Missing Baby Cold Case Unthaws

Alleged Jailhouse Confession Prompts New Look Into Fla. Infant's 1997 Disappearance

(CBS/ AP)  An alleged jailhouse confession has unearthed a new lead in the disappearance of a 5-month-old girl in 1997.

The St. Petersburg Times reported Sunday that detectives have recently focused on a man serving prison time on unrelated federal charges.

Sabrina Aisenberg vanished days before Thanksgiving. Her parents, Steve and Marlene, were indicted in 1999 on federal charges that they lied about their daughter's disappearance. Those charges were later dropped when a judge questioned the validity of wiretaps used to collect information on the Aisenbergs.

The newspaper reported that sheriff's investigators are now focusing on Scott Overbeck, a prisoner who has been serving time on unrelated charges. Authorities had a fellow inmate wear a wire to get Overbeck to detail what he knew about the disappearance. Overbeck allegedly told the informant that he was asked to dispose of the infant's body, which was inside a boat he had retrieved from the Aisenberg's home.

According to the informant, Dennis Byron, a former acquaintance of Overbeck who is serving a six-year sentence at a Gainesville, Fla., prison, Overbeck said he was asked to get rid of the baby's body at the request of an investigator working for a law firm that was going to represent the Aisenbergs, the newspaper reported.

Overbeck also told Byron that he chopped up the baby's body and disposed of the remains in crab traps.

"Without some corroboration, there's not going to be enough here to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt," CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom said of Byron's information. "This is not enough standing alone."

The newspaper based its reporting on a sworn statement Byron gave investigators.

The sheriff's office is refusing to comment on the newspaper's report. Some of the Aisenbergs' former neighbors said that detectives have recently come around with sheets of mug shots for them to look at.

But the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Sunday that because the case remains open, officials will not discuss any details of the leads that continue to come forward.

[whatsup49]

shame on you nancy_naive -- you''re a cold-hearted person

[last121868]

nancy~you are one sick b***h.

[grammardude]

Hey, Folks!

Has anyone ever explained to you that "unthawed" is not a word? What''s wrong with "Missing Baby Cold Case Thaws"? If something unthaws, that means it''s freezing back up, right?

[thedwarf1969]

I hope Nancy_Naive never has children...otherwise they may end up in a crab trap...

[toldyouso12]

Fire the author of this. To "Unthaw" would mean to Re-freeze. Thawing means to melt , if we "unthaw anything--then we must be un-melting or re-freezing it.

The dumbing down of America knows no limits.

[barbaram99]

Nancy yer from Maine..I was born there and really yer don''t do krap likr that.

[toldyouso12]

"According to the informant, Dennis Byron, a former acquaintance of Overbeck who is serving a six-year sentence at a Gainesville, Fla., prison, Overbeck said he was asked to get rid of the baby''s body at the request of an investigator working for a law firm that was going to represent the Aisenbergs, the newspaper reported."

I thought it was against the law and police policy to name an informant. Now Byron is a marked man in prison . LOL

[feddupp]

How utterly heart-breaking to think that a human being/child/baby could be thought of as something to "dispose" of!!

I hope and pray that this will be solved and the parents and grandparents can finally KNOW what happened to this precious child!

[baznme]

What the He_l_l is wrong with all you people. Wake up! This was a baby, not a joke or just some written words in a newspaper to be played with. Won''t anyone with any common sense give this child''s short life some value?

MyOpinion1: It was "crab TRAPS", not "crab pots"!

[debluezzman]

Just goes to show you there are those who are breathing good air someone else could be breathing, may Nancy and hers choke

[rf35]

feddupp, the aprents already know what happened...they killed her.

Baznme, crab traps are called "pots."

CBS, would you please fire whoever came up with the idea to use "unthaw" as if it were a real word.

[rf35]

Nancy, funny stuff! These people have no sense of humor.

[redbds]

I hope and pray that this will be solved and the parents and grandparents can finally KNOW what happened to this precious child!

Posted by feddupp at 12:18 PM : Jul 28, 2008

Did you read the article? It says; "Overbeck said he was asked to get rid of the baby''s body at the request of an investigator working for a law firm that was going to represent the Aisenbergs." That is the law firm that is to represent the parents. If that is true then the parents already know what happened.

[last121868]

rf35~wow, I didn''t realize that there was anything humorous about an infant being murdered and then "disposed" of. Go play in the street with Ms. Naive you d*****bag.

[toolmangler-2009]

"Missing Baby Cold Case Unthaws" (How do you unthaw anything? refreeze it?)
AP''s copy editors need to go back.... no need to go ''TO'' school.

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by toldyouso12 at 11:52 AM : Jul 28, 2008


sorry TYS12 I should have read farther back.

[toolmangler-2009]

Crab Pots vs Crab traps

The crab pot is a much larger and heavier piece of equipment used to catch crabs than a trap. The Maryland crab pot is cubicle, generally 2''x2''x2'' and, when baited might weight fifteen pounds or more. It takes more physical exertion than does a crab trap to operate, but, unlike the trap, it is only brought to the surface once or twice a day. The crab pot is baited from the bottom with fish parts, chicken necks, eel, or bull lips.

[toldyouso12]

Did you read the article? It says; "Overbeck said he was asked to get rid of the baby''''s body at the request of an investigator working for a law firm that was going to represent the Aisenbergs." That is the law firm that is to represent the parents. If that is true then the parents already know what happened.

Posted by redbds at 02:24 PM : Jul 28, 2008


It also means, if true, that the law firm is complicit in covering up the murder and obstructing justice.