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    Dispatch 911:
    Ma’am, can you tell me why you are calling now? Why didn’t you call thirty-one days ago?

    Female voice:
    Yeah, well I’ve been looking into some leads and stuff. It didn’t pan out, so now I look stupid. Hey, I think the officers are here.

    Dispatch 911:
    Great, okay , Ma’am. I’m going to let you go speak to them now.

    There you have it, Friends, and what you made of that I cannot imagine. Denise Brown, the young woman you just heard smacking her gum and talking oh-so-casually about it not panning out, is a twenty-two year old single mother, who until a month ago, was living with her baby girl, little Deeley, along with her parents, Margaret and Keith Brown. Then one day, out of the blue, she decides to take off with the baby in tow. That’s what we’re hearing and more is coming in by the minute.
    After long weeks of missing her granddaughter, Denise’s mother, Margaret, demands to see her grandchild. But when she confronts her daughter, h er daughter refused to produce Baby Deeley and Grandma calls the authorities. Now no Baby Deeley and there is the smell of something dead in Denise’s car. We’re hearing, exclusively, that famed cadaver dog, Roscoe, veteran of a thousand searches, has just been brought in to help search for Baby Deeley.
    The police say that to date all leads and names and phone numbers Denise Brown ha s given them have proven to be false.
    So what’ s the story behind Fibber McMom? And the big question is: where is Baby Deeley and is she dead or alive?
    For the most updated news, let’s go out to field reporter Bambi Isles. Bambi, what’s the latest?

    Bambi Isles, KORL 15 News:
    Hi , Charlotte, so glad you’re covering this tragedy for the American people. What we know so far is that for the last two days investigators have been here at the grandparents’ house, that’s the home right in back of me. They’ve spent hours with Roscoe the cadaver dog and two others, no names as yet, searching the backyard. Right now investigators say there is no sign of little Deeley back here and are calling off the search, only in the backyard though, Charlotte. They are looking hard for her in other places.

    Charlotte:
    Bambi, why are the investigators focusing on the backyard of Fibber McMom’s parents’ house, can you tell us?

    Bambi Isles, KORL 15 News:
    Absolutely , Charlotte. Denise and little Deeley used to live here until she left last month, and the reason they were checking the backyard is because a neighbor came forward and said Denise borrowed a shovel several weeks ago after dropping in here when her parents were both at work. They are looking into other leads now and I hear they’ve already interviewed two young men who may be connected with Denise.

    Charlotte:
    Thank you, Bambi. Okay, Friends, what we have here is a beautiful missing baby, a young mother who is telling a story which is hard to believe, and is it just me or is the name Manuel Noriega very familiar? I have to say I have the chills when thinking of a shovel being borrowed, but here at ‘Eye on America’ we don’t jump to conclusions.

    So, we must stress that this young woman, who has now been arrested for telling a string of lies about her whereabouts in the last month, as well as those of her daughter’s, deserves the presumption of innocence. Although she now faces three extremely serious charges, including child neglect, giving false statements to the authorities and obstruction of justice, we must remember it’s early days yet, and in this great country of ours you are innocent until proven guilty.
    Let’s take a caller. Celine in North Dakota - you’re on live at ‘Eye on America’. Can you tell us what you think?

    Celine in North Dakota:
    Hi , Charlotte. I love your show … you’re beautiful.

    Charlotte:
    Thank you so much, Celine. What’s your question?

    Celine in North Dakota:
    Okay, well I have nine precious grandbabies of my own and they’re a handful. Get all of ‘em under one roof and, Lord, they’ll shake it down, but still I can count …

    Charlotte:
    I’m sure you can, dear, but can you tell us what your question is?

    Celine in North Dakota:
    Oh yes, Charlotte, I’m sorry. I’d forget my head if it wasn’t glued on. What I’m saying is, now, if one of my grandbabies goes missing for thirty-one days and I’m not layin’ eyes on one of my sweet babies, I’m gonna go to my son or daughters - I got four daughters - and I’m gonna say,