I’M LISA BELL. >> Matt: I’M MATT AUSTIN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 4:30, GETTING
RESULTS.
>> Julie: I’M JULIE BROUGHTON.
GINGER GADSDEN IS OFF TONIGHT.
CLAY LePARD IS JOINING US LIVE
OUTSIDE THE APOPKA POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WE’RE HEARING TODAY IS A
LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HEARD
YESTERDAY.
>> Reporter: IT REALLY IS.
APOPKA POLICE SAY THERE WAS NO
CRY FOR HELP WHEN THAT FATHER
MOMENTARILY LEFT HIS DAUGHTER TO
GRAB HIS KEYS.
IN FACT, THEY SAY THE FATHER
WASN’T EVEN HOME WHEN THIS ALL
HAPPENED.
THE STORY HAS CHANGED AFTER A
STATEWIDE SEARCH FOR 3-YEAR-OLD
MADELINE MEGILLA ENDED WITH AN
EMOTIONAL REUNION.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING
BACK MY BABY.
>> Reporter: INITIALLY THE
FATHER SEEN HERE TOLD POLICE HIS
DAUGHTER WAS FORCED INSIDE A
TWO-DOOR HONDA SEDAN YESTERDAY
AFTER HE WENT BACK INSIDE THE
HOUSE TO GET HIS KEYS.
BUT TODAY THE FATHER MADE UP THE
ABDUCTION STORY TO GET HIS
DAUGHTER BACK.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE
STILL HAD LEGAL CUSTODY OF HIS
DAUGHTER AND HIS DAUGHTER WAS
TAKEN.
>> Reporter: HE WAS TOLD BY AN
UNKNOWN DISPATCHER THAT IF THE
MOTHER WAS BEHIND THE
KIDNAPPING, NO CRIME WAS
COMMITTED.
HE KNEW THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER
HAD TAKEN THE CHILD BUT HEARING
THE EXPLANATION FROM THE UNKNOWN
DISPATCHER FORCED HIM TO MAKE UP
A STORY TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT’S
ATTENTION.
>> IT’S A TOUGH SITUATION.
YOU’VE GOT TO FEEL FOR DAD.
HE DOESN’T HAVE FULL CUSTODY OF
HIS DAUGHTER.
HE WANTED TO KEEP HIS DAUGHTER
AND DIDN’T WANT HER GOING TO
TEXAS.
SOMETIMES THEY DO STUFF THEY
SHOULDN’T DO.
>> Reporter: THE 19-YEAR-OLD
MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND BOTH
FACE CHARGES RIGHT-HAND ARE
LOCKED UP IN THE LEON COUNTY
JAIL AFTER THEY WERE SPOTTED
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY BY A
FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR
TALLAHASSEE.
>> WE DON’T LIKE THE DECEIT AND
ANYTHING ELSE AS WE PROGRESS
THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATIONS, BUT
SOMETIMES THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH, AND THAT’S WHY WE DO
AN INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: IF YOU REMEMBER
FOLLOWING THE STORY CLOSELY
YESTERDAY, WE HAD HEARD THAT
FOUR PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE CAR
WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
WE HAVE LEARNED THE OTHER TWO
PEOPLE INSIDE THIS CAR WERE
RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY,
BUT WERE THEN PICKED UP BY
IMMIGRATION AGENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH APOPKA
POLICE.
THEY SAY IT’S TOO SOON TO TELL
WHEN THAT MOTHER AND HER
BOYFRIEND WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN
HERE TO FACE THOSE CHARGES.
AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, IT’S TOO
SOON TO TELL IF ANYONE ELSE WILL
FACE CHARGES IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
IN APOPKA, CLAY LePARD, GETTING