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Deborah Bradley, mother of the missing 10-month-old baby Lisa Irwin, has hired attorney Joe Tacopina, according to The Miami Herald.

Tacopina is the same attorney who defended Jordan Van Der Sloot after becoming a suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway in Aruba in 2005, according to The Miami Herald.

Baby Lisa Irwin, was declared missing early October 4, 2011 from her Kansas City home, according to The Miami Herald.

Baby Irwin was discovered missing when her father, Jeremy Irwin, came home after a late shift to find the lights on, a tampered window and his daughter missing, according to The Miami Herald.

Bradley had told police that she had checked on her daughter at 10:30 pm October 3^rd, however, days later she told NBC’S Today Show that she had last seen her daughter when she put her to bed at 6:40 October 3^rd, according to The Miami Herald.

Authorities were unaware as to why Bradley changed her story, according to The Miami Herald.

Bradley later told Fox News that after putting her daughter to bed that night, she had gotten drunk and had also taken an anti-anxiety medication earlier that day as well and most likely blacked out, according to The Miami Herald.

Tacopina told Associated Press, that he does not recall in recent history anyone under suspicion to be so open about such unflattering details; however, he claimed that her openness shows that her and her family has nothing to hide, according to The Miami Herald.

Police have searched the home, surrounding areas, landfills and woods looking for baby Lisa, however, authorities are still unaware of what has happened to this baby, according to The Miami Herald.

This story contains information from The Miami Herald and The Associated Press.

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William McQuain, 11, was last seen September 20, 2011, according to CNN.

An Amber-Alert was issued for the boy after his mother, Jane McQuain, 51, was found stabbed and beaten to death in the bedroom of her Germantown, Maryland home, according to CNN.

Just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, October 18, search dog handlers found the body of a young African-American male in Clarksburg, Maryland, according to CNN.

McQuain’s mother had been dead for approximately 10 to 12 days when her body was found, according to CNN.

William McQuain, was not at the house when his mother was found, however, her Honda CRV was missing, according to CNN.

Curtis Lopez, 45, was arrested last week for connections in the death of Jane McQuain in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to CNN.

Police said that Lopez was McQuain’s husband, although he did not live there, according to CNN.

Video surveillance tape from the morning of October 1, 200l showed Lopez walking in and out of a storage unit in Germantown with William, who showed no signs of distress, according to CNN.

The clothes on the body that was found in Clarksburg, match those of the clothes William was wearing the video surveillance tape, according to CNN.

The body found is believed to have been in its location since October 1, 2011, according to CNN.

This story contains information from CNN.