The noose is tightening around the mother of BABY LISA Irwin – the 11-month-old baby found missing from her crib in her family’s Missouri home on Oct. 4.
The disappearance has made international headlines, and law enforcement is hammering the tot’s mom Deborah Bradley with tough questions after the 25-year-old dramatically changed her account of what happened on the night her daughter vanished.
“Police are not buying the mother’s story, which has changed significantly since the baby disappeared,” a source close to the investigation told The ENQUIRER.
“Her family members, and even Deborah herself, expect she will ultimately be arrested and charged with a crime.”
Bradley initially said she fell asleep after putting baby Lisa to bed at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. And her fiance, 29-year-old Jeremy Irwin, said that when he got home from work at 4 a.m., the front door of the family’s Kansas City home was unlocked. Lights were on in the house, a window tampered with and the family’s three cell phones were missing.
But Bradley later changed her story, claiming she last saw Lisa at 6:40 p.m.
With Bradley on the hot seat, her family hired prominent New York defense attorney Joe Tacopina on Oct. 17.
The lawyer also represented Joran van der Sloot when he was the chief suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway.
Now that Bradley has lawyered up, authorities are even more convinced that she has something to hide, sources say.
“From the beginning, Deborah’s story has consisted of a shower of inconsistencies that have led cops to question whether she knows more than she’s saying,” the source told The ENQUIRER.
“These people are not wealthy, but suddenly they could afford to hire hot-shot defense lawyer Tacopina. Deborah doesn’t have a driver’s license or a car, but suddenly she has a car and private driver. It all looks very suspicious.”
Meanwhile, the family claims Lisa was snatched by someone who climbed through a small window.
“But police had a hard time getting through that window when they did a re-enactment,” the source told The ENQUIRER. “Police have yet to name a suspect, but it sure looks like they are focusing more and more on Deborah.”
