Daisja Weaver 9 mos. missing 6/10/09 Dallas TX- Deceased/Dad convicted

[Nut44x4]

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??

[Nut44x4]

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

[Nut44x4]

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

[Leroy]

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.

[Leroy]

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    

[Leroy]

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 . "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!

[Tracygirl]

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?

[Leroy]

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!

[pink angel]

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

[canadianmonkey]

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    

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. 

[Nut44x4]

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 

[Tracygirl]

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.

[pink angel]

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

[pink angel]

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

[Nut44x4]

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

[pink angel]

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.

[Tracygirl]

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.

[klaasend]

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 

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.

[Nut44x4]

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  I do not believe her either. Time will tell....

[Leroy]

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

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