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GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Find Madeleine :: Missing, Found And Closed Cases :: Other Missing Children - Family Abductions :: Family Abductions - Missing More Than 1 Year But Less Than 5 Years
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Re: GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Twiglet on Tue May 08, 2012 10:50 am
My Fox Phoenix
7 May 2012
Tammi Smith's interview played in court
It’s day 11 of the trial of Tammi Smith. She’s the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
There were some dramatic new developments Monday. Prosecutors played recordings from when Tempe Police initially interviewed Tammi Smith as a person of interest in the baby's disappearance.
Smith spent much of the day listening to the interview she did with a Tempe police detective in January of 2010.
Lead investigator Ramirez spent hours questioning Smith about her involvement with Elizabeth Johnson and her son Gabriel Johnson.
Smith audio: “I felt so sorry for her, she has nobody and I was trying to be a mother to her.”
At the time of this interview, baby Gabriel, who Smith wanted to adopt from Johnson, had been missing less than a month.
Johnson fled Phoenix with the boy in late December 2009. She told the boy’s father she had killed their son, but then said she gave him to a couple in a park in San Antonio.
Tammi Smith is on trial not in the Gabriel's disappearance, but for forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference, as she tried to adopt the child.
During the 2010 interview, Smith expressed frustration at police scrutiny regarding the baby's disappearance, saying her intention all along was simply to help a struggling Mom.
Smith audio: “Here is a girl who has no one for moral support. Looking back, I’m never helping anyone again. I ain’t helping nobody. I told my husband don’t even help anyone with a flat tire, we might get in trouble for murder cause he might have had someone in his trunk.”
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/tammi-smiths-interview-played-in-court-5-7-2012
7 May 2012
Tammi Smith's interview played in court
It’s day 11 of the trial of Tammi Smith. She’s the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
There were some dramatic new developments Monday. Prosecutors played recordings from when Tempe Police initially interviewed Tammi Smith as a person of interest in the baby's disappearance.
Smith spent much of the day listening to the interview she did with a Tempe police detective in January of 2010.
Lead investigator Ramirez spent hours questioning Smith about her involvement with Elizabeth Johnson and her son Gabriel Johnson.
Smith audio: “I felt so sorry for her, she has nobody and I was trying to be a mother to her.”
At the time of this interview, baby Gabriel, who Smith wanted to adopt from Johnson, had been missing less than a month.
Johnson fled Phoenix with the boy in late December 2009. She told the boy’s father she had killed their son, but then said she gave him to a couple in a park in San Antonio.
Tammi Smith is on trial not in the Gabriel's disappearance, but for forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference, as she tried to adopt the child.
During the 2010 interview, Smith expressed frustration at police scrutiny regarding the baby's disappearance, saying her intention all along was simply to help a struggling Mom.
Smith audio: “Here is a girl who has no one for moral support. Looking back, I’m never helping anyone again. I ain’t helping nobody. I told my husband don’t even help anyone with a flat tire, we might get in trouble for murder cause he might have had someone in his trunk.”
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/tammi-smiths-interview-played-in-court-5-7-2012
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Re: GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Twiglet on Tue May 08, 2012 10:53 am
Examiner
7 May 2012
Tammi Smith, woman who tried to adopt Gabriel Johnson, cries in court
On Monday, Tammi Smith, the woman who attempted to adopt missing baby Gabriel Johnson, cried in court as she listened to a taped interview she gave to Tempe, Ariz. police regarding the infant's disappearance.
Smith is charged with forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference in relation to Gabriel.
According to ABC 15, during her two-hour interview with lead detective Patricia Ramirez, Smith appeared to be caught in a lie when asked about forging a document during her attempt to adopt the baby.
When attempting to obtain custody of Gabriel, Smith is accused of writing her cousin's name on a paternity document that pertained to the baby. This was likely due to the fact that the child's father, Logan McQueary, was trying to get custody of his son away from the child's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, and was eventually successful at doing so.
On the tape, Smith could be heard saying, “I didn't sign any paperwork and I didn't file any paperwork.”
Smith was then shown a court document by Ramirez that caused her to change her story, saying, “Oh, okay, so that is my writing. Yes, right here that is mine,” she said to the detective.
“I made a huge mistake,” Smith said.
She then asked Ramirez if she could get in trouble for the forgery and was told by the detective there was a “criminal consequence” that went along with it.
According to ABC, Smith will likely take the stand sometime this week.
In Dec. 2009, Gabriel’s mother fled the Tempe, Ariz. area with him – at the time he was less than a year old. During her trek, she contacted the baby’s father claiming she’d killed the boy by smothering him. After finally being arrested in Miami, Florida she told authorities she gave Gabriel to an unidentified couple in San Antonio, Texas. Extensive searches have been conducted to locate him, but Gabriel has yet to be found.
Johnson is charged with child abuse, kidnapping, custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial interference. She is currently housed in a Phoenix jail and has undergone psychiatric evaluation after refusing to eat and allegedly assaulting several other inmates. Johnson's trial is slated to begin in Sept. 2012.
She continues to insist Gabriel is alive, but will not divulge his whereabouts.
http://www.examiner.com/article/tammi-smith-woman-who-tried-to-adopt-gabriel-johnson-cries-court
7 May 2012
Tammi Smith, woman who tried to adopt Gabriel Johnson, cries in court
On Monday, Tammi Smith, the woman who attempted to adopt missing baby Gabriel Johnson, cried in court as she listened to a taped interview she gave to Tempe, Ariz. police regarding the infant's disappearance.
Smith is charged with forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference in relation to Gabriel.
According to ABC 15, during her two-hour interview with lead detective Patricia Ramirez, Smith appeared to be caught in a lie when asked about forging a document during her attempt to adopt the baby.
When attempting to obtain custody of Gabriel, Smith is accused of writing her cousin's name on a paternity document that pertained to the baby. This was likely due to the fact that the child's father, Logan McQueary, was trying to get custody of his son away from the child's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, and was eventually successful at doing so.
On the tape, Smith could be heard saying, “I didn't sign any paperwork and I didn't file any paperwork.”
Smith was then shown a court document by Ramirez that caused her to change her story, saying, “Oh, okay, so that is my writing. Yes, right here that is mine,” she said to the detective.
“I made a huge mistake,” Smith said.
She then asked Ramirez if she could get in trouble for the forgery and was told by the detective there was a “criminal consequence” that went along with it.
According to ABC, Smith will likely take the stand sometime this week.
In Dec. 2009, Gabriel’s mother fled the Tempe, Ariz. area with him – at the time he was less than a year old. During her trek, she contacted the baby’s father claiming she’d killed the boy by smothering him. After finally being arrested in Miami, Florida she told authorities she gave Gabriel to an unidentified couple in San Antonio, Texas. Extensive searches have been conducted to locate him, but Gabriel has yet to be found.
Johnson is charged with child abuse, kidnapping, custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial interference. She is currently housed in a Phoenix jail and has undergone psychiatric evaluation after refusing to eat and allegedly assaulting several other inmates. Johnson's trial is slated to begin in Sept. 2012.
She continues to insist Gabriel is alive, but will not divulge his whereabouts.
http://www.examiner.com/article/tammi-smith-woman-who-tried-to-adopt-gabriel-johnson-cries-court
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Re: GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Twiglet on Wed May 16, 2012 11:42 pm
ABC 15
10 may 2012
Smith defends herself for her involvement in Baby Gabriel case
A Scottsdale woman took the stand to defend herself for her involvement in the Baby Gabriel case.
Tammi Smith faced a line of questioning Thursday about the paperwork that helped put her on trial in the first place.
Smith is accused of lying on a court document in a plan to try and adopt Baby Gabriel without his father’s permission.
Prosecutors said Smith put her cousin’s name on court records suggesting he could be Baby Gabriel’s father even though Smith knew it wasn’t true.
Smith admitted she and Elizabeth Johnson, Baby Gabriel’s mother, both filled out paperwork challenging the paternity of Gabriel.
However, Smith claimed she was just helping Johnson fill in the blanks because the two were rushed to complete the paperwork before the court house closed.
Smith also told jurors when she filled out the paperwork she did not realize it was a legal document.
“I didn't think it was a court house and I didn't know a person could file. I thought an attorney had to file,” said Smith.
“You believed that, to file court documents, you had to go through legal counsel, an attorney?” her attorney asked.
“That's what I believed, yes,” replied Smith.
The trial resumes on Monday.
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/smith-defends-herself-for-her-involvement-in-baby-gabriel-case
10 may 2012
Smith defends herself for her involvement in Baby Gabriel case
A Scottsdale woman took the stand to defend herself for her involvement in the Baby Gabriel case.
Tammi Smith faced a line of questioning Thursday about the paperwork that helped put her on trial in the first place.
Smith is accused of lying on a court document in a plan to try and adopt Baby Gabriel without his father’s permission.
Prosecutors said Smith put her cousin’s name on court records suggesting he could be Baby Gabriel’s father even though Smith knew it wasn’t true.
Smith admitted she and Elizabeth Johnson, Baby Gabriel’s mother, both filled out paperwork challenging the paternity of Gabriel.
However, Smith claimed she was just helping Johnson fill in the blanks because the two were rushed to complete the paperwork before the court house closed.
Smith also told jurors when she filled out the paperwork she did not realize it was a legal document.
“I didn't think it was a court house and I didn't know a person could file. I thought an attorney had to file,” said Smith.
“You believed that, to file court documents, you had to go through legal counsel, an attorney?” her attorney asked.
“That's what I believed, yes,” replied Smith.
The trial resumes on Monday.
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/smith-defends-herself-for-her-involvement-in-baby-gabriel-case
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Re: GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Twiglet on Wed May 16, 2012 11:44 pm
My Fox Phoenix
11 May 2012
Tammi Smith: I was doing what was best for baby
For a second day, Tammi Smith returned to the witness stand in her trial. Smith is the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
Tammi Smith broke down on the witness stand Thursday as she talked about her desperate attempt to find Elizabeth Johnson and 8-month-old baby Gabriel in December of 2009.
That was the last time the boy was seen alive.
Smith says everything she did was simply to try and make sure Gabriel was safe.
Taking the stand in her own defense for the second day, Tammi Smith said she never tried to force baby Gabriel's parents into giving the baby up for adoption.
Smith says his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, begged her to.
"When I called that morning she said 'I definitely want you take this baby' and I said 'we'll come and see.' But she was like 'no I need you take this baby today' and that's when Jack and I thought something was wrong and when we did take Gabriel she was like 'you need to go to your new home now.'"
Smith became emotional at times during testimony.
"I'm sorry can you just give me one second? My head's kind of spinning I'm sorry. I'm just kind of going back."
She explained she only thought about falsifying adoption papers as a way to bring Gabriel home safely.
"After a week later or whatever it was, and we hear that she might have killed the baby, we didn't want to believe that, and so we would do anything to get that baby back here."
Smith admits she and her husband Jack did put pressure on baby Gabriel's parents to let them adopt him -- but she told the jury it was only to make sure he had a good home.
"I thought I was trying to do right by the baby so he's not going from home to home," said Smith.
Smith will be back on the stand when the trial resumes Monday. Smith has pleaded not guilty to forgery and conspiracy charges.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/18294914/2012/05/10/tammi-smith-i-was-doing-what-was-best-for-baby
11 May 2012
Tammi Smith: I was doing what was best for baby
For a second day, Tammi Smith returned to the witness stand in her trial. Smith is the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
Tammi Smith broke down on the witness stand Thursday as she talked about her desperate attempt to find Elizabeth Johnson and 8-month-old baby Gabriel in December of 2009.
That was the last time the boy was seen alive.
Smith says everything she did was simply to try and make sure Gabriel was safe.
Taking the stand in her own defense for the second day, Tammi Smith said she never tried to force baby Gabriel's parents into giving the baby up for adoption.
Smith says his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, begged her to.
"When I called that morning she said 'I definitely want you take this baby' and I said 'we'll come and see.' But she was like 'no I need you take this baby today' and that's when Jack and I thought something was wrong and when we did take Gabriel she was like 'you need to go to your new home now.'"
Smith became emotional at times during testimony.
"I'm sorry can you just give me one second? My head's kind of spinning I'm sorry. I'm just kind of going back."
She explained she only thought about falsifying adoption papers as a way to bring Gabriel home safely.
"After a week later or whatever it was, and we hear that she might have killed the baby, we didn't want to believe that, and so we would do anything to get that baby back here."
Smith admits she and her husband Jack did put pressure on baby Gabriel's parents to let them adopt him -- but she told the jury it was only to make sure he had a good home.
"I thought I was trying to do right by the baby so he's not going from home to home," said Smith.
Smith will be back on the stand when the trial resumes Monday. Smith has pleaded not guilty to forgery and conspiracy charges.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/18294914/2012/05/10/tammi-smith-i-was-doing-what-was-best-for-baby
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Re: GABRIEL SCOTT JOHNSON 8 months - Tempe, Arizona (USA) - 27/12/09
Twiglet on Wed May 16, 2012 11:45 pm
My Fox Phoenix
16 May 2012
Jury to decide fate of Tammi Smith
Closing arguments were made Tuesday in the case of Tammi Smith, the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
This case is now in the hands of the jury.
It has been five weeks of a very complicated trial, centered around 40-year-old Scottsdale mom Tammi Smith and her desire to adopt a baby.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Angela Andrews painted Tammi Smith as a desperate woman.
"We can show the defendant wanted to have a child of her own. She was doing everything she could to make sure she found a sibling for a child she already had," said Andrews.
The question is, did Tammi Smith break the law in her efforts to adopt 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson?
She is charged with forging a court document lying about who Gabriel's father was, and interfering with parental rights.
Andrews spoke of Tempe Police's search for Gabriel when Elizabeth Johnson said she gave the baby away.
"They didn't need a villain, they needed to know where the baby was and how to find him, but every single road in the investigation led right back to the defendant."
Johnson's attorney has always maintained Tammi Smith was trying to help Elizabeth Johnson and her baby.
Defense attorney Anne Phillips says there was no intention to commit fraud, and that Smith actually has something important in common with baby Gabriel's father.
"The state, the government would have you believe these two people are adversaries even enemies. The truth is they both have something in common. They both love Gabriel very much and they were victims of Elizabeth Johnson," said Phillips.
Smith is not accused in the baby's disappearance. It's the baby's mom, Elizabeth Johnson, who is in jail awaiting trial in the baby's disappearance.
To this day, no one knows what happened to the child.
We of course will let you know when the jury comes back with a verdict.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/18430334/jury-to-decide-fate-of-tammi-smith
16 May 2012
Jury to decide fate of Tammi Smith
Closing arguments were made Tuesday in the case of Tammi Smith, the woman accused of forgery and custodial interference in the case of missing baby Gabriel.
This case is now in the hands of the jury.
It has been five weeks of a very complicated trial, centered around 40-year-old Scottsdale mom Tammi Smith and her desire to adopt a baby.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Angela Andrews painted Tammi Smith as a desperate woman.
"We can show the defendant wanted to have a child of her own. She was doing everything she could to make sure she found a sibling for a child she already had," said Andrews.
The question is, did Tammi Smith break the law in her efforts to adopt 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson?
She is charged with forging a court document lying about who Gabriel's father was, and interfering with parental rights.
Andrews spoke of Tempe Police's search for Gabriel when Elizabeth Johnson said she gave the baby away.
"They didn't need a villain, they needed to know where the baby was and how to find him, but every single road in the investigation led right back to the defendant."
Johnson's attorney has always maintained Tammi Smith was trying to help Elizabeth Johnson and her baby.
Defense attorney Anne Phillips says there was no intention to commit fraud, and that Smith actually has something important in common with baby Gabriel's father.
"The state, the government would have you believe these two people are adversaries even enemies. The truth is they both have something in common. They both love Gabriel very much and they were victims of Elizabeth Johnson," said Phillips.
Smith is not accused in the baby's disappearance. It's the baby's mom, Elizabeth Johnson, who is in jail awaiting trial in the baby's disappearance.
To this day, no one knows what happened to the child.
We of course will let you know when the jury comes back with a verdict.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/18430334/jury-to-decide-fate-of-tammi-smith
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