Re: ^HASSANI CAMPBELL - 5 yo with CP - Oakland CA

TomTerrific0420 on Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:23 am

A San Leandro business owner is taking matters into her own hands in the attempt to find Hasanni Campbell, the 5-year-old Fremont boy who disappeared more than two weeks ago.
And while she won't say it, she is one of the very few is not only people
who are still actively keeping this missing child's case alive.

Sherri Miller, owner of the All in One Stop, made t-shirts with Hasanni's face on them
and handed them out to the boy's family members. Miller doesn't have
any children of her own, but came into the world of missing children
when she donated two dozen t-shirts from her shop to help Tracy police
find Sandra Cantu earlier this year.
Oakland police have stopped giving interviews regarding the Hasanni
disappearance, other than to say that they have no more searches
planned and have followed up on the very few tips they've received.
Even Hasanni's foster father refused to talk to reporters over the weekend
as he attended a car wash that was raising money to help find the
little boy.
But there is Miller. Picking up her phone and talking to anyone who will
listen. She also does her fair share of calling. Miller says she
hopes businesses will step up and donate money to help increase the
$10,000 reward. Miller says she wants to raise another $5,000.
"I'm just a one person business. We need business to step up," Miller said Tuesday.
Miller has printed about 2,000 missing-persons fliers at her shop. She's also
helped get together a Web site dedicated to the child that she says
will be on line by Wednesday morning. The url will be
www.findhassani.com.
When asked why she's putting out all the effort, she quickly brings the conversation back to Hasanni.
She said even if people suspect the parents had something to do with his
disappearance, "There's still a five year old child who needs to be
found."
Hasanni was reported missing from the parking lot of the Shuz of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue in Oakland at about 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 10.
Hasanni's aunt and foster mother, Jennifer Campbell, works at the store. Hasanni's foster father, Louis Ross, was the last person to see Hasanni alive, according to authorities.
This one woman crusade is making headway. Miller said Highline Custom
Jewelry in Hayward has donated a watch worth $1,900 and Tone's Auto
Detail in Oakland raised $650 at a car wash on Saturday..
If you want to help Miller and donate, call her at 510-276-9090.
People who have information about the case can call Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211.

TomTerrific0420 on Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:49 am

The foster parents of a missing 5-year-old disabled boy have been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said Friday.Louis
Ross and Jennifer Campbell were being questioned by investigators in
the case of Hassani Campbell, who has cerebral palsy, Oakland police
spokesman Jeff Thomason said.No further details were released about the arrests.Hassani disappeared Aug. 10, when Ross said he left him outside a shoe store where his foster mother works.Ross
initially told authorities he left the car to unlock the store door to
give Hassani, who wears braces on his legs, easier access. He said the
child was gone when he returned.In court documents filed for an
earlier search warrant, police said they were mystified about how
Hasanni could have vanished from a crowded business district with no
witnesses.Police searched the area around the shoe store and the Ross home and neighborhood, as well as a scrap yard in nearby Hayward.

TomTerrific0420 on Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:01 pm

Oakland police said Friday night that they believe Hasanni Campbell is
dead, and that his foster parents, Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell,
are responsible.Ross and Campbell were arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of murder, according to Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan.
"This investigation [is] not a missing persons case anymore," police
spokesperson Jeff Thomason said. "It is a homicide investigation."
Jennifer Campbell, Hasanni's aunt and foster mother, was arrested on
suspicion of murder at about 1:50 p.m. at the Union City BART station,
Thomason said. At about 2:45 p.m., Louis Ross was arrested on the same
charge at his Fremont home. Warrants for their arrest remain sealed.Louis
did not react as he was taken into custody, according to Chief Jordan,
who said that the foster father seemed to be awaiting arrest. "We believe Hasanni Campbell is no longer alive and we have the people responsible," Thomason said.
Hasanni, who has cerebral palsy, was last seen Aug. 10 in the Shuz of
Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue and his
disappearance prompted a multi-agency investigation. On Aug. 20, police
served multiple search warrants in connection with the case, including
one at Ross' home. Thomason said investigators have not located
Hasanni's body and declined to comment on specific evidence in the case
that led to Friday's arrests. "This investigation is still ongoing and very complex," Thomason said. He said Ross and Jennifer Campbell were being interviewed by detectives Friday evening.A
law enforcement source told KTVU that a compelling piece of evidence is
that no one ever saw the little boy in the busy Rockridge neighborhood
where his foster father reported him missing 18 days ago.The
source also says that the fact that very few tips have come in point to
the couple as being the only ones who really know what happened to
their foster son.KTVU has learned that Ross has waived his right to remain silent, and has been talking to police.“It
would not surprise me in any way that the police is seeking to divide
and conquer by arresting and seeing if they have something to say that
they haven't already said,” said the couple’s legal advisor John Burris.Burris
told KTVU that the district attorney has until next Tuesday to decide
whether to bring charges against Louis Ross and Jennifer Cambpell.Oakland
police and Crime Stoppers had announced a $10,000 reward in the search
for Hasanni, who was reported missing from the parking lot of the Shuz
of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue in Oakland
at about 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 10.Hasanni's aunt and foster mother
Campbell works at the store. His foster father Ross was the last person
to see Hasanni alive, according to authorities.Ross and Campbell have been the focus of much speculation throughout the investigation into the disappearance of the boy.Last
week, Ross and Campbell addressed some of the disturbing details that
have surfaced during the investigation into the five-year-old’s
disappearance while calling for a renewed focus in the search for the
missing boy.Ross and Campbell, allowed KTVU into their Fremont
house on August 20 to show what Hasanni’s living situation was like.
The couple said they moved into the residence less than a year ago to
make a home for him and his 18-month-old sister Aaliyah.That same day, there were new revelations about Ross and details the police investigation had uncovered.According
to court documents released August 20, Ross sent a text message days
before the boy’s disappearance threatening to leave the youngster
unattended at a BART station.In an affidavit filed to obtain a
search warrant of the home where Hasanni lives in Fremont with Ross and
Jennifer Campbell, Oakland police said they found an expletive-laced
text message on Ross’ cell phone.According to the document, the
message sent to Jennifer Campbell said: “This is [expletive] over. I
will watch [Hasanni’s sister] but he will be on the BART…”The
investigating officers also told the court that Ross had “also voiced
some misgivings about caring for a developmentally disabled child” and
added that neighbors had not seen Hasanni for about two weeks.Those revelations came less than 24 hours after authorities confirmed to KTVU that Ross had failed a FBI lie detector test.During
the interview at their home, Campbell and Ross told KTVU they want to
refocus attention on trying to find the missing boy. The couple denied
allegations Ross may have had something to do with the disappearance.They
said when they gave police permission to access their phone records
more than a week ago, they told investigators about the angry,
obscenity-laced text Ross sent Campbell about ten days earlier during
an argument."It's like we had an argument and we worked through
it. And now it's like the argument is being twisted and turned into
something it isn't," said Campbell."The situation resolved," explained Ross. "I calmed down and never left the house."They
also said they were the ones who told police Ross kept a sword under
his bed. That sword was among the items included in the police search
warrant of the home and, according to the couple, was taken by
authorities when their house was first searched the day after Hasanni’s
disappearance..Campbell and Ross showed KTVU a list of items
police took from Ross's car. However, there was no mention of latex
gloves disclosed in court documents as one of the items taken from the
vehicle.The couple said they volunteered to give DNA samples to
police who visited the house Thursday morning so that they could be
ruled out as suspects."I'm cooperating with police every day," said Ross.During the interview, the foster parents said they love Hasanni deeply and would never harm him."It felt just as real as this baby feels," said the six-months pregnant Campbell. "My love for him is the same.""I
know the truth," said Ross. "I am cooperating with police. so if false
info is being leaked, I don't care. This isn't about me. It's about
finding Hasanni."

mom_from_STL on Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:19 pm

Homicide investigator Sgt. Gus Galindo said police decided to arrest the couple "because our preliminary and follow-up investigations have shown Hasanni Campbell was never in the rear of the Rockridge shoe store as reported by Louis Ross."
Police plan to release additional details that they hope will draw more information from the public. The last confirmed sighting of Hasanni was Aug. 6 at a Wal-Mart in Fremont, where he was seen with both foster parents.
Ross reported Hasanni missing Aug. 10 outside the Rockridge shoe store where Campbell worked.
Ross and Campbell, who is also the boy's aunt, were active in searching for Hasanni and pleading for his safe return. Ross defended himself after word leaked he had failed a polygraph test and after the content of a damaging text message about the children he sent to Campbell went public.
Campbell, who is six months pregnant, has declined to take a polygraph test.
Ross, who used to live in Maryland, had a restraining order filed against him there in 2005. He also has had a number of judgments for unpaid state taxes there, including a number of income tax liens totaling thousands of dollars. As she has done since Hasanni's disappearance, Campbell's mother, Pam Clark, continued to defend her daughter and Ross after hearing of the arrests Friday evening.
"It's shocking. I think they made a mistake and arrested the wrong person," Clark said. " just feel like they don't have anything to do with it." Clark said the arrests did not dim her hopes of seeing her grandson again.
"This is not going to stop me from looking for Hasanni, because he still needs to be found. I have hopes he will come back alive," Clark said. "I just feel he's alive somewhere. I'm still looking." Police have scoured the area around the shoe store in the busy Rockridge shopping district but have turned up no clues. Police earlier served a search warrant at the Fremont home where Hasanni and his younger sister lived with Ross and Campbell, retrieving a small, decorative sword, a cell phone and other items.
Police also searched the 2002 BMW that Ross was driving the day Hasanni disappeared, taking swabs, the rear seat of the vehicle, carpet from the car, two car seats, molding and latches, according to a receipt of property from the FBI. An Alameda County Superior Court document also shows that four fingerprint lifts, eight DNA swabs and one pair of latex gloves were taken from the car.
Oakland police officers again searched the couple's home Friday, starting about 2:30 p.m. and continuing into the night. Officers could be seen searching a bedroom above the garage, going through clothes and papers, and flipping the mattress. Between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m., police officers removed a gray computer CPU tower and screen from the house. Two dogs, one large and tan-colored and the other black and white, were removed from the home and loaded into Fremont city vehicles.
Around 8:30 p.m., officers left the house with two grocery-sized paper evidence bags as they prepared to wrap up the search. Fremont police provided security during the search and restricted traffic to and from the subdivision for several hours.
Residents said they were shocked at the news of the arrests Friday. "I can't believe it," said Jim Pham, who has lived on a street adjacent to the couple's home in the Hampton Place subdivision.
Pham said the FBI came to his house in the days after the boy's disappearance and asked general questions about the couple, but Pham had never seen them. Other residents echoed his sentiments and added they were concerned about the negative publicity being brought to the quaint neighborhood.
More than a half-dozen neighbors interviewed in recent weeks described Ross and Campbell as a quiet couple rarely was seen outside their home. A woman who lives next door said sheâ d never seen Hasanni, and another woman who lives across the street said she only saw him once earlier this year. Although several of the neighborhood children play in the streets, Hasanni was never among them, they said.
Juan Bonuel, who lives in a home across the street from the couple's corner lot, had contact with Hasanni several times but never had spoken to Ross or Campbell. Bonuel said that every day during the school year he would see Hasanni on the school bus that takes kids to James Leitch Elementary School in Fremont's Warm Springs District. "He's a good-looking kid, adorable," Bonuel said recently, noting Hasanni always would say, "Hi." Bonuel said he had not seen Hasanni since summer vacation began in mid-June.
There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to Hasanni's whereabouts. Anyone with information may call Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211. If those numbers are not working, call Sgt. Galindo at 510-238-7934.

tears4caylee on Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:19 am

This is the email I sent to Crime Examiner on Hassani Campbell and they responded...

Hello:I work with an internet blog that is dedicated to justice for murdered, missing and endangered children.
I was hoping you might able to help us close the files on this missing youngster by providing us with a brief update.
If the child is still missing, to your knowledge, please let us keep apprised of that as well.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Hi Iris:

Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. As you probably have already learned, Hassani's foster parents have been arrested for suspicion of murder. I wrote an article called Hassani Campbell case: Foster parents arrested on suspicion of murder, which you can check out. What is the Web address of your site? I'd love to check it out. Thx.

Cindy Adams

Crime Examiner

tears4caylee on Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:08 pm

When a Fremont man and his fiancee are called to court this week in connection with the apparent slaying of their disabled 5-year-old foster son, prosecutors will be moving forward even though his body hasn't been found

Louis Ross, 38, and his fiancee, Jennifer Campbell, 33, who have not been charged in the case, are the latest in a string of East Bay homicide suspects against whom police have built a case without a body.
Ross is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of murdering Hasanni Campbell, while Jennifer Campbell is being held in lieu of $15,000 bail on suspicion of being an accessory in the case.
Hasanni, who has cerebral palsy, was reported missing Aug. 10 after Ross said he vanished at a Rockridge neighborhood shoe store in Oakland where Campbell, the boy's aunt, worked.
Circumstantial evidence helped convict Hans Reiser of first-degree murder in the 2006 slaying of his estranged wife, Nina, in the Oakland hills. His sentence was later reduced for leading police to her body.
Eric Mora, 53, was charged with murdering Cynthia Alonzo, 48, who failed to show up at a Thanksgiving dinner with her family in San Francisco in 2004. He remains in jail.
Hasanni's case presents its own unique challenges.
Adult victims who go missing presumably leave a trail. Prosecutors often tell juries that the evidence points to death when an adult fails to show up to work, visits friends, or use a credit card.
In Hasanni's case, prosecutors plan to prove the boy was murdered in part because no one has seen him since he disappeared Aug. 10, and Ross allegedly sent an expletive-laden text message to Campbell threatening to leave the boy alone on a BART platform

mom_from_STL on Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:00 pm

The foster mother of Hasanni Campbell, the 5-year-old disabled Fremont boy who is now considered a homicide victim by Oakland police, will not be charged with a crime today, prosecutors said.
Jennifer Campbell, who is six months pregnant, and her fiance, Louis Ross, were arrested Friday in what investigators are saying is a homicide case. Ross reported the boy missing Aug. 10.
Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said no charges will be filed against Jennifer Campbell. It is expected Campbell will be released from Santa Rita Jail this afternoon.
"There is insufficient evidence at this time, and the investigation is continuing," Rogers said.
Campbell refused to talk to police about the case at all after the arrest, investigators said.
Ross is due in court Tuesday, and prosecutors still are reviewing the case.
The couple has said Hasanni disappeared from outside a Rockridge district shoe store where Campbell, 30, worked.
Oakland attorney John Burris, who has been advising Ross and Campbell in recent weeks, said Saturday that it appeared investigators' probable cause for arresting Ross and Campbell was that Hasanni was never in the vicinity of the shoe store where Ross said he left the boy Aug. 10 for a few minutes, sparking a widespread search by police and community members.
Police have said the last confirmed sighting of the boy was Aug. 6, when he was seen with his foster parents at a Wal-Mart

tears4caylee on Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:29 pm

OAKLAND -- Hours after being freed from jail, the foster mother of 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell said tearfully Monday that she had nothing to do with the boy's disappearance and is confident her fiance is also innocent.

Jennifer Campbell, 33, standing near a collection of photos and Hasanni's favorite toys at a vigil Monday evening in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood, said she and Louis Ross "are both accused of a crime we didn't do."
"He's our little boy," said Campbell, who is also Hasanni's aunt. "We want him home."
Campbell was arrested Friday on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact to what Oakland police believe was the boy's murder. But Alameda County prosecutors let her go Monday, saying they had no evidence to make a case.
Ross, 38, Hasanni's foster father, is still being held without bail on suspicion of murder. Prosecutors said they would decide today whether to file charges against him.
Ross reported Hasanni missing Aug. 10. He said the boy, who has cerebral palsy, had vanished from outside a back entrance to the Shuz shoe store on College Avenue in Rockridge, where Campbell works.
Campbell was arrested Friday at the Union City BART Station after she had been interviewed in Oakland by police investigators. She described her reaction as one of "utter shock."
Campbell was held over the weekend, during which, she said, police tried to raise doubts in her mind about Ross. The Fremont couple are expecting a child in about two months.
She said she had no such doubts. "I told them that they were lying to me," Campbell said.
"Anybody who knows me knows what I'm capable of," Campbell said. Hurting the boy, she added, is "not in my character."
"You live your life to be a good person," Campbell said, "and all that disappears, and you're interrogated and treated like s-."
Although police have reclassified the case from a missing person investigation to a homicide probe, Campbell said she believes Hasanni is "alive and out there."
"There are no leads. Nothing," she said. "He's yet to be found. Find him."
John Burris, an attorney who has been consulting with the couple, said of Campbell, "I'm not surprised that the D.A. chose not to file charges. There was never evidence connecting her to a crime.
"At best, it was just her association with Louis, but that was not in any way reflective of criminal behavior or knowledge on her part," Burris said. "I totally thought it was a wrong-headed approach by the Police Department."
As for Ross, Burris said police probably arrested him simply because they didn't believe his story that Hasanni had been outside the shoe store.
"From there, they inferred that if he's lying about that, then he must know something about it," Burris said. "But there's no real evidence. There's no independent evidence of any kind, no corroborative evidence and no admissions by him. In that sense, it's pretty weak."
Investigators have said they were suspicious of Ross because scent-detecting dogs didn't pick up a trace of Hasanni outside the shoe store. Police also said they had no witnesses who reported seeing the boy in Oakland that day and were getting few tips from the public, which they said is unusual for a high-profile missing person case.
In addition, they have cited an angry text message Ross sent to Campbell 10 days before he said Hasanni disappeared, in which he threatened to abandon the boy on BART.
Ross said that he had sent the message in a fit of anger at Campbell and that he wouldn't have left Hasanni.
A police spokesman, Officer Jeff Thomason, issued a statement Monday saying, "This is a very complex investigation, and if the Oakland Police Department talks about the details surrounding the case, it may jeopardize the integrity of the investigation."

TomTerrific0420 on Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:45 pm

The foster mother of Hasanni Campbell told KTVU after her release from
jail Monday that she hasn't lost her focus on finding the five-year-old
who went missing three weeks ago.Jennifer Campbell was released
from jail just hours before her first scheduled court appearance.
Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said there was “insufficient
evidence” to charge her at this time and that police have a "different
standard of proof" than prosecutors.Campbell was arrested Friday
on suspicion of aiding and abetting a homicide. Her fiancé Louis Ross
was arrested at the couple's Fremont home on the same charge.
Prosecutors told KTVU that a decision about whether Ross will be
charged with murder will be made by Tuesday morning.Ross reported Hassani missing on August 10th from Oakland's Rockridge area. He remains in custody on suspicion of homicide."All
I know is that this was one of the most difficult times in my life,"
Campbell told KTVU after her release. "I'm still focused on finding
Hasanni."Campbell said she was "in utter shock" when police
arrested her at the Union City BART station Friday when she spoke to
KTVU about being interrogated by police."They just said I was
guilty of something. I told them I didn't do anything. I just said find
Hasanni. They accused me over and over again of doing something. I told
them I didn't," Campbell said.Oakland police have not said what led to the arrest of the foster parents or why investigators believe the child is dead.Following her release, Campbell attended a prayer service for Hasanni in the Rockridge neighborhood.Campbell was greeted by friends and those who have helped in the search for Hasanni.Campbell
said she was kept away from other inmates in an isolated cell at Santa
Rita jail, but could still hear the inmates yell out derogatory remarks
at her."I know what's in my heart and anybody who knows me knows
what I'm capable of. [They] know what I would do and know that this
isn't even in my character," she said. Campbell also said she has no
doubt that Ross did not harm Hasanni either."We had nothing to
do with it. He's our little boy. We want him...and we want him back and
our main concern is finding him and we still want people to come out.
We still want people to know he is missing."Oakland attorney
John Burris who has been advising the couple said he wasn't surprised
that the Alameda County District Attorney's office wasn't filing any
charges against Campbell because he believes "there was no factual
basis for her to be arrested.""I think it was a rush to
judgment, if you will. Overreaction from the police," Burris said.
"They [the police] did not have evidence to support a conviction for
her and I doubt if they do for him. It may be a tactic on their part."Burris
said being arrested was traumatic for Campbell, who is six months
pregnant, and caused her "a great deal of emotional harm." He had
visited Campbell and Ross Sunday in jail, in attempt to assist them in
locating a criminal defense attorney.A search of Lake Elizabeth
in Fremont has been organized for Saturday morning. Volunteers said
they intend to continue to hold weekly vigils for Hasanni until he is
found.

TomTerrific0420 on Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:50 pm

Criminal charges will not be filed against an Oakland man who was
arrested on suspicion of killing his fiancee's disabled foster child.Alameda
County Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers says there's insufficient
evidence against Louis Ross in the Aug. 10 disappearance of Hasanni
Campbell.Rogers
says the 38-year-old Ross will be released later Tuesday.The decision
comes a day after Ross's fiance, Jennifer Campbell, also was released
without charges being filed.Ross
told police that Hasanni, who is Campbell's biological nephew,
disappeared after being left briefly in a car outside an Oakland shoe
store where Campbell works.The couple's attorney, John Burris,
says police rushed to judgment in arresting the pair last week in an
effort to get new information in the case.

TomTerrific0420 on Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:10 am

Oakland police today released a video that they say shows the last time missing Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell was seen in public.The
video, copies of which were handed out at a news conference this
afternoon, shows Hasanni, 5, with his foster father, Louis Ross,
pushing a shopping cart at a Fremont Wal-Mart around 8 p.m. on Aug. 6.
Ross told police Hasanni went missing Aug. 10 from behind the Rockridge
shoe store where the boy's foster mother, Jennifer Campbell, works.Acting
police Chief Howard Jordan said at the news conference that the Alameda
County district attorney's decision not to press charges against Ross
was "unfortunate.""We know for a fact Hasanni Campbell never made it to
Oakland that day," Jordan said.Jordan said the investigation is continuing and that Ross, 38, and Campbell, 30, potentially could be rearrested.Campbell,
while awaiting Ross' release from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin tonight,
said that after her neighbors told police that they hadn't seen Hasanni
for three weeks before his reported disappearance, she produced a
receipt showing that the family had gone shopping at a Fremont Wal-Mart
on Aug. 6.Campbell said police have told her that they have
evidence that the couple is implicated in this crime but that they will
not say what it is."I don't know what type of evidence they plan to come up with," she said. "I know I am innocent, and I know Louis is innocent."Campbell said
she last saw Hasanni around 7 a.m. Aug. 10 while the boy was still
sleeping. She said she kissed him goodbye and went to work. "It's been
a living a nightmare ever since," she said.She said that when
she returned to her house after being released from jail Monday, every
single room was a mess from a police search Friday after the couple's
arrest. A couch was flipped over, things were pulled out of dressers
and cupboards, Hasanni's clothing was pulled out of the closet and some
of her paperwork was missing. "Everything is everywhere," she said.
"They went through every single room."Sgt. J.D. Nelson,
spokesman for Alameda County sheriff's office, said Louis Ross had to
be transported back to jail separately from other prisoners who went to
court this morning. Ross is en route to the jail right now.Nelson
said that whenever there's a case involving possible harm to a child,
the suspect must be separated from other inmates for fear of harm. "The
notoriety of this case is something we have to deal with, and we want
to make sure all 4,000 inmates are safe," Nelson said.Investigators
said today they have no substantial open leads and will not be
conducting any more searches for Hasanni unless they receive new
information, said department spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason."We
believe we have a case, and there is a lot of information we can't make
public while the investigation is open," Thomason said. "But the video
we're releasing is big. This is the last time anyone other than our two
suspects confirmed Hasanni was alive."Thomason said the Oakland
police investigation has not included searches in Monterey, where Ross
lived until about nine months ago according to a former housemate."There are probably only two people who know where Hasanni is, and those are our suspects," Thomason said.Civil
rights attorney John Burris, who has been counseling Campbell and Ross,
said he has lined up criminal lawyers to defend the foster parents
should charges be filed in the future."From the foster parents'
point of view, this has been difficult and trying time for them, a
shock to their system," Burris said. "For Louis, it was a nightmare.
For Jennifer, this was emotionally shocking and traumatic. It was an
experience I'm sure for each of them they'd never like to relive."The
District Attorney's Office announced its decision not to file charges
against Ross this morning. Police arrested the foster parents Friday
and said they consider the boy a homicide victim.Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said his office had "insufficient evidence" to charge Ross with killing Hasanni Campbell."We're not filing on Louis Ross," Rogers said. "There is insufficient evidence, and the investigation continues."The District Attorney's Office on Monday decided not to charge Campbell with a crime, and she was released from custody.Ross
has told police he left Hasanni at the shoe store's rear entrance while
taking Hasanni's 1-year-old sister into the front entrance of the
store. Ross said that when he and Campbell went to let in Hasanni, he
was gone.The 1-year-old girl was taken into protective custody
after Hasanni's disappearance. Campbell went to court today and learned
that her parental rights are being severed and that the girl will be
put up for adoption. "I basically will never see her again," she said.There
will be a search Saturday at Fremont's Lake Elizabeth at 40000 Paseo
Padre Parkway. Volunteers may meet at the main entrance at 9 a.m.
Experienced divers are needed to help out. For more information, e-mail
findhasanni@gmail.com or call 510-276-9090.A
$10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Hasanni's
whereabouts. Anyone with information may call Crime Stoppers at
510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211 or Sgt. Gus Galindo at 510-238-7934.

tears4caylee on Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:08 am

Hasanni Campbell's foster parents - whom Oakland police held over the weekend on suspicion of being involved in the 5-year-old Fremont boy's disappearance - would appear to be the least likely of suspects, according to social service records that have been turned over to investigators.

In fact, regular home inspections and other checks by San Francisco's Department of Human Services into Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell of Fremont show a spotless record of foster parenting.
Hasanni and his baby sister, now 1 year old, were placed with Ross and Campbell, the children's aunt, in late 2008. The children's biological parents live in San Francisco, so social workers in the city kept tabs on them.
Both Campbell and Ross were run through state and FBI databases for any criminal record or instances of child abuse. They came back clean.
Every month, social workers stopped by the couple's home on Roxie Terrace in Fremont. The last visit was July 22, less than three weeks before Ross reported Hasanni missing Aug. 10.
"If anything, they went out of their way to take care of his various medical problems," said a San Francisco social services official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak while the criminal investigation into Hasanni's disappearance continues.
Hasanni has cerebral palsy, and the couple made sure he was equipped at UCSF with special pediatric leg braces. They also regularly took him for treatment at Children's Hospital Oakland, he said.
Although Oakland police say they don't believe Ross' story of Hasanni's disappearance, the San Francisco official is perplexed.
"They were really good foster parents," he said.

tears4caylee on Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:25 pm

Louis Ross released from jail, last video of Hassani Campbell released

September 2, 3:49 AM

Crime Examiner

Cindy Adams

On Tuesday, missing Hassani Campbell’s foster father was released from jail after being arrested on Friday for suspicion of murder.
Louis Ross and his fiancé Jennifer Campbell, Hassani’s aunt, were both taken into custody on Friday as authorities announced the couple was suspected of murder and the case of the missing 5-year-old was now a homicide investigation.
Campbell was released on Monday because authorities said they had insufficient evidence against her. The district attorney had until Tuesday to file charges against Ross, but instead released him as well.
Despite their release, investigators still question the couple’s story surrounding Hassani’s disappearance and Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan announced they hope to re-arrest the couple.
Hassani, who has cerebral palsy, went missing Aug. 10 and was last seen with Ross, who claimed the boy disappeared after he left him alone briefly in a shoe store parking lot. Police said Hassani never made it to that shoe store, effectively stating Ross' story is false.

Despite their release, investigators still question the couple’s story surrounding Hassani’s disappearance and Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan announced they hope to re-arrest the couple.
Hassani, who has cerebral palsy, went missing Aug. 10 and was last seen with Ross, who claimed the boy disappeared after he left him alone briefly in a shoe store parking lot. Police said Hassani never made it to that shoe store, effectively stating Ross' story is false.
To see Nancy Grace's interview with Ross, click here.

For the complete story from Cindy Adams, Crime Examiner, go here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Louis-Ross-released-from-jail-last-video-of-Hassani-Campbell-released

tears4caylee on Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:53 pm

(09-02) 06:25 PDT OAKLAND -- The foster parents of Hasanni Campbell proclaimed their innocence outside jail, saying they had nothing to do with the 5-year-old Fremont's disappearance and attacking the tactics of police investigators who believe their son was killed.

Louis Ross, 38, was released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Tuesday evening after Alameda County prosecutors declined to file a murder charge against him. A day earlier, Ross' fiancee, Jennifer Campbell, 30, was released from the jail, where she had been held on suspicion of accessory.
Campbell, who is six months pregnant with Ross' child, returned to the jail on Tuesday to greet Ross as he was released. They were accompanied by Oakland attorney John Burris, who has been giving the Fremont couple legal advice.
Ross told police that he last saw Hasanni on Aug. 10 outside shoe store in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood where Campbell, the boy's aunt, works. The couple believes Hasanni, who has cerebral palsy, may have been kidnapped.
But acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said at a news conference Tuesday, "We strongly believe, and we know for a fact, that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland on Aug. 10 to College Avenue at 4:15 as was previously reported. We're asking the public, if they have information to please provide us with as much as they can."
Outside jail on Tuesday evening, Ross told reporters that he was angry at the couple's treatment by police.
"See, I trusted their work, but they've shown through their actions their work cannot be trusted," Ross said. "They've shown through their actions they have an agenda."
Ross said he has repeated his account of what he did before Hasanni disappeared. "They got the same story, but they were not happy with the story that they got," he said. "They wanted something else."
Campbell agreed, saying, "I don't know what type of evidence they plan to come up with or what they plan to do, and I'll leave their investigation alone. I know I'm innocent, and I know Louis is innocent."
At the police news conference, officials released a DVD and photos showing Hasanni, his 1-year-old sister, Ross and Campbell shopping at a Walmart in Fremont on Aug. 6. The images were taken from store surveillance cameras.
Officer Jeff Thomason, a police spokesman, said the Walmart trip is "the last time that we have independent information about Hasanni Campbell being alive." Ross and Campbell said they were the ones who gave the police the information about the shopping trip.
"I gave them a catalog of this, and I supplied them with proof. I said, 'As a matter of fact, here's a receipt. Check the time-date stamp. Look at the video. You'll see him there - you'll see all of us there."
Ross said after police arrested Campbell at the Union City BART Station on Friday afternoon, officers used her cell phone and texted him in an attempt to coax him out of his home on Roxie Terrace in Fremont. Ross said officers with "automatic weapons" ordered him outside.
"You do not destroy people, tear them down or destroy families so you can prove that you were right," Ross said.
Hasanni and his sister were placed with the couple in late 2008. The girl has been removed from their custody. The children's biological parents live separately in San Francisco. Records with San Francisco's Department of Human Services show no history of problems.

TomTerrific0420 on Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:43 pm

Oakland Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan said that the foster parents of missing 5-year-old boy Hasanni Campbell are still the main suspects in the case even though prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to charge them at this time.
In a one-minute statement to reporters, Jordan said, "We're asking for the
public's help to solve this case and potentially re-arrest Mr. Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell."
Ross, 38, and Campbell, 30, who lived with Hasanni and another child, a 1-year-old girl, in Fremont,
were arrested last Friday, but the Alameda County District Attorney's
Office has declined to file charges against them, stating that there's
insufficient evidence.
Ross told police he took Hasanni, who has cerebral palsy, to the Rockridge area of Oakland to see Campbell at her workplace, a shoe store, on the night of Aug. 10. But police are disputing that story.
Ross insists that someone took the boy because his
physical condition prevents him from running. But police are saying
that the boy was gone before.
"We know for a fact that Hasanni Campbell never made it to Oakland Aug.
10th as was previously reported." Oakland Poilce spokesman Jeff
Thomason said.
Police on Tuesday also released a surveillance video from a Fremont Wal-Mart
four days before Hasanni disappeared that they say shows the boy and
his baby sister shopping with Ross and Campbell.
Officers say it's the last time they have evidence that Hasanni was alive and
they say Ross is lying about when the boy disappeared.
But both parents say they've cooperated with investigators from the beginning, insisting the video proves nothing.
"I gave them receipts, cards, bank statements. I gave them times I was there." Ross said. "I gave them everything."
The couple believes they are the targets of a witch hunt.
"I don't know what type of evidence they plan to come up with or what they
plan to do." Campbell said. "I will leave their investigation alone. I
know I'm innocent and I know Louis is innocent."
Social services records show Ross and Campbell were very caring and attentive foster parents.
Both were run through criminal background checks and child abuse
instance searches and came up clean, The Chronicle's Matier and Ross
report.
The couple paid close attention to Hasanni's medical needs, took him to
UCSF to be fitted for special pediatric leg braces and regularly took
him to Oakland's Children's Hospital for treatment, according to a
social services official.
Another search for Hasanni is planned Saturday at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont.
Expoerienced divers are being asked to volunteer for the search.

^HASSANI CAMPBELL - 5 yo with CP - Oakland CA