Kansas City Police are closing down the command center where a task force investigating Lisa Irwin’s disappearance had been based for the last six weeks, according to media reports.
Police told the Kansas City Star Tuesday that detectives and FBI agents involved in the case have returned to their regular offices and will now be handling other cases. WDAF reported that child and sex abuse cases have been building up in recent weeks as tips on Lisa have slowed.
Eleven-month-old Lisa Irwin was reported missing by her parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, around 4:00 a.m. on October 4. Bradley said she last remembered seeing her daughter when she put her to sleep around 6:40 p.m. the night before.
As many as eight detectives will continue to work on Lisa’s disappearance, but they are no longer exclusively assigned to it, according to WDAF.
“The people who are working this are not going to let this go,” Capt. Steve Young said to the Kansas City Star.
A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office tells CNN’s Jim Spellman that authorities have “no case” and it may take “years” to solve, but Clay County Prosecutor Dan White recently distanced himself from that statement.
“It was an offhanded comment he probably regrets at this time and wishes he hadn’t made,” White told KCTV.
White would not comment on the status of the investigation, the possibility of arrests or any grand jury activity related to the case.
An attorney for Lisa’s parents, who recently moved back into the house where they said she vanished from her crib, told KCTV that they are “doing remarkably well” and are trying to get back to their normal lives.
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