Attorney discounts cadaver dog's alert in missing baby probe

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KANSAS CITY, Mo | Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:10pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A lawyer for parents of missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin downplayed on Saturday the significance of a cadaver dog's alert that may have signified the scent of a dead body in the Irwin home.

Court documents showed on Friday that an FBI cadaver dog had picked up the scent of a deceased person in the bedroom of Deborah Bradley, the mother of the missing Missouri baby, earlier in the week.

Lawyer Cyndy Short told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview aired Saturday that smells from a dead body can remain in a location for many years.

"My understanding is that there are cold cases where dogs have hit on scents of decomposition that have been in the home for as long as 28 years," Short told "Good Morning America."

"This is an old home, 63 years old. There could be a lot of other explanations for that."

Bradley, the baby's mother, has said she put Lisa to bed the evening of October 3, and that she was gone early the next morning. Police have questioned Bradley and and the baby's father, Jeremy Irwin, at length about Lisa's disappearance.

The cadaver dog had picked up the scent of the dead body on Monday in a search the parents authorized.

Police and the FBI later spent some 16 hours combing through the Irwin house, garage and yard after getting a search warrant. Investigators on Wednesday seized baby clothing, blankets, rolls of tape and a dispenser.

Bradley, who has admitted that she was drunk on wine the evening she last saw her daughter, has said police accused her of killing Lisa and told her she failed a lie-detector test when asked if she knew the whereabouts of her daughter.

"Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley had no role in the disappearance of their daughter," Short said in a statement on Friday. "They are praying for her safe return."

Short said the couple has fully cooperated with police in allowing searches, providing personal items for examination and in granting interviews.

(Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

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The Rogue Responds: Palin Attorney Threatens Lawsuit Over Biography

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Sarah Palin's family lawyer has told Crown Publishing Group (CPG) she may sue the company for "knowingly publishing false statements" in a controversial book recently published on the ex-Alaska Governor.

In a letter to the publisher – obtained by ABC News – attorney John Tiemessen warns that Palin is considering launching the lawsuits over damning allegations in the much-publicized biography that she used cocaine and had extra-marital affairs. Tiemessen instructs the company to keep any emails or records related to the book, called The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, and its veteran author, Joe McGinniss.

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The missive mentions an email obtained by Palin's legal team from McGinniss to a liberal Alaskan blogger in which he admits a lack of documents to substantiate the lurid claims surrounding the self-proclaimed “mama grizzly.” The biography was widely panned by critics for almost exclusively using unnamed sources.

"Legal review of my manuscript is underway and here's my problem: no one has ever offered documentation of any of the lurid stories about the Palins," McGinniss wrote in the email published by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart.

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But Random House - CPG's parent company - are standing by the tell-all. Stuart Applebaum, the spokesman for the publishers, wrote to ABC News: “We are confident that the reporting in The Rogue is solid, reliable, and well-substantiated. We stand by our publication and our author.” (via Slate)

Joe Jackson is a contributor at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @joejackson. You can also continue the discussion on TIME's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.

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