Kansas City, Mo. - A man has come forward saying he smoked and talked with the mother of missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin and her friend on the front porch of the Irwin home on the night the baby went missing.
CNN correspondent Jim Spellman told HLN's Vinnie Politan that he spoke with the man – another neighbor who calls himself “Shane.”
Shane says he smoked and chatted with Deborah Bradley and her next door neighbor Samantha Brando from about 7:00 to 7:30 p.m.
He claims to have left the two women on the porch at around 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. Shane noted that he saw Brando at her home at around 10:30 p.m., but did not see Bradley.
To see photos of Baby Lisa Irwin, click here.
Spellman said Shane told him several law enforcement agencies – including the Secret Service – have questioned him and police have swabbed his mouth for DNA.
Politan brought up the fact that another woman, Megan Wright, who lives in the area, received a 50-second phone call sometime between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. from one of Bradley's cell phones the night the infant vanished – hours before Bradley claims to have passed out drunk and at the time Shane claims to have been talking to Bradley. In addition, Wright is the ex-girlfriend of John Tanko, aka Jersey, who's been questioned by police regarding the case. Wright told CNN last week that she believed Tanko was “into some drug activity.”
Baby Lisa was reported missing on Oct. 4 at about 4:00 a.m. after her father, Jeremy Irwin, returned home from work and found she was missing from her crib. Bradley told police the last time she saw the girl was on the night of Oct. 3 at about 10:30 p.m. when she put the infant to bed.
To watch home videos of Baby Lisa Irwin, click here.
Bradley later admitted during several media interviews that she was drunk that night and also noted that rather than 10:30 p.m., she last saw the infant girl at around 6:40 p.m.
To watch Baby Lisa Irwin's parents on the 'Today' show and 'Good Morning America,' click here.
On Monday, prosecutors announced that there is presently no case regarding Baby Lisa's disappearance and there is no forseeable resolution in sight, noting it could take “years” to resolve the case.
Baby Lisa is described as having blue eyes and blonde hair and being approximately 30 inches tall and weighing between 26 and 30 pounds. She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it. The infant is described as having two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear, a beauty mark on her right outer thigh and currently has a cold with a cough.
A $100,000 reward is being offered by an anonymous donor for the safe return of Baby Lisa or for information that leads to the conviction of whomever abducted the little girl.
Anyone with information is urged to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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