(Reuters) - An FBI cadaver dog picked up the scent of a deceased person in the bedroom of Deborah Bradley, mother of missing 11-month old Lisa Irwin, court documents filed on Friday show.

Evidence that a dead body may have been in the room was used by police to get a warrant to search the house where Irwin was last seen. Bradley said she put Lisa to bed the evening of October 3 and the baby was gone early the next morning.

The cadaver dog searched the house on Monday, with the consent of Irwin's parents.

"The cadaver dog indicated a positive 'hit' for the scent of a deceased human being in an area of the floor of Bradley's bedroom near the bed," a Kansas City police detective said in an affidavit seeking the search warrant.

Bradley has said police accused her of killing Lisa and that she failed a lie-detector test question about her daughter's whereabouts. But she and Lisa's father, Jeremy Irwin, said they had nothing to do with the baby's disappearance.

Irwin said he discovered Lisa missing, the front door open, the lights on and her bedroom window unlocked when he got home from work about 4 a.m. on October 4. Bradley has admitted that she was drunk on wine the evening of October 3.

Police and FBI agents searched the Irwin home for about 16 hours on Wednesday, removing bags of items and a roll of carpeting, among other things.

In a document filed after the search, police said they took into evidence a comforter, purple shorts, a Disney character shirt, glow worm toy, a blanket, rolls of tape and a tape dispenser.

The affidavit to get the search warrant said police have still not found three cell phones Bradley said disappeared along with Lisa. They did find a phone in the drawer at the computer desk.

The affidavit said Bradley told police she did not initially look for Lisa behind the house because "she was afraid of what she might find." The police wanted to search the property around the home, including a garden area that looked to have been disturbed, the affidavit said.

(Editing by Greg McCune)

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-crime-baby-missing-idUSTRE79K6R120111021




I have a bad feeling. With Casey Anthony , it set a possible precedent that if you can hide a baby's body long enough for evidence of cause of death to be destroyed,, you can get away with murder.

But because of Casey Anthony, they may push this family much harder than normal and search much more diligently.

Well Casey is not mentally well and the case was much more complicated then "she hid the body long enough to get off" She was charged as she should have been by her jury.

Now this case. I got a sinking feeling when it started but we all may be so jaded that we assume the worst too. I am trying not to judge in this case as I did with the Anthony case.

I guess they don't seem to publicize the cases of child abduction that are not the parents foul play too often so we only see one side it seems.

thats what I Mean,, if there is a body with no clear proof of how someone died,, murder conviction is unlikely.

Chipper shredder into a flowing river would be the best way to rid of someone.

I guarantee the mother did it. She is classic white trash and an alcoholic. I hope they fry her a$$.

I dont know what happened. I just hope they find the baby in time to at least give it 'justice' as opposed to having their death be a mystery forever.