She is still awaiting trial on these charges which could result in many, many years in custody. Tammi Smith, the would-be adoptive mother, was convicted on charges of forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference. She served 30 days in jail with the potential for an additional 30 if she does not do well on probation; however, according to Maricopa County authorities, she has been a model inmate.
For months, Logan McQueary had been caught up in a bitter custody dispute with the mother of his son, and then he received a shocking text message from her. In a subsequent phone call, she told him she had killed their infant son, that she had suffocated him and thrown him out with the garbage.
It was the day after Christmas, Though that chilling conversation played again and again on nightly news, haunting the residents of Tempe, Arizona, it did not lead to the immediate homicide charges against Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of baby Gabriel. Johnson had fled, first to Texas, and finally to Florida where she was taken into custody. She told investigators she had taken the nine-month-old to give him up for adoption, that she gave Gabriel to a couple she did not know in a San Antonio park.
They had even cared for the child for a week in December, but told police they gave the child back to Johnson since McQueary still had partial custody. They theorized that the Smiths may have been the couple who took baby Gabriel in that San Antonio park. Tammi Smith was ultimately arrested under charges of forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference related to this case. She was convicted of these charges and sentenced to two day sentences.
In a little bit of sentencing jigsaw, Smith started her first 30 days in custody immediately after sentencing, and she was released from custody on August 4. If she does well on probation, the judge can decide not to impose the second day sentence. It has been more than two years since baby Gabriel went missing, and no trace of the child, who would be three years old by now, has been found. Without proof positive that the child has died, prosecutors are holding off on a homicide indictment against Johnson.
Instead, she was charged with various counts of kidnapping, custodial interference, and conspiracy to commit custodial interference. After a lengthy trial, Johnson was acquitted of the most serious charge — kidnapping — but convicted of the lesser offense of unlawful imprisonment as well as custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial interference.
Logan McQueary: The father of the missing child, whom police are treating as the victim in this case. Tammi Smith: a Tempe woman who was considering adopting baby Gabriel. Researchers found that Smith, who has two adopted children, was always looking for young mothers from whom she could adopt more children.
She used Myspace to solicit young military wives to give up their children, and she even approached pregnant women in public to ask if they were interested in adoption. Smith was sentenced to 30 days in jail for her involvement in this case after she was convicted of forgery and conspiracy to commit custodial interference.
She has lthe [sic] most amazing details of Gods [sic] love, mercy and favor to tell you about. Thanks for all the love and support from everyone. Much love Jack Smith.
Only recently hired by Johnson, he has requested further time to acquaint himself with the case. In addition to a criminal defense practice, he also is a civil rights attorney. Introduction: Trial fans who followed the Casey Anthony trial with bated breath might see this case as a second chance to put a young mother on trial for killing her baby, but the facts of this case tell quite a different tale. What might end up happening if investigators determine that Gabriel has, in fact, been killed, is that a homicide trial would take place in Texas, where Johnson was thought to be when the child disappeared.
In that case, a homicide trial would be stalled until her Arizona kidnapping and child abuse case is resolved. After a verdict in the Arizona case, Johnson would probably be transported to Texas and held to answer for the homicide charges. This is a good example of justice not only being blind, but patient, too. Keep your eye on Wild About Trial for all the latest developments. July 31, Recent reports that the prosecutor has dropped the child abuse charges in this case indicate that the government does not have the facts they need to prove that part of the case.
It is difficult to prove child abuse without physical evidence of the alleged abuse, such as medical reports or photographs of bruising or other injuries. However, it is equally likely that as the case headed to trial, they realized that the evidence they do have of child abuse would not be admissible in court for one reason or another.
News Arizona News. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Elizabeth Johnson, mother of 'Baby Gabriel,' not seen since , now pregnant with child. A new and unexpected twist involving the mother of missing baby Gabriel Johnson. The boy was last seen in , at just 8 months old.
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