It has been over two weeks since 10-month-old Lisa Irwin was last seen and after today, things aren’t looking very promising. Apparently, police got a “positive hit” on Monday when the scent of a deceased human being was smelt by police dogs on the floor of Baby Lisa’s parent’s bedroom. More details after the jump…
A cadaver dog got a ‘positive hit’ during a search on Monday at the home in Kansas City, Missouri, where the 11-month-old vanished two weeks ago.
A warrant issued to police to carry out a further search the home, which was made public today, revealed that a dog had sensed the smell of death in the room.
The scent was detected ‘in an area of the floor of [Lisa Irwin’s mother Deborah] Bradley’s bedroom near the bed,’ the affidavit said.
The positive hit was used as evidence to get the search warrant for a 17-hour search on Wednesday.
Police said that they wanted to look for DNA, fingerprints, cell phones and evidence of human decomposition.
Officers today said that they removed items including a multi-coloured comforter, purples shorts, a Disney shirt, a glow warm toy, a Cars-themed blanket, rolls of tape and a tape dispenser.
Bradley had previously told police that her daughter was was wearing purple shorts and a purple T-shirt when she put her to bed.
In the search warrant revealed today, officers indicated that parents Bradley and Lisa’s father Jeremy Irwin had restricted police access to their home.
‘The only areas extensively processed for DNA and fingerprints during the consent were the baby’s bedroom and possible points of entry,’ court documents reported.
‘The extent of the search had been limited in nature with consent’ of the parents, police wrote.
The police application for a search warrant said that people involved in the case had ‘revealed conflicting information for a clear direction’ for the search for the missing child.
‘Bradley made the statement she did not initially look for her baby behind the house because she ‘was afraid of what she might find,’ the document revealed.
The police also cited a ‘garden area with portions of dirt having an appearance of being recently disturbed or overturned.’
Investigators spent all day Wednesday and late into the night examining the inside of the house, a large detached garage, the lawn and the house exterior, including the eaves along the roof line, according to television video.
Officers and agents could be seen removing large brown paper bags of items, rolls of carpeting and dark panels that appeared to be from X-ray equipment.
Police had a warrant to search the house without the parents present. Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin are staying with relatives nearby.
