HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
TRAGIC END TO A CHAOTIC SEARCH
FOR THIS 4-MONTH-OLD BABY.
FIRST TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS STORY, THE FATHER ACTUALLY
LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE CHILD'S
BODY.
WLWT NEWS 5'S DAN GRIFFIN
STORY.
DAN?
CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER
HERE NOW.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO
THE HONORS HERE.
AFTERNOON.
AGAIN, I'M THE ASSISTANT SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE AT THE ATTORNEY
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
STATEMENTS.
HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
SHORTLY, AFTER OUR LAST UPDATE
AT 2:00 P.M., WE RECEIVED
US TO WHAT
WE BELIEVE THE REMAINS OF
4-MONTH-OLD KAITLYN CRAWFORD.
CRAWFORD'S REMAINS WERE FOUND
GLENDALE ROAD.
HER CAR SEAT WAS ALSO RECOVERED.
HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED AND ONE PERSON IS IN
CUSTODY.
CHARLES
CRAWFORD, KAITLYN'S
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN
OF THE COUNTY JAIL.
WHILE WE CANNOT RELEASE MANY
SPECIFICS REGARDING THIS
ONGOING
INVESTIGATION, WE CAN SAY THAT
FILED
INDICATING THAT KAITLYN
HAD BEEN ABDUCTED FROM THE
DOLLAR GENERAL WAS
AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING.
AND THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY
CONDOLENCES TO KAITLYN'S FAMILY
AND MY APPRECIATION TO THE
PUBLIC AND TO MEMBERS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHO SPENT HOURS
ASSISTING WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION WITH THE HOPES OF
KAITLYN HOME SAFE.
CHIEF?
>> CHIEF
>> THANK YOU.
THIS CLEARLY IS NOT THE OUTCOME
FOR TODAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR
FAMILY.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
AS MY
OFFICE ALONG WITH D.C.I.
WILL WORK TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR
VICTIM.
OHIO BUREAU
OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
SPECIFICALLY THEIR CRIMES
AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT TO RESPOND
QUICKLY TO
INVESTIGATION.
THANK YOU TO THE NUMEROUS OTHER
LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
THAT ASSISTED US IN THIS SEARCH.
ALSO, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO
THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO
TOOK TIME TO CALL IN TIPS AND
HELPED KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
KAITLYN.
AGAIN, THIS INVESTIGATION IS
YOUR PATIENCE.
THANK YO
DAN: THE
GIVING US LATEST.
THIS IS NOT THE END TO THE
SITUATION THAT ANYBODY HERE
IT HAS BEEN
SEARCHING HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING ABOUT
THREE LOCATIONS OR SO.
WE'RE
TALKING AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX CLOSE TO THE RIVER AND
WHAT NOT.
EARLIER, INVESTIGATORS KIND OF
HINTED
THAT SOMETHING MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN OK IN THIS BY TELLING
INVESTIGATION AND
AGO, WE WERE STANDING HERE WHEN
THE CORONER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND
TOLD US AT THAT
FOUND A BODY.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS HE WAS
SAYING, THE CHIEF AND THE
INVESTIGATOR HERE FROM
THAT STARTED LAST NIGHT WITH A
PHONE CALL.
NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAYING THAT
PHONE CALL THAT SHE WAS
YOU KNOW, WAS FABRICATED.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT 911 CALL.
SO
YOU GUYS CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT
THAT CALL SOUNDED
LIKE.
>> SHE WAS IN THE CAR.
I STEPPED OUT TO GRAB HER SOME
WATER BECAUSE SHE WAS ASLEEP.
I
COME BACK OUT AND IT WAS TWO
OR THREE MINUTES.
I GET IN MY CAR, I
DIAPER BAG WAS THERE.
SHE WAS GONE.
DAN: DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO THAT
911 CALL AND THEN FIGURING OUT
WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE TODAY,
TELLING US THAT HER BODY WAS
HERE ON THE RIVER BANKS
HERE ON THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER.
THE CHILD'S SEAT THAT THE FATHER
THERE CHARLES CRAWFORD REPORTED
AS ALSO BEING MISSING FOUND HERE
AT THIS POINT.
EXACTLY CLEAR WHAT WENT
ON BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE CAR
SEAT AND THE BABY WENT MISSING,
OF
THIS AND HOW THIS ALL PLAYED
OUT.
RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS AREN'T
TAKING ANY QUESTIONS FROM US.
THEY
REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING
QUESTIONS ALL DAY LONG BUT WE DO
KNOW THAT SO MANY INVESTIGATING
UNITS
WERE HERE TODAY TAKING
PART IN THIS INVESTIGATION FROM
OTHERS.
WE'LL KEEP
WORKING ON THIS STORY
FOR YOU AND HAVE A VERY BRIEF
AND QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU AS SOON
CAN.
WE'LL, OF COURSE, CHECK IN WITH
YOU AT 5:30.
FOR NOW, MIKE, SEND
YOU.
MIKE: DAN GRIFFIN LIVE FOR US.
CONFERENCE.
THAT
MISSING 4-MONTH-OLD BABY IN
LOVELAND HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN
THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER.
FACING A
CHARGE OF MURDER.
AS THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN
DEVELOPING, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRIVING, OF COURSE, AT THE
LOVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THAT'S WHERE WE FIND WLWT NEWS
TAMMY MUTASA.
TAMMY?
A
HEARTBREAKING SITUATION.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THAT PRECIOUS
SHOWED UP
HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
INCONSOLABLE.
VIDEO.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WOMAN
COMING TO THE POLICE STATION AND
SHE IS BARELY
ABLE TO WALK.
LOVED
ONES HELPING HER WALK INTO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LITTLE LATER, THE FAMILY WALKS
INTO THE CARS IN TEARS, THEY'RE
GRIEVING AND MOURNING AND
VISIBLY SHAKEN UP.
AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS ISN'T
THE OUTCOME THAT ANYBODY WANTED
AND MOST OF ALL, THE FAMILY OF
4-MONTH-OLD
KAITLYN CRAWFORD.
EARLIER TODAY, I WAS IN THAT
LITTLE GIRL'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND
FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE NEIGHBORS
TO HER HOUSE AND THEY'RE ALL
SENDING OUT PRAYERS TO THE
FAMILY.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
JUST A
NOBODY WANTED TO SEE.