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Jun 12, 2009 5:44 pm US/Central
Family Of Amber Alert Baby Says They're Frustrated
Compiled From Staff Reports
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
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Dallas police issued an Amber Alert for Daisja Weaver on June 10, 2009.
Dallas Police Dept.
Amber Alert continues for a missing 9-month-old baby in Dallas.
The infant's mother, Tamaira Creagh, told authorities she was attacked at the Oak Run Apartments, located in the 5800 block of Preston Oaks Road. The incident happened just before midnight on Tuesday.
The child, Daisja Weaver, has been described as an African American girl. She turned 9-months-old Tuesday, weighs 22 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes and was wearing a red or purple outfit at the time of the possible kidnapping.
According to authorities on the scene, Creagh told police that her apartment door may have been wide open because she was in the process of moving out. That is when Creagh said a Hispanic man wearing a red and black hoodie attempted to assault her, took her daughter and jumped from the balcony to make a quick escape.
The mother was taken to the hospital and released. Detectives questioned her and the father in an attempt to get more information on the case.
"There are guidelines to issue an Amber Alert," explained Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse, with the Dallas Police Department. "There needs to be a definitive description of the suspect [and the mother] wasn't sure of exact race, she didn't see a face. To issue the alert we had to have a definitive description."
After clearing up conflicting reports from the parents the Amber Alert was issued Wednesday. The couple was allowed to leave after police questioning.
Wednesday afternoon, a trained team of dogs and searchers spent hours searching the apartment complex for clues, but found nothing. Police admit they are growing frustrated.
"We've gone quite a time since the child was taken and we're still at square one. Our main focus is finding that child. So the longer it goes on the more frustrating it is for us," said Dallas Police Cprl. Kevin Janse.
It is even more frustrating for Creagh, who is pregnant. "Bring us our child. Please. Daisja, I need you mama. I need you so bad," she pleaded. "Whoever has my little girl, bring her back. She needs her mom. She needs her dad. She needs us."
"We're not getting help from the detectives that were assigned to us. We have to do the investigation ourselves. That hurts," she continued.
"We're just as frustrated as they are," said Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse. "We have no evidence that says, 'Go look over here.'"
Friday, the couple claimed some still deem their story suspicious. "It just makes me so angry and honestly, if that's what they're going to keep doing, it just pushes me more to do it myself find my little girl myself," said Creagh.
Police believe the baby is alive. They say they have no reason to believe otherwise.
Police are asking for the public's help in their search for the child. "We're hoping that somebody saw something and call in," said Sgt. Reginald Matthew with the Dallas Police Department.
As an incentive, Schepps Dairy is now offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the safe return of 9-month-old Daisja Weaver and/or information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the responsible person or persons.
"If money talks, then here's $10,000. Let's get some more leads coming into us so we'll know where to start looking for her," said Janse.
The father of the baby, Landus Weaver, was across town at a new apartment, where the couple was moving into when the alleged attack happened. He has been described as being extremely distraught, and has been cleared as a suspect.
"I'm going to continue to find my daughter. I'm going to do whatever it takes to find my daughter," said Weaver.
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