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| Who remembers this case? The mother was the last one with the baby, told her ex she killed him, told the police she gave him to a couple she met at the park. There was another couple she met at a fast food restaurant who was involved in the case too. They wanted to adopt the baby. The baby has never been found. Looks like she may have got away with murder. Baby Gabriel case: Mom released from prison by Catherine Holland and The Associated Press
Video reports by Ryan O'Donnell and Jared Dillingham
Posted on July 10, 2014 at 12:35 PM
Updated today at 6:35 AM PHOENIX -- The mother of a little boy who has been missing since December 2009 was released from Perryville Prison at 12:04 a.m. Friday.Convicted of custodial interference and unlawful imprisonment, Elizabeth Johnson was sentenced in December 2012 to 5 1/4 years in prison with credit for the nearly three years she spent in jail.Johnson also was charged with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of her son, Gabriel, but a jury could not reach a verdict on that count.The last time anybody saw Gabriel was the day after Christmas in 2009 and he was 8 months old.Johnson said she gave him to a Texas couple so that he could have "a life that was better than I had growing up.""What I have done is unbelievable," she told the judge at her sentencing hearing. "There's not really anything I can say for myself."Johnson's attorney, Marc Victor, believes his client has matured and grown in prison.
"Justice was served here. She was convicted of the crimes she actually committed, and the judge gave her a tough sentence," Victor told 3TV.
"If you ask Elizabeth where Gabriel is, she has no idea. Last time she saw him, she handed him to a couple she believed would do a good job raising him," he added.Victor says he and his client have discussed the possibility of her going to Texas to find the couple she says she gave Gabriel to, but he does not believe such a search would be fruitful."For starters, there's no reason to think he's in San Antonio. Elizabeth doesn't know where he is. He could be anywhere, even out of the country. She cares most that he's with a family who loves him and is taking good care of him," he said.Authorities said Johnson took the child from their Tempe home and initially told his father, Logan McQueary, that she killed Gabriel and dumped him in a trash bin, but she later recanted and told police she gave the infant to a couple at a San Antonio, Texas, park. She never provided the couple's names and despite extensive searches of landfills in San Antonio, Gabriel has never been found. The little boy would have turned 5 in April.Prosecutors say Johnson ran off to Texas with the child as a way to retaliate against his father for ending their tumultuous relationship. The father isn't suspected in the child's disappearance.Police arrested Johnson in Florida on Dec. 30, 2009, just four days after he was last seen in San Antonio.Johnson had been fighting with the boy's father about whether to give up Gabriel for adoption. She signed over temporary guardianship of the boy to a Scottsdale couple for about 10 days before she picked him up and left Arizona.The would-be adoptive mother from Scottsdale, Tammi Peters Smith, was accused of lying on a court document about the child's possible paternity in an effort to keep Gabriel from his father. Smith was convicted of forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference.According to records from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Johnson had two disciplinary infractions during her time in prison -- one having to do with contraband and the other described as "misuse of mail." Both were considered minor.Johnson, who turns 28 this month, will be on probation for four years.Attorney Marc Victor would not say where she will live, or who she will live with. Johnson's grandfather, who supported her through much of her court process, died earlier this summer.
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release.
What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.  |
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| IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 1:37 PM TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release. What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.
I take it to mean sterilization will prevent her from harming another child. I admire your faith but I don't think children suffering is part of God's plan. We all have free will to chose our path. If everything were part of his plan than if she were sterilized that would be part of his plan, if she has more children than that would be part of his plan too. Free will allows us choices, choices of living a Godly life and choices to not live a Godly life. God is always there to help us with our choices. My sincere apologies for getting on my soap box but I don't think our God wants or needs us to suffer, that is not to say we cannot learn and grow from hardships. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | rodeomom3 - 2014-07-11 1:50 PM IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 1:37 PM TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release. What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.
I simply meant maybe Him taking Gabriel saved the child from a more tragic life? No, I don't agree with the way he was taken and no sane person would. I'm sure It hurt God himself to see His child caused harm, but honestly God can make something good out of tragedy, I believe. And this case is no different. There is always a plan for good. Even when the beginning of the plan was so evil and cruel...
ETA: No I don't believe the beginning was his plan... But he has a plan to make "Beauty out of ashes" just to clarify... I'm horrible with words...
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| IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 2:02 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-07-11 1:50 PM IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 1:37 PM TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child.  She definitely got away with murder.  They should at least sterilize her before release. What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.
I simply meant maybe Him taking Gabriel saved the child from a more tragic life? No, I don't agree with the way he was taken and no sane person would. I'm sure It hurt God himself to see His child caused harm, but honestly God can make something good out of tragedy, I believe. And this case is no different. There is always a plan for good. Even when the beginning of the plan was so evil and cruel...
I agree good can come out of bad with God's help but it is not His plan for the suffering to happen, that is mans choice. Â This woman is crazy, evil or both. Â She did all this because she did not want the father to have custody.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | rodeomom3 - 2014-07-11 2:07 PM IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 2:02 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-07-11 1:50 PM IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 1:37 PM TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release. What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.
I simply meant maybe Him taking Gabriel saved the child from a more tragic life? No, I don't agree with the way he was taken and no sane person would. I'm sure It hurt God himself to see His child caused harm, but honestly God can make something good out of tragedy, I believe. And this case is no different. There is always a plan for good. Even when the beginning of the plan was so evil and cruel... I agree good can come out of bad with God's help but it is not His plan for the suffering to happen, that is mans choice. This woman is crazy, evil or both. She did all this because she did not want the father to have custody.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I thought she murdered him from the beginning as well. Nonchalant. No remorse. No feelings.
I second the sterilization. She should be spayed like the animal she is. |
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Location: Kansas | Did any of you ladies see the recent story about the 17-year old mother's boyfriend killed her 16-18 month old little girl. Then they buried her poor little body :(
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That just knocked the air out of me. And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed. |
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Location: Kansas | ~BINGO~ - 2014-07-11 4:02 PM That just knocked the air out of me. And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed.
It's really sad that her mother just kind of basically allowed it to happen. And used the "i'm scared of him" card as an excuse as to why she sat back and allowed it to happen.
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Location: Florida.. | IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 3:02 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-07-11 1:50 PM IRunOnFaith - 2014-07-11 1:37 PM TrailGirl - 2014-07-11 1:23 PM Yeah I felt back then that she killed the child. She definitely got away with murder. They should at least sterilize her before release. What does that mean? Just curious.
I watched the first video and turned it off after I saw the smirk on her face in the court room... Regardless of if she is or isn't guilty of killing him... God's got this and it's all in His plan and His hands... He just wanted Gabriel back a little sooner is all I guess.
I simply meant maybe Him taking Gabriel saved the child from a more tragic life? No, I don't agree with the way he was taken and no sane person would. I'm sure It hurt God himself to see His child caused harm, but honestly God can make something good out of tragedy, I believe. And this case is no different. There is always a plan for good. Even when the beginning of the plan was so evil and cruel...
ETA: No I don't believe the beginning was his plan... But he has a plan to make "Beauty out of ashes" just to clarify... I'm horrible with words...
you may be right.. no telling what the woman would do to him.. very very tragic and shes free .. I dont understand justice anymore.. that poor baby.. |
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Location: PNW | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-07-11 4:15 PM
~BINGO~ - 2014-07-11 4:02 PM That just knocked the air out of me. Â And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed.
This world seems to get worse everyday, I'm scared to turn on the news anymore. Â
As a parent.... The mother should be in jail too.
I would DIE defending my children, in a heartbeat, no second thoughts. Who could sit and let that happen? Fight back. What a coward. God bless that little girl and baby Gabriel. |
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| svincent - 2014-07-11 10:29 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-07-11 4:15 PM ~BINGO~ - 2014-07-11 4:02 PM That just knocked the air out of me. And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed.
This world seems to get worse everyday, I'm scared to turn on the news anymore. As a parent.... The mother should be in jail too. I would DIE defending my children, in a heartbeat, no second thoughts. Who could sit and let that happen? Fight back. What a coward. God bless that little girl and baby Gabriel.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | svincent - 2014-07-11 8:29 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-07-11 4:15 PM ~BINGO~ - 2014-07-11 4:02 PM That just knocked the air out of me. And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed.
This world seems to get worse everyday, I'm scared to turn on the news anymore. As a parent.... The mother should be in jail too. I would DIE defending my children, in a heartbeat, no second thoughts. Who could sit and let that happen? Fight back. What a coward. God bless that little girl and baby Gabriel.
I Agree. There's no way I would stand by and watch someone hurt my child. It boggles my mind. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. |
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Location: PNW | rodeomom3 - 2014-07-12 7:52 AM
svincent - 2014-07-11 10:29 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-07-11 4:15 PM ~BINGO~ - 2014-07-11 4:02 PM That just knocked the air out of me. Â And what will they do with the pig that gruesomely murdered an innocent baby? Give him 3 square meals a day and a bed.
This world seems to get worse everyday, I'm scared to turn on the news anymore.  As a parent.... The mother should be in jail too. I would DIE defending my children, in a heartbeat, no second thoughts. Who could sit and let that happen? Fight back. What a coward. God bless that little girl and baby Gabriel.
Oh I know :(
People that either abuse children or stand by while it happens need to be routinely sterilized before release. |
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