Gabriel Johnson 8 mo., last seen 12/26/09 #1 1/01/10 - 1/15/10

[SunnyinTX]

Good Morning...thanks to everyone especially NR for all the updates.  Whoever has Gabriel needs to turn him over to the authorities. Someone out there knows where Gabriel is, someone knows who has him. He has been a pawn for far too long.  Give him to his father and allow him to grow up with his family.

[trimmonthelake]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/?ns=today-today_people
Baby Gabriel’s mom ‘played us,’ couple say
‘Persons of interest’ who hoped to adopt baby call his mother ‘deceptive'
By Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 35 minutes ago

An Arizona couple who tried to adopt an 8-month-old baby who’s been missing since Christmas say they now feel the mother of the baby duped and used them.

Elizabeth Johnson, the 23-year-old mother of the missing child known as Baby Gabriel, is being held by Tempe, Ariz., police on a $1 million cash bail. Meanwhile, Jack and Tammi Smith, who hoped to adopt Gabriel, have been named persons of interest in the case by Tempe police. However, the Smiths say that polygraph tests they took last week will show they have cooperated fully with the police investigation.
‘Lying to us’
In an interview Monday from their Scottsdale, Ariz., home with TODAY’s Matt Lauer, the Smiths said they once thought Johnson was a good woman who was overwhelmed by being a single mother. That opinion has since changed dramatically.
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“I feel like a fool, because knowing what’s up now that all the facts have been laid out in front of me, I see that she was lying to us and playing us,” Tammi Smith told Lauer. “Now, I’m not sure if anything she said to me was true.”

Her husband characterized Johnson as “deceptive.”

The Smiths originally befriended Johnson last year when they ran into her and Gabriel during a long layover at the Indianapolis airport. Gabriel was an infant at the time, and the Smiths said Johnson seemed emotionally distressed and indicated she needed help with her baby.
The couple say they did not hear from Johnson again until Dec. 8, when she called to offer the baby for adoption because she didn’t want her ex-boyfriend and the baby’s father, Logan McQueary, to get custody of the child.

The Smiths had temporary custody of Gabriel for eight days in December and are the last people to have seen the boy in Arizona. Johnson took the baby back, purportedly to give him to McQueary in accordance with a court order.

TODAY
Elizabeth Johnson told the father of baby Gabriel that she had killed the child, but then claimed she had given the child away. Police think Gabriel may still be alive.

But Johnson never delivered the baby, instead taking him to San Antonio. She text messaged McQueary on Dec. 26, saying she killed the baby.
Johnson was tracked to Miami, where she was arrested. At the time, she recanted her story about killing Gabriel, saying instead that she gave the baby to a couple she met in Texas. Tempe police have said they have unspecified reasons to believe that Gabriel is alive.

video at link

[Northern Rose]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

[Northern Rose]

GMA
Search for Baby Gabriel: Deception Fueling Frustration as Cops Track Leads


http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/lies-fueling-frustration-search-baby-gabriel/story?id=9528705

[no rose colored glasses]

An Arizona couple who tried to adopt an 8-month-old baby who’s been missing since Christmas say they now feel the mother of the baby duped and used them. 

[no rose colored glasses]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

Elizabeth is upbeat 

[Northern Rose]

The Today interview, Grandpa Bob says he thinks EJ gave Gabriel to someone she met on Craigslist.  I am with his thinking after seeing the ads on Craigs that I found so far. 

[Northern Rose]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

Elizabeth is upbeat 

If you watch the video Bob says she was more than cheerful, she was happy   

[mymonkey]

An Arizona couple who tried to adopt an 8-month-old baby who’s been missing since Christmas say they now feel the mother of the baby duped and used them. 

It does not  appear that it would take a rocket scientist to dupe the Smith's, I guess the Smiths could be naive (or stupid) now I am worried that EJ did harm Gabriel.  If EJ is bi-polar many things can take place inside her head during a manic episode, I have dealt with  a bi-polar friend it is the most frightening mental disorder I have seen....people that are bi-polar tend to think they are better and will come off their meds and spin out of control

[cookie]

waterboarding would be too good for EJ in my opinion...
Tell LE where the baby is!

[no rose colored glasses]

The Today interview, Grandpa Bob says he thinks EJ gave Gabriel to someone she met on Craigslist.  I am with his thinking after seeing the ads on Craigs that I found so far. 

I have never used Craigslist in my life, is it legal to give away/sell babies on there? I would hardly think so  And I would hate to imagine what type of person would be looking for a child on Craigslist 

[no rose colored glasses]

An Arizona couple who tried to adopt an 8-month-old baby who’s been missing since Christmas say they now feel the mother of the baby duped and used them. 

It does not  appear that it would take a rocket scientist to dupe the Smith's, I guess the Smiths could be naive (or stupid) now I am worried that EJ did harm Gabriel.  If EJ is bi-polar many things can take place inside her head during a manic episode, I have dealt with  a bi-polar friend it is the most frightening mental disorder I have seen....people that are bi-polar tend to think they are better and will come off their meds and spin out of control

Dealing with someone with bi polar and is not on meds, or on the wrong meds can be horrible. Just the thought that Elizabeth is upbeat in jail  who is upbeat in jail?

[mymonkey]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

Elizabeth is upbeat 

If you watch the video Bob says she was more than cheerful, she was happy   

Maybe she made a deal with LE where to find Gabriel and she thinks she will get a get out of jail free pass

[leslee]

The Today interview, Grandpa Bob says he thinks EJ gave Gabriel to someone she met on Craigslist.  I am with his thinking after seeing the ads on Craigs that I found so far. 

I have never used Craigslist in my life, is it legal to give away/sell babies on there? I would hardly think so  And I would hate to imagine what type of person would be looking for a child on Craigslist 

Hi NRCG.... I believe it is illegal, however if you are looking for a "nanny" or babysitter thats legal and of course those seeking to adopt might also check those ads, I think they prolly use buzz words or flat out ask by email if they are looking to sell/adopt. So to CL it looks legit yet the players know what to look for, does that make sense?

[Northern Rose]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

Elizabeth is upbeat 

If you watch the video Bob says she was more than cheerful, she was happy   

Maybe she made a deal with LE where to find Gabriel and she thinks she will get a get out of jail free pass

and $200 for passing Go from Sherriff Joe  ....

[mymonkey]

The Today interview, Grandpa Bob says he thinks EJ gave Gabriel to someone she met on Craigslist.  I am with his thinking after seeing the ads on Craigs that I found so far. 

I have never used Craigslist in my life, is it legal to give away/sell babies on there? I would hardly think so  And I would hate to imagine what type of person would be looking for a child on Craigslist 

I dont think you can advertise children on Craigslist...maybe when she advertised his belongings to give away she met someone  who knows....just when we say things can not get crazier...surprise they do...I think way to much attention has been on everyone else and not on Gabriel...the Smiths need to get back to their "Human Plumbing" work  and shut the hell up so the  focus can be on Gabriels return...

[Northern Rose]

Some screen Caps from Today

[mymonkey]

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Johnson was supposed to call the Smiths Sunday night from jail, but the Smiths said the call never took place. “We got a message on Facebook that the jailhouse went on lockdown last night, and that’s the reason she couldn’t call in,” Jack Smith told Lauer.

But Johnson did call her grandfather, Robert Johnson, who told NBC News that his granddaughter was very upbeat.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34802462/ns/today-today_people/ 

Elizabeth is upbeat 

If you watch the video Bob says she was more than cheerful, she was happy   

Maybe she made a deal with LE where to find Gabriel and she thinks she will get a get out of jail free pass

and $200 for passing Go from Sherriff Joe  ....

and a pair of pink boxers.....I would like to know why sheriff Joe makes everyone wear pink boxers?

[no rose colored glasses]

The Today interview, Grandpa Bob says he thinks EJ gave Gabriel to someone she met on Craigslist.  I am with his thinking after seeing the ads on Craigs that I found so far. 

I have never used Craigslist in my life, is it legal to give away/sell babies on there? I would hardly think so  And I would hate to imagine what type of person would be looking for a child on Craigslist 

Hi NRCG.... I believe it is illegal, however if you are looking for a "nanny" or babysitter thats legal and of course those seeking to adopt might also check those ads, I think they prolly use buzz words or flat out ask by email if they are looking to sell/adopt. So to CL it looks legit yet the players know what to look for, does that make sense?

Hi, thank-you, it does make sense. I can tell you what, since I've been on this forum I have learned so many things that have been going on such as this, I had no idea  Unbelievable

[Northern Rose]

Missing Tempe baby's mother extradited to Arizona (with video)

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/01/10/20100110johnsonarrest0111.html