ALISA MAIER - 4 yo - Louisiana, MO (SW of Springfield, IL)

Search warrants issued in the Alisa Maier abduction case indicate
that a neighbor of suspect Paul Smith saw him with a child on the
afternoon of the day Alisa was released.


Paul Smith

That neighbor shares a driveway with the Hawk Point cabin where Smith
shot himself. Search warrants indicate the resident there told
investigators he believed the child was a boy, and Paul Smith introduced
the child as his nephew.
According to the search warrant affidavits, the neighbor went on to
say the child told him he or she was four-years-old.
The search warrants also indicate investigators were searching for
cell phones, computer equipment, and items taken from previous
burglaries in Pike and Lincoln Counties. Those stolen items include
drugs which serve as veterinary tranquilizers. Specifically,
investigators were searching for stolen ketamine and phenobarbital and a
veterinary euthanasia agent known as Fatal Plus.
Ketamine is also used as a date rape drug.
However, the search warrants do not indicate any of those drugs were
found on the property of Paul Smith's cabin or in his vehicle.
Investigators did find tools from previous burglaries, a video
camera, brown hair, scissors, and new children's clothing. Also found
were condoms and a book titled "Encyclopedia of a Serial Killer."
The search warrants do not indicate whether the items found on
Smith's property are relevant to the Alisa Maier abduction. There is no
indication how long some of the items found may have been there.