 AM CT

11:22 AM CDT on Thursday, June 18, 2009
The search for a 9-month-old baby in Lake Lewisville has been suspended, Dallas police said today.

Dallas police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse said Lewisville Fire Department divers have searched the location provided by the child’s mother despite the poor visibility underwater and treacherous lake conditions.

The search was suspended Wednesday afternoon, but the investigation continues into the child's disappearance and a $15,000 reward remains in effect, Janse said.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/061909dnmetweaver.1595133.html

I just heard on CNN that the Amber Alert has also been canceled. :(


Poor baby will probably never be found, unless her little body washes up on shore. Too many babies and children are dying.

I hope these parents rot in hell and that the baby in the mom's stomach finds a safe and loving home away from this family.

This case has been on my mind.  I will admit though I have not looked to see if they have found her, ignorance is bliss sometimes. This poor little baby, she needed extra protection and help in life and what she found was parents who would abuse her, kill her and have such little respect for her to not even bury her. I would have taken her and made sure she was given every opportunity to thrive and be the best she could be. My heart breaks into a million little pieces for her. I pray they find her and she is awarded a proper burial in a pretty little pink casket adorned with beautiful flowers.

Father charged with capital murder of missing baby
© 2009 The Associated Press
July 9, 2009, 6:17PM

DALLAS — The father of 9-month-old girl who's been missing for about a month has been charged with capital murder in her disappearance.

Dallas police Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther said Thursday that Denton County prosecutors filed the charge against 20-year-old Alandus Weaver.

Daisja Weaver has been missing since early last month after her 19-year-old mother, Tamaira Creagh, said a man broke into her apartment and kidnapped the baby.

Police eventually arrested Creagh on an evidence tampering charge, and she told police they dumped the child's body into Lake Lewisville with a sandbag tied to it after she died while in her father's care.The father, 20-year-old Alandus Weaver, was arrested on suspicion of tampering or fabricating evidence to hinder an investigation.

The search of the lake for the child's body has been abandoned.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6522140.html

Missing baby’s father transferred to Denton County
By DAN EAKIN, Staff Writer
(Created: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:08 PM CDT) 

The father of a 9-month-old baby whose body is believed to be in Lewisville Lake has been transferred to the Denton County Jail.

Dallas police apparently want Alandus Weaver, 20 of Dallas, to face capital murder charges in the June 9 disappearance of his daughter, Daisja Weaver.

Denton County District Attorney Paul Johnson said the case will be tried in Denton County because the alleged offense occurred in a Denton County portion of far North Dallas.

“We have not gotten the case yet,” Johnson told the Lewisville Leader Friday afternoon. “We will take a look at the facts after we get it and decide how to handle it.”

A Dallas police affidavit, found on line at http://media2.myfoxdfw.com/PDF/weaver.pdf states that Weaver, “On June 9, 2009, did then and there in the city of Dallas …commit the offense of capital murder.”

However, Tom Reedy, Denton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, noted, “the affidavit online is not signed nor is there an arrest warrant.”

Weaver was booked into the Denton County Jail Friday afternoon. The only charge listed against him at this time on the Denton County Web site is tampering with evidence, with a bond set at $100,000.

Weaver and the baby’s mother, Tamaira Creagh, 19, told police immediately after the June 9 disappearance of the baby that an intruder had entered their apartment, tried to sexually assault the woman and then kidnapped the baby.

A few days later, the woman changed her story and told police that the baby had been found not breathing in the apartment after Weaver had picked her up from work and brought her home.

According to a Dallas police affidavit, Creagh told police that Weaver had told her that they had to “stick together” on the story. She also said the baby had bruises on various parts of her body when she was found not breathing in the apartment.

She also told police that they took the baby’s body from the apartment, found a sand bag at a construction site, tied it onto one of the baby’s legs and dropped it into Lewisville Lake.

At the request of Dallas police, the Lewisville Fire Department’s dive team searched for the baby’s body in the lake for several days without any results.

After the woman changed her story, Dallas police charged the couple with tampering with evidence. The woman bonded out of jail, but Weaver remained in custody.

http://www.scntx.com/articles/2009/07/10/news_update/20.txt

Father faces murder charge in Denton County in 9-month-old's death

12:44 AM CDT on Friday, July 10, 2009

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/070909dnmetbabydeath.4d46452.html
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This article has a lot of disturbing details and is very sad so I am only posting the link   ::MonkeyWaa:: 

Justice for poor Daisja  ::MonkeyAngel::

Dad Charged With Murder In Dallas Baby's Death

Jul 9, 2009

A new Dallas Police affidavit says the parents of a 9-month-old child left their baby in vehicle overnight before disposing of their little girl's body.

The arrest affidavit says the girl, Daisja Weaver, was "put in the back seat of her father's car, face down, with the body strapped into the car seat."

The lifeless body of the child was found in the car the next day, according to the affidavit.

The father drove the mother to work the next day with the corpse still in the back seat and sat outside her office for most of the day, the affidavit says.

The document goes on to say that later that day the mother called Dallas police to say her daughter had been kidnapped after an unknown intruder entered the family's apartment. An Amber Alert was issued for the case, and a reward was offered for the girl's safe return.

Days later the mother recanted her story to police, telling detectives the baby had not been kidnapped and that the father had tossed the baby into Lake Lewisville.

The arrest affidavit says when the couple drove to Lewisville Lake they found a sandbag which they used to anchor the little girl's body.

Both parents were been arrested for tampering with evidence in the case. The father states the baby drowned while he was giving her a bath and that in a panic he and his wife made up the kidnapping story.

The father, Alandus Weaver, has now been charged with capital murder in the case.
http://cbs11tv.com/local/Baby.Daisja.death.2.1079465.html

THIS STORY IS BS!!!!! ARE THESE COPS ON CRACK!!???  :smt091 :smt092 :smt093 :smt091  :smt097

Dad offers details of baby's disappearance

DALLAS — There has been a big development in the case of nine-month-old Daisja Weaver, who has now been missing for more than a month.

Police belive that the infant was tossed from a bridge over Lewisville Lake by her parents on June 9.

Now they have charged Daisja's father, Alandus Weaver, with capital murder — even though the child's body was never found in the murky waters.

When Daisha was first reported missing from her far North Dallas apartment, her mother, 19-year-old Tamaira Creagh, told police that the baby had been kidnapped during an attempted sexual assault.

Police now believe they have the full story about what happened to the baby.

Investigators say Alandus Weaver, 20, has told them he accidentally drowned the baby while giving her a bath on June 8. He said he poured too much water over her head and she drowned.

Weaver and Creagh told police they then panicked and put the dead child in a car overnight. The next day they finally disposed of the body in Lewisville Lake.

The parents then concocted their story of the mother being attacked, and they faked an assault by having Weaver beat Creagh.

Weaver faces a charge of capital murder; Creagh is still charged with evidence tampering.

The search for Daisja Weaver's body was abandoned after an intensive effort, but police now feel that with the father's confession, they have enough evidence to prosecute.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090709_wz_daisja.24e1176e.html

Kids don't drown by pouring water over their head ~~~~~~ WTF!??

I agree Nut.  And this mother needs to be charged with more than just evidence tampering!

I agree with both of you.

He is admitting to an accident, when he damn well murdered that baby! How can the police BUY this crap?

He knew he was in knee deep when mom started talking and admitted to an "accident" so it makes him look better and hopefully gets him a much lighter sentence rather than the death penalty.

Sorry for the french but I am so upset over this.

The mother shouldn't be out on bail! I am livid.

Pink - ditto, ditto!!!!!

Probably not in the lake at all...hard to say what they did with her body. They lie.
 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Check out the comments here.... (I love that site, lmao)
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/06/16/wtf-happened-to-daisja-weaver/

wow, some of those posters took the words right out of my mouth!

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090928_wz_babymurder.1c3d66ef4.html

Missing girl's father waives right to arraignment
02:33 PM CDT on Monday, September 28, 2009
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DENTON — Alandus Weaver, who has admitted dumping his baby girl's body in Lewisville Lake, was scheduled to be arraigned on capital murder charges Monday.

He did not appear in the courtroom but his lawyer, Larry Baraka, did. Baraka waived Weaver's right to an arraignment, a technicality that will allow him more time to investigate Weaver's case, he said.

The body of nine-month-old Daisja Weaver has never been found.

Police say Weaver, 21, confessed to accidentally drowning Daisja while giving her a bath in their North Dallas apartment.

He said that he and the baby's mother — Tamera Cray — then panicked, and threw Daisja's body in the lake.

Weaver had been indicted on first degree murder.

Weaver and Cray have also been charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case.

Weaver's next hearing will be December 1st at the Denton County courthouse. The state is expected to reveal more information on how it plans to proceed with the case, and whether it will offer a plea bargain or not.

Meanwhile, Weaver remains behind bars at the Denton County jail.

E-mail cvega@wfaa.com.

North Texas father guilty of killing baby daughter  ::MonkeyGavel::
Updated at 06:51 AM today

DENTON, TX -- A north Texas jury has found a Dallas man guilty of murder in the death of his 9-month-old daughter.

The Denton County jury about five hours Monday to deliberate the verdict of 21-year-old Alandus Weaver in the death of Daisja Weaver. A sentencing trial is scheduled in two weeks. Weaver could get up to life in prison.

Daisja Weaver has been missing since early June 2009 after her 19-year-old mother, Tamaira Creagh, said a man broke into her apartment and kidnapped the baby.

Police eventually arrested Creagh on an evidence tampering charge, and she told police that she and Weaver dumped the child's body into Lake Lewisville with a sandbag tied to it after she died while in her father's care.

However, Weaver testified that Creagh was the one who killed the child.

The girl's body was never found.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&id=7382721

Alandus Weaver is goin' down  ::MonkeyGavel::  Even though little Daisja Weaver's body hasn't been recovered, there can still be justice. 

Yes, there is justice for Daisja.  I never seem to be quite satisfied when the final sentencing is announced.  Life, death by lethal injection, none of those things seem to even come remotely close to making up for the taking of an innocent child's life. 

May the sperm donor spend the rest of his life having night after night of nightmares in which he is drowning in the cold, murky waters of Lake Lewsiville.   ::MonkeyMad::