[Ryan Smith, Host, In Session On Trutv:] Baby Lisa Irwin still missing. Her parents calling off a press conference. Are they hiding something? Police launching a new search by water. Is this now a homicide investigation? And meanwhile, another little girl missing for almost two weeks. Did the media down play the case of Jahessye Shockley?
[Unidentified Female:] I believe it`s because she`s a little black kid.
[Smith:] Or is it of her mother`s criminal past. What is being done to find Jahessye? Plus, was today`s game changer in the Michael Jackson death trial could Conrad Murray walk free based on today`s stunning testimony? And later, one teacher, five students and four years in prison. The crazy story of an educator pleading insanity for sex with minors. [on camera]: Good evening. I`m Ryan Smith, sitting in for Dr. Drew. And tonight, police search a small lake for Baby Lisa. And once again, they turn up nothing.
[Unidentified Male:] Investigators now searching a lake just a short drive from Baby Lisa`s home. It is less than two miles away.
[Unidentified Female:] So police in boats are scouring this lake.
[Unidentified Male:] There`s definitely a continuing searches going on on all fronts to try to find Baby Lisa.
[Unidentified Female:] Baby Lisa`s family is preparing for authorities to question the missing baby`s two young brothers. The boys were interviewed only once before, right after the baby vanished.
[Dr. Drew Pinsky:] The 5-year-old and 8-year-old started in bed with mom, and somewhere after midnight went to an upper bunk bed, like was woken up from something
[Nancy Grace, Former Prosecutor:] They have said they heard odd noises that night. Problem, Dr. Drew
[Pinsky:] Yes.
[Grace:] problem!
[Smith:] You know, cops searched a pond near the home of the missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin and they say the search was not initiated by a tip. So the question obviously then becomes why were they there? Plus, Baby Lisa`s parents pulled the plug on a highly anticipated news conference and they canceled the media walk through that they planned that was going to go through their home. They say they are exhausted. But the story just gets more and more confusing. And here`s another question. Will they also cancel a crucial police interview tomorrow? All these things, police begging for information and they`re getting cancellations. Now, police plan on re-questioning and DNA testing Baby Lisa`s two older brothers tomorrow. They are ages six and eight. They were both home when their sister vanished. What could they know? Straight out to my guest, let`s talk about the story that is so troubling, because everyone is looking for Baby Lisa. But at the same time, it`s frustrating as well. Prosecutor Stacey Honowitz is with us, also CNN Correspondent Jim Spellman. And, Jim, I`ll start with you. They`re searching this lake area. And, Jim, when I hear that, I I start fearing the worst. What are authorities saying about why they searched that area?
[Jim Spellman, Cnn Correspondent:] Ryan, they say they want to expand the perimeter of the areas that they`ve searched. So this is sort of the next thing out from areas they`ve already searched. They used these three dogs that are cadaver dogs. Two of them were on land around the lake and one was actually in a boat. And this is a dog that has the capability of detecting a dead body, even if it is underwater. They have them out here. The dogs didn`t find any hits. They even had a dive team, though, ready to go if they did find anything. You know, police here are just stymied, because they`re not sure quite where to go with the investigation since they don`t have access to freely interview the parents. They`ve had over 900 leads here, Ryan, and they want to be able to run those by the family. They want to clear up timeline issues. Lots of stuff. And the family is still refusing to an unfettered interview with the police here.
[Smith:] You know, and and that`s part of the frustration in all of this, the family saying all along, though, they want their daughter found. And, Stacey Honowitz, let`s talk about these searches, because I think of cadaver dog searching and I fear the worst. But does that necessarily mean that police are leaning that way, or could it just mean they`re doing everything they can as Jim is saying?
[Stacey Honowitz, Prosecutor:] Well, I think by them coming out and saying that it wasn`t a tip that led them to go to the pond, I think they`re basically just doing everything in their power. And when you`re being stone walled by the parents, which is the most ridiculous thing you can ever imagine a missing child investigation, then they have to really search all over and just do what they need to do. When you think about the idea that the parents have cancelled press conferences, have cancelled the media tour, and now we`re waiting to see if they will let them talk to the two children, then something just doesn`t smell right because I know that most of your viewers and probably anybody with any common sense would say if the child is missing, why wouldn`t they do everything in their power to be out there, to have their faces in front of the camera, and not to say I`m exhausted. We could care less if you`re exhausted. Your kid is missing! Buck up, wake up and talk to the police. That`s what they need to do so that this investigation can move along to try to find this child. There might be crucial information that the children have and that they have.
[Smith:] And we know from investigations like this, every minute, every second counts. I understand they might be exhausted, but there`s no time to rest when a child is missing. And, Jim, are police commenting on this supposed exhaustion and the parents not wanting to meet right now? I have to assume they have to be so frustrated, and they want to ask questions, but they can`t unless the parents cooperate.
[Spellman:] Yes. They really are frustrated. We hear that from them over and over as these tips, you know, get get cold, people`s memories dim, and they have so much information that they need to sort of process and they need the parents to be a part of that process, they say. And listen, this exhaustion thing, I`m sorry, is just ridiculous. They have a lawyer in New York, an investigator, local counsel who has a staff that they are so overwhelmingly exhausted that they can`t come and lead this already organized single pool camera on this tour that they brought they came up with the idea, you know, that they`re so exhausted, they can`t do that, it is just ridiculous. I`m sorry. It doesn`t make any sense.
[Smith:] Yes. You know what, Jim, I`m glad you said that because it sounds ridiculous to me. I don`t get it. I don`t understand it. Everybody is working to try to find Baby Lisa, and what are they doing, they`re saying they`re exhausted, I don`t see it. One more question for Stacey here. Stacey, they`re saying the brothers are going to be questioned by a specially trained social worker on this re-interview.
[Honowitz:] Right.
[Smith:] What does that sound like to you? Because that`s a very interesting thing. I wonder why someone specially trained is needed in this kind of case.
[Honowitz:] Well, under normal circumstances the police officers are going to question a child, and most officers that are trained in certain departments, they know how to speak to a child, but you have to remember, these parents objected to the police talking to them. It was kind of under their terms. They said they wanted this type of person to come in because they didn`t want the children to be upset. Now look, I think if you look at an investigation, you have to weigh the pros and cons. Do you weigh your children being upset versus your child missing? It just doesn`t make any sense. So when they`re calling this person in, it`s a person who basically is going to try to bond with the child, to make the child feel comfortable, to not instill fear in the child, which a police officer which is used to speaking to kids would never do that, but again, this is under their terms which raises suspicions once again because they are calling the shots, and they shouldn`t be. This should be an all out, we will do whatever you need us to do. We will cooperate in any way. And so everybody now is thinking that`s it. You know, they`re suspicious.
[Smith:] Jim, one more question for you in all of this. The DNA testing, you know, a lot of times when DNA tests are taken, you know, police are doing an investigation, but it can mean something more. Why the DNA testing? Is there any reason they`ve given about why that needs to happen for these two young boys?
[Spellman:] Sure. Well, they went through this extensive search last week, you recall, 17 hour search here with just dozens of officers. They collected a lot of DNA. So what they need to do is eliminate all of the DNA of family members, people that normally would be in the house to try to eliminate all of that. And if there`s DNA left unaccounted for, that might be where they would focus on trying to see if that was DNA from a stranger or possibly an intruder. So they need to just eliminate as much DNA in the house as they can.
[Smith:] Certainly understand that and they`re doing all they can down there. Jim Spellman, thank you so much. Stacey Honowitz as well. Coming up next, folks, another missing girl, 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley, vanished when her mother stepped out to run an errand. You see her right there. Now, her family believes her case isn`t getting enough media attention compared to the cases that we`re seeing everywhere else like Baby Lisa. Well, you know what we`re going to do here is we`re going to talk a little bit about her case. We`re going to do everything we can to make sure all children out there who are missing are found. And we`re going to talk a little bit about Jahessye with her family members to see what`s being done to find her. We`ll be right back.