Parents of missing Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin hire Joran van der Sloot's former lawyer

By: Camille Mann
Topics: Daily Blotter

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(CBS/KCTV/AP) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Joe Tacopino, a very well-known New York City defense attorney, has been hired to represent the parents of missing Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin.

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Tacopino said he is in Kansas City representing Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley because he believes they have nothing to do with the disappearance of baby Lisa, reports CBS affiliate KCTV.

"The truth will come out...and the speculation will be put to rest," said Tacopino, according to the station.

After Bradley told television audiences Monday that she may have blacked out in the hours before she and Irwin reported that their 10-month-old daughter Lisa was missing from their home early Oct. 4, Tacopino said his clients will no longer be speaking with the media.

He explained that the inconsistencies of Bradley's statement to the national media was due to a great deal of stress and pressure the family is under at the time, reports the station.

Tacopino praised Kansas City police for their investigation but insisted the parents have "nothing to hide."

The parents reported their daughter missing after Irwin returned home from working a night shift and found the front door unlocked, the house lights on, a window tampered with and the baby gone.

Bradley and their two sons were asleep elsewhere in the house.

Police have said they have no suspects in the case and no major leads. On Monday, the parents allowed the FBI to bring tracking dogs through their home. The FBI also searched a neighbor's house with the dogs, as well as the yard of the home where Bradley and Irwin have been staying with their two sons.

Tacopino's past clients include Joran Van der Sloot, the Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, along with politicians and police officers. He has frequently been seen on national television appearing as a legal analyst .

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by Wildwood1966 October 19, 2011 9:08 AM EDT: I'm prayiing Lisa is still alive - it could be some sicko who wanted a baby took her - the parents seem sincere to me - but we may never know like the little boy from was it Washington State? His hunt has just fallen off the face of the earth; Reply to this comment


by andie52 October 18, 2011 12:28 PM EDT: Mommy has admitted she drinks at "least" twice a week after the children are in bed an also on anti anxiety meds.Not a great combo; Reply to this comment


by thomasmc1957 October 18, 2011 12:01 PM EDT: Let's hope Missouri jurors are smarter than Florida jurors.; Reply to this comment

by Harden_Tar October 18, 2011 11:39 AM EDT

OK, first thing. They did not HIRE him. They can't afford a high priced scumbag lawyer like that. He is doing this of his own accord. For publicity. For the ego buzz. To get on TV. Whatever.

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by ahendryx819 October 19, 2011 1:36 PM EDT: Yeah, he's gonna be the next Jose Baez.


by ahendryx819 October 18, 2011 10:33 AM EDT: Not even named suspects yet, and they've already hired a lawyer. Not only that, but they hired the lawyer who helped one sociopath get away with murder. If that doesn't scream that they're both guilty of something, nothing does.; Reply to this comment


by andie52 October 18, 2011 9:45 AM EDT: So they 'hired' the lawyer who helped Van der Sloot go free to murder another youhg woman.
At this juncture as much as I dislike saying this I doubt if baby Lisa is still alive.; Reply to this comment