Missing Baby Lisa: Police Still Actively Searching

FILE - This file photo provided Oct. 4, 2011, by the Kansas City, Mo. Police Department shows Lisa Irwin. The family of the baby, who has been missing for nearly a week, reached out to tens of thousands of NASCAR fans on Sunday, hoping to spur efforts to locate the child as investigators sifted through hundreds of tips that so far have led them to dead ends. (AP Photo/Kansas City Police Department, File)

In the case of missing baby Lisa Irwin, investigators remain active in their search for the child, a police spokeswoman said Friday.

One report claimed police had ended their search for the girl, but Kansas City police spokeswoman Stacey Graves said, "that's inaccurate," Fox News reports.

"We did not call off the search by any means," Graves told FoxNews.com.

Investigators had not conducted any "large field searches" in the past few days, but "we're still receiving tips and following up on them," Graves said.

The baby's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, have said they think the child was taken overnight while other members of the family were sleeping. 

Jeremy Irwin told police he returned home in the early morning hours and found his front door unlocked, and a bedroom window appeared to have been tampered with. Cell phones belonging to the family were also missing.

Over the past month, hundreds of investigators have assisted in the search effort. A police affidavit obtained by Fox News and other media outlets indicated an FBI cadaver dog had "hit" on the scent of a human body on the floor of Deborah Bradley's bedroom.

However, the mystery of the child's whereabouts deepened when new surveillance video revealed a man leaving a wooded area the night of the baby’s disappearance, according to Fox News. At least three witnesses reported seeing a man carrying a baby in the early morning hours of Oct. 4 at an intersection about three miles from the Irwin home. Investigators questioned Deborah Bradley's brother Tuesday, but said he is not a suspect in the case, Fox affiliate WDAF-TV reports.  Lisa, whose first birthday is Nov. 11, was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it, according to her family.  There are currently no suspects in the case.
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