THROUGH THE LENS THAT HE WAS
HOLDING THIS YOUNG LADY ALL OF
THIS TIME.
CUT YOU OFF RIGHT THERE.
JANE YOUNG HAS TAKEN THE PODIUM.
WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED OVER THE LAST NINE
MONTHS.
YOU SAW THE ARRAIGNMENT.
NATHANIEL KIBBY BEING HELD ON
MILLION DOLLARS CASH.
HERE IS REACTION FROM THE
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JANE
YOUNG.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
FBI AGENT AND MYSELF WILL BE
MAKING BRIEF COMMENTS.
THE DETAILS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE AT THIS TIME ARE
LIMITED.
OUR GOAL NOW IS TO ENSURE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THIS CASE TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
TO COMPROMISE THAT BY GIVING
DETAILS THAT WE ARE NOT
PERMITTED.
AGAIN, IT WILL BE ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSEPH FOSTER, FBI AGENT
KAREN RAMSEY AND MYSELF JANE
YOUNG.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
NINE MONTHS AGO, I LEARNED OF
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ABBY
HERNANDEZ.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AT ALL LEVELS CAME
TOGETHER TO JOIN FORCES AND
BEGIN A FULL VERSION --
INVESTIGATION TO FIND ABIGAIL.
THE MIC FBI -- FBI AND MEMBERS
OF MY OFFICE FROM THE CA --
COUNTY HAVE NEVER STOPPED.
THENCETY OF THAT INVESTIGATION
AND THE ACTIONS SPARKED THE
COMMUNITY AND THE REGION INTO
THE SEARCH EFFECTS WHICH IS
HELPFUL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SOME CRITICIZED THENCETY OF THE
LAW
THE -- THE INTENSITY AND
EVERYONE INVOLVED.
TEN DAYS AGO, ABIGAIL RETURNED
HOME.
I'M CONVINCED IT WAS THE
INTENSITY OF THE INVESTIGATION,
THE CONTINUED VIGILANCE OF THIS
COMMUNITY AND ABIGAIL'S OWN
ACTIONS TO LEAD TO HER SAFE
RETURN FOR WHICH WE ARE
GRATEFUL.
I WANT TO THANK A NUMBER OF
FOLKS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT
THEY HAVE PUT IN AND THE HARD
WORK WILL COME AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
SERGEANT JOE EBERT AND THE CRIME
UNIT.
SCOTT O'DONNELL AND KAREN RAMSEY
AND THEIR TEAM AT FBI.
THE ENTIRE CONWAY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
ROBIN GORDON.
JANE YOUNG FROM MY OFFICE AND
THE VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATES
FROM OUR OFFICE AND THE CARROLL
COUNTY OFFICE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
RAMSEY TO PROVIDE A FEW MORE
DETAILS.
THIS IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
WE TAKE OUR ETHICS SERIOUSLY AND
CANNOT TRY OUR CASE IN THE
MEDIA.
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SUBSTANTIVE
INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT
THIS TIME.
WE WILL ANSWER PROCEDURAL
TIMELINE QUESTIONS.
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS CAN'T BE ANSWERED AT
THIS TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JANE?
I RAMSEY WITH THE FBI.
THE ARREST MADE YESTERDAY
MORNING ARE THE RESULT OF THREE
FACTORS.
THE FIRST THING THE COMMUNITY OF
CONWAY FOR GIVING ITS ALL AND
NEVER GIVING UP ON HANDING OUT
FLYERS, SEARCHING THE WOODS,
CREATING SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND
KEEPING IT ALIVE IN THE MEDIA.
THEY DID NOT LET ANYONE FORGET
ABOUT ABBY.
THE SECOND FACTOR IS THE TEAM
YOU SEE BEHIND ME.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE, COUNTLESS
OTHER AGENCIES, STATE, LOCAL AND
FEDERAL, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
WE INVESTIGATED EVERY TIP AND
LEAD, WHATEVER IT TOOK US.
WE IN SIMPLE TERMS DID NOT LET
ANY LEAD GO UNPURSUED.
WE USE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED
INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS IN THIS CASE
TO SOME OF THE MOST COMMON
INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S ABBY
HERSELF THAT HELPED HER SAFE
RETURN.
HER COURAGE AND RESOLVE TO
RETURN HOME THE WAY SHE DID
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CASE.
WE HAVE SEEN OUR WORST FEARS
PROVEN TRUE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
OUR BEST HOPES REALIZED.
THAT'S WHY ABBY IS HERE WITH US
TODAY.
JANE?
I CAN PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF
TIMELINE ON WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED
SINCE ABBY WAS MISSING AND WHAT
HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST EIGHT
DAYS.
SPEAK UP A BIT.
OKAY.
ON OCTOBER 9th, AS YOU ARE
ALL AWARE, ABBY AS WE HAVE SAID
OVER AND OVER AGAIN VANISHED ON
HER WAY HOME.
LAST SUNDAY JULY 20th,
RETURNED TO HER MOTHER WHO NEVER
GAVE UP HOPE.
I CAN SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE IN
THE LAST NINE MONTHS IF THERE
WAS ONE DAY THAT DIDN'T GO BY
THAT WE WERE NOT DISCUSSING THIS
CASE OR WORKING ON THIS CASE.
SINCE SHE CAME HOME, I DON'T
THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN ONE
HOUR THAT HAS GONE BY THAT THIS
TEAM HASN'T BEEN WORKING TO FIND
OUT WHERE SHE HAS BEEN, BRING
THE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUAL TO
JUSTICE.
AS WE INDICATED, THIS ARREST IS
THE FIRST STEP IN THIS CASE.
AS THE COMPLAINT INDICATES, ABBY
WAS KIDNAPPED HERE IN CONWAY.
AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, SEARCHES
ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW AT
MR. KIBBY'S RESIDENCE.
IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
THAT OTHER CRIMES WILL BE
COMMITTED, THOSE CHARGES WILL BE
BROUGHT.
THAT RESIDENCE IS IN ANOTHER
COUNTY.
WE LEARNED ON SUNDAY NIGHT THAT
THERE WAS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION
AT THAT TIME TO SEEK AND OBTAIN
AN ARREST WARRANT AND SEARCH
WARRANT.
THE SWAT TEAM WAS UTILIZED AT
4:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THE
SWAT TEAM ARRIVED AND THEY
PLANNED THROUGH THE NIGHT THE
BEST AND SAFEST WAY TO APPREHEND
MR. KIBBY.
THAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY AT
NOONTIME.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING
OF THE SWAT TEAM, THE INPUT FROM
THE MAJOR CRIME UNITS AND THE
INVESTIGATORS, THE DEFENDANT WAS
ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THERE WAS NO HARM TO HIM.
AND THERE WAS NO HARM TO ANYBODY
WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THIS POINT, THE SEARCH
CONTINUES.
THE RESIDENCE IS BEING SEARCHED.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW LONG THAT
WILL GO ON.
DEPENDING ON THAT SUFFER --
SEARCH REVEALS, THERE MAY BE
OTHER SEARCHES.
THE ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE GIVEN
THIS CASE IN THE THE LAST MONTH
WILL CONTINUE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT
JUSTICE IS DONE NOT ONLY FOR
ABBY, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH SHE
WAS A MISSING GIRL, SHE WAS 14
AT THE TIME.
AS AGENT RAMSEY SAID, SOMETIMES
OUR WORST FEARS ARE REALIZED.
THIS CHILD IS HOME, SHE'S
RELATIVELY SAFE.
AND JUST KNOW THAT IF ANOTHER
CHILD GOES MISSING IN THE STATE,
WE WILL HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES
PUT TO FINDING THE CHILD AND
MAKING SURE THEY ARE UNITED WITH
THEIR FAMILY.
WE CAN TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS.
AS I INDICATED BECAUSE THIS IS
AN ONGOING CRIMINAL CASE,
THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN SAY.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT SENSE OF
FRUSTRATION THAT WE ARE NOT
TELLING YOU ANYTHING.
ABBY IS HOME, WE HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE SECURED AN ARREST AND
OUR FOCUS IS NOW GOING TO BE ON
THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF
MR. KIBBY FOR WHATEVER CRIMES HE
HAS COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF
THE PAST NINE MONTHS.
IT'S A KIDNAPPING CASE?
THAT'S WHAT HE'S CHARGED WITH
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]
HE'S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING.
THAT'S PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
THE DURATION OF WHAT TRANSPIRED
DURING THAT INVESTIGATION.
ARE THERE ANYMORE SUSPECTS?
AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS ONLY
ONE ARREST WARRANT THAT WAS
ISSUED.
WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION THAT
THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE.
I WANT TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERN
ABOUT THAT.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
INFORMATION REVEALS THAT SOMEONE
ELSE IS IN THIS, WE WILL LOOK AT
THAT.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]
THAT'S STILL PART OF THE
ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
SO I DON'T LOOK LIKE A
PING-PONG BALL, I WILL WORK IT
AROUND THAT WAY.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]
WE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS
HOME SAFE LIVE.
SAFELY.
I CANNOT GET INTO THE DETAILS.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW A CHILD
LIKE THAT CAN GET THROUGH THE
NINE MONTHS, BUT SHE HAS DONE
THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES TO US THAT SHE
HAS A LEVEL OF STRENGTH THAT I'M
NOT SURE ANY OF US HAS.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]
I CANNOT.
ANY INDICATION THAT SHE KNEW
HIM PRIOR TO THE KIDNAPPING?
I CAN'T TELL YOU, WHEN WE
HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE WOULD
CONSIDER THAT.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION].
WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU IS THAT
WE HAD INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO
GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO LOOK AT
THAT HOME.
[INAUDIBLE QUESTION]
ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU, IT'S
BEEN MORE THAN 24 HOURS.
CERTAINLY QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO ASK.
QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
FIND THE ANSWERS TO.
WE ARE GOING TO DO A
COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION
ABOUT MR. KIBBY AND HIS 1/5S.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS BY
THE TIME THAT WE COME TO TRIAL.
I MADE THE ONE PASS AROUND.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT MATTER WILL BE, THERE
WILL BE A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING
THAT COULD BE SCHEDULED.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS PROVIDED TO
THE COURT AT THAT TIME.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE
TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU ARE ALL
HERE.
HER PICTURE IS UP ALL OVER.
THE CRIME IS NOT A HOMICIDE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR NEVER GIVING
UP.
HAVE A GOOD DAY, THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN LIVING TO
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JANE
YOUNG ADDRESS THE MEDIA THERE.
AND JOE FOSTER.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THERE WAS A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO
THIS THAT THE EFFORTS OF ALL OF
THE INVESTIGATORS INVOLVED, THE
COMMUNITY LEAD TO THIS YOUNG
GIRL COMING HOME.
TALKED ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF
THIS YOUNG GIRL AND HOW SHE WAS
ABLE TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY
AFTER BEING GONE FOR THOSE NINE
MONTHS.
ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED WHEN 14
YEARS OLD.
NOW 15 YEARS OLD.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS CASE EVERY DAY.
TAKING IT PERSONALLY.
THE ARREST WAS THE EFFICIENCY
STEP IN THIS -- FIRST STEP IN
THIS CASE.
THE SWAT TEAM WAS IN PLACE AT
THAT MOBILE HOME PARK IN GORHAM
AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING PLANNING
TO MAKE THIS ARREST.
WE KNOW MR. KIBBY THAT HE DID
HAVE A GUN AT ONE POINT.
MAYBE THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT
HE HAD OTHER GUNS.
THE SWAT TEAM MADE THE MOVE,
SAFELY ARRESTED HIM.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO,
POLICE AND FBI REMAIN ON THE
SCENE AT HIS HOME.
THEY ARE SEARCHING THROUGH THAT
MOBILE HOME AND THAT THING RIGHT
THERE, THAT CONTAIN EARTHA WAS
IN THE BACK -- CONTAINER THAT
WAS IN THE BACKYARD.
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THAT WITH
A FINE TOOTHED COMB.
WE WILL HAVE TEAM COVERAGE