Cindy Short

I think one reason they would do that is because they have one theory, and they've stuck to that theory all these years, that it was the parents. I think a second reason, and this would be a legitimate reason, that one of the witnesses in the case, the lady that was several doors up from the Irwins at 1215, who saw the man carrying the baby. She's talking there about Lisa Parscale.

And she knew Irwins. Jersey because he had done work across the street at the Watson's home. And she did not believe that the person carrying the baby was, in fact, Tanko. I don't know whether she reported that to the police, but let's assume that she did. And so that that was one way that they would have eliminated him.

And she knew Irwins. Jersey because he had done work across the street at the Watson's home. And she did not believe that the person carrying the baby was, in fact, Tanko. I don't know whether she reported that to the police, but let's assume that she did. And so that that was one way that they would have eliminated him.

And she knew Irwins. Jersey because he had done work across the street at the Watson's home. And she did not believe that the person carrying the baby was, in fact, Tanko. I don't know whether she reported that to the police, but let's assume that she did. And so that that was one way that they would have eliminated him.

I don't think that that should have been the end of the story. I think when you look at the totality of what he was doing, particularly from July through October...

I don't think that that should have been the end of the story. I think when you look at the totality of what he was doing, particularly from July through October...

I don't think that that should have been the end of the story. I think when you look at the totality of what he was doing, particularly from July through October...

He had been incarcerated in Missouri for a burglary. He had been released from his incarceration and then he had absconded, which meant that he had escaped from basically a halfway house. He was then living in an unhoused situation with a woman named Megan.

He had been incarcerated in Missouri for a burglary. He had been released from his incarceration and then he had absconded, which meant that he had escaped from basically a halfway house. He was then living in an unhoused situation with a woman named Megan.

He had been incarcerated in Missouri for a burglary. He had been released from his incarceration and then he had absconded, which meant that he had escaped from basically a halfway house. He was then living in an unhoused situation with a woman named Megan.

And there is a lot of disruption or arguments between Megan and Jersey. And later on in the summers, about September, he ends up getting arrested again. They break up. He wants to get back with her. She becomes homeless. He ends up setting her car on fire.

And there is a lot of disruption or arguments between Megan and Jersey. And later on in the summers, about September, he ends up getting arrested again. They break up. He wants to get back with her. She becomes homeless. He ends up setting her car on fire.

And there is a lot of disruption or arguments between Megan and Jersey. And later on in the summers, about September, he ends up getting arrested again. They break up. He wants to get back with her. She becomes homeless. He ends up setting her car on fire.

Fire is important here because we'll end up having a fire the night of the kidnapping.

Fire is important here because we'll end up having a fire the night of the kidnapping.

Fire is important here because we'll end up having a fire the night of the kidnapping.

Megan and Jersey are kind of an odd couple. She's much younger than he is, but they start talking about, in July, having children. Megan would like to have children. There's a theory about him wanting to get back together with her, and is this one of the reasons that he would have spontaneously taken this baby?

Megan and Jersey are kind of an odd couple. She's much younger than he is, but they start talking about, in July, having children. Megan would like to have children. There's a theory about him wanting to get back together with her, and is this one of the reasons that he would have spontaneously taken this baby?

Megan and Jersey are kind of an odd couple. She's much younger than he is, but they start talking about, in July, having children. Megan would like to have children. There's a theory about him wanting to get back together with her, and is this one of the reasons that he would have spontaneously taken this baby?

Again, attorney Cindy Short. In September, he's becoming more erratic. And so I think, again, this is significant. And some of the erratic behavior has to do with his drug use.