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ATTORNEY NOW, THEY STILL DON'T
HAVE AN ATTORNEY, WHICH IS VERY
INTERESTING AT THIS POINT THAT
THEY STILL HAVE NOT RETAIN AN
ATTORNEY.
>> IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE,
COPS SAY THAT THAT THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENTS IS
NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE, LISTEN
TO THIS AND WE'LL ANALYZE THIS
AS WELL.
IT'S COMING.
>> SOMEWHAT MORE STRAINED NOW.
WE ARE DOING INTERVIEWS, WE'RE
ASKING VERY POINTED QUESTIONS.
I'M SURE THAT EVEN THEY HAD
TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU THEIR
FRUSTRATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT,
I RECOGNIZE THAT, PROBABLY THE
RELATIONSHIP AS TIME GOES ON
BECOMES MORE STRAINED, THAT'S
QUITE NORMAL AND NATURAL.
>> VERY VICKIE ZIEGLER, FAMILY
LAW ATTORNEY.
THIS IS SHEER SPECULATION, WE
WANT TO LABEL IT THAT BECAUSE
POLICE ARE NOT SAYING WHAT THEY
FOUND OUT THAT WAS SO DISTURBING
THAT WOULD --
>> WHEN CPS COMES IN, THEY THINK
THAT THE CHILDREN MAY BE HARMED
IN SOME WAY, THE WELFARE OF THE
CHILDREN, THE SAFETY OF THE
CHILDREN NEED TO BE REMOVED.
THE CHILDREN ARE BEING SEPARATED
FROM THE FATHER, THEY WERE THERE
AT THE SCENE, THEY MAY HAVE
INFORMATION THAT AFFECTED OR
WOULD PERHAPS THE FATHER WOULD
IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION IN THE
SENSE OF THEM BEING INTERVIEWED
AND NOT BEING COERCED BY THEIR
FATHER.
THEY WANT TO HAVE INDEPENDENT
INTERVIEWS OF THESE CHILDREN
AWAY FROM THE FATHER.
HE COULD HAVE FOUGHT IT AND SAID
NO WAY, I'M NOT LEAVING THE
HOUSE, I WANT TO BE WITH MY
CHILDREN.
HE DIDN'T.
BUT CPS WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE INTERVIEWED WITHOUT THE
PARENTS AND IF THEY HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSING
CHILD, THAT POOR ISABEL, THAT'S
WHO'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> WE HAD INTERVIEWS OF THE
DETECTIVES BRINGING IN THE
FATHER SEPARATELY, THE FATHER
SEPARATELY, AND ONE OF THE BOYS
SEPARATELY.
THIS WEEKEND WE SAW ISABEL'S
MOTHER BECKY OUT ALONE.
THIS IS TH WONDERING IF
THAT'S -- IS THERE MORE TO IT?
OR IS THAT IT?
>> THAT'S IT?
OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW, BUT, WOW, YOU CAN
HEAR THE ANGUISH IN THE MOTHER'S
VOICE AND SHE'S PRETTY
HYSTERICAL, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.
VICKIE ZIEGLER, FAMILY LAW
ATTORNEY.
>> SHE SOUNDED LIKE SHE KNEW
SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG.
AND APPARENTLY THE HUSBAND WAS
THE LAST PERSON TO ACTUALLY SEE
THIS CHILD.
THEY PUT THE CHILD TO BED.
SHE LEFT FOR WORK AND SHE RUSHED
HOME.
SHE SEEMED SHOCKED, FLABBER --
FLABBERGASTED.
SHE'S CALLED HOME.
MY CHILD'S MISSING?
SHE COMES HOME AND SHE'S DOING
EVERYTHING SHE CAN.
WE ALSO OBTAINED EXCLUSIVE
POLICE SCANNER AUDIO FROM THE
MORNING THAT ISABEL VANISHED.
THIS IS THE 911 OPERATOR
DESCRIBING WHAT'S GOING DOWN AT
THE CELIS HOUSEHOLD.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> WHEN THE FATHER WENT TO GET
HER UP, SHE WAS NOT IN THE BED,
THEY SEARCHED THE RESIDENCE AND
FOUND HER BEDROOM OPEN AND THE
SCREEN ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE.
>> THE POLICE ARE CONFIRMING
THAT IT WAS ISABEL'S FATHER WHO
RACED OUT TO FIND HER, AND THAT
IT WAS THE 14-YEAR-OLD SON WHO
FIRST CALLED 911 WHEN THEY SAID,
OH, IT WAS HER SISTER, I THINK
THEY WERE HEARING A LITTLE BOY'S
VOICE AND PROBABLY THINKING THAT
IT WAS A GIRL.
HIS VOICE HASN'T CHANGED YET.
NOW WE JUST HEARD THE MOM COME
BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE
WORKS AS A NURSE AND SHE'S
PRETTY HYSTERICAL.
AGAIN, COPS SAY, THEY'RE NOT
SURE IF ISABEL'S WINDOWTAILS, I
LITTLE PONY TAILS ON HER HEAD
LAST NIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT TO
BED.
>> WE HAVE QUEUED UP ANOTHER
PART OF THE 911 TAPE.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD SON, THE OLDER
BROTHER, INITIALLY GETS ON THE
PHONE BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PLAY THAT TO YOU BECAUSE HE'S A
MINOR AND WE ARE RESPECTFUL OF
THAT.
THE MOTHER PICKS THE PHONE UP
FROM HIM AND LET'S LISTEN TO
SOME MORE OF HER.
>> WHO NOTICED HER GONE, YOUR
HUSBAND?
>> MY HUSBAND, I WENT TO WORK
THIS MORNING AT 7:00.
>> DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING AT ALL?
>> NO, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT
ALL.
>> VICKIE ZIEGLER--
>> YOU HEAR THE HYSTERIA IN HER
VOICE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, MY GOD, SHE
CAME INTO THE HOME, THE
HUSBAND'S SAYING WHERE'S ISABEL,
THE SON IS ON THE PHONE WITH
911.
THEY ASKED HER, DID SHE HEAR
ANYTHING, SHE SAID NOTHING
BEFORE SHE LEFT BETWEEN 7:00 AND
7:30 BEFORE SHE WENT TO WORK.
>> THIS IS WHAT'S INTERESTING,
CRIMINAL PROFILER PAT BROWN, THE
COPS HAVE SAID THE TWO OLDER
BOYS WHO WERE THERE, THE 10 AND
THE 14-YEAR-OLD CAN STAY WITH
THE MOM.
SO THEY TRUST THE MOTHER TO STAY
AND CARE FOR THE TWO BOYS.
IT'S THE FATHER THAT THEY HAVE
BANNED FROM SEEING THESE
CHILDREN AND EVEN PHONING THESE
CHILDREN.
AND YOU DOVE TAIL THAT WITH THE
MOM SAYS, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, THAT
ADDED WORD CONFIDENT MEANS TO ME
THAT SHE IS NOT CONFIDENT THAT
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THIS.
I WONDER IF SHE DOESN'T WONDER
SOMETHING ABOUT HER HUSBAND AS
WELL.
>> WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT.
>> WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE.
THE FATHER WILLINGLY LEAVES THE
HOUSE, WE DON'T KNOW, NOBODY'S
SEEN THE CHILD, HEARD FROM THE
CHILD, THEY HAVE 1,000 TIPS CALL
IN.
THE POLICE ARE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN, THEY HAVE HAD ARMKYRON
WENT MISSING, AND HIS
STEPMOTHER -- THEY SEEMED
UNITED.
BUT THEN KYRON'S MOM ULTIMATELY
TURNED ON KYRON'S DAD OVER HER
FEELINGS WHOSE WIFE WHO QUICKLY
BECAME ESTRANGED, BUT VICKIE
ZIEGLER, YOU'RE A FAMILY LAWYER
ATTORNEY, BUT NOTHING PITS TWO
PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER, THAN
MY GOSH, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
THIS CHILD DISAPPEARED ON HIS
WATCH.
>> AND NOTHING CAN TURN A
MARRIAGE SOUR THAN THAT.
EVEN IF IT WAS A GOOD MARRIAGE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO EVER BELIEVE
THAT YOUR SPOUSE, THE PERSON YOU
LIVE WITH, LOVE AND SLEEP IN THE
SAME BED WITH, COULD DO ANYTHING
TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN, YOUR OWN
FLESH AND BLOOD.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE
SITUATIONS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ISABEL?
WE DON'T KNOW.
DID THE FATHER TAKE THE CHILD?
DID SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THE CHILD
AND STEAL IT?
WE HAVE NO IDEA.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE TO DO IS TAKE A DEEP BREATH
WONDERING, AGAIN, THIS IS SHEER
SPECULATION, IF I WAS ASKED IF I
HEARD ANYTHING, DID I HEAR
ANYTHING, DID I HEAR ANYTHING?
HOW CAN YOU RESPOND SO QUICKLY.
WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO PAUSE AND REFLECT.
>> THOSE KINDS OF MOMENTS WHERE
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD
IS, YOU PANIC, YOU DON'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY FREAKING OUT.
I THINK THE CREDIBILITY THAT
SERGIO IS BEING QUESTIONED ON.
>> TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY
THESE TAPES IN THEIR ENTIRETY,
FOR THE MOST PART.
BUT WE'RE PROCESSING THEM, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THEM