Isabel Celis was reported missing from her parents' Tucson home on Saturday, April 21.
A potential key witness in the search for a missing Arizona 6-year-old has come forward as authorities expand their investigation into Mexico.
Tucson police say that one of five individuals captured by surveillance footage near the home of Isabel Celis on the night she disappeared is now communicating with detectives, according to ABC News.
The security tapes, recorded outside a nightclub, show three women and two men walking toward the Celis family home at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 21. Isabel was last seen around 11 p.m. on April 20.
Police are not saying what the witness has told them.
On Saturday, U.S. marshals asked Mexican authorities to expand the search for Isabel across American borders to include hotels, bus stations and businesses in the town of Sonora, CBS reported.
Authorities also conducted a visual search last week around bodies of water in the Tucson area.
Sergio and Rebecca Celis, Isabel's parents, have vowed to "never give up" the search for their daughter. Prior to obtaining the surveillance footage, police said they would scale back the search as leads in the case began to dry up.
"Obviously, I'm disappointed that we haven't found her at this point," Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said last week. "But that doesn't mean we're giving up hope or that we're not going to continue to use all the resources that we need to try and find her and follow up on these leads."
Isabel was reported missing by her father when he found the girl absent from her bedroom at approximately 8:00 a.m. on April 21.
Isabel is just under 4 feet tall, weighs approximately 44 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with any information about her disappearance or whereabouts is urged to call 520-88-CRIME.
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Everything about this father is wrong. Since his daughter was "taken" he has coached a little league game and sang a song at a charity fundraiser. Who would do that?
findthem: Everything about this father is wrong. Since his daughter was
i have wondered about her sleeping in her brothers bedroom. what was she afraid of in her room?
if she's maybe ''part time'' sleeping somewhere, why wouldn't she sleep in mom and dad's room?
Nancy_Carrita: i have wondered about her sleeping in her brothers bedroom.
What I would like to know is, what time did the brothers go to bed for 1 for 2 I would like to know if anyone stopped and got gas..check debit/credit atm machine records....mileage on the cars....the parents know.....
ZoeGirl6: What I would like to know is, what time did
well what is pissing me off about the time line, is that i have not heard anything about the mother peeping in on the child before she left for work....
ZoeGirl6: well what is pissing me off about the time line,
Why is it always the "beautiful" children that get so much attention when they disappear?
And the blame for much of the recent abductions falls squarely on the police who get BIG clues but fail to act. The Korman kid, Baby Lisa, (Her mother had the phone # of a drug dealer written on her HAND!) yet, she's not been arrested. How about the 20 month old from Maine? The baby's blood was found in his basement. And need I mention Josh Powell? The police found the wife's blood on the couch. The excuse police give is that they need more "concrete" evidence. Well, look how that ended for the Powell children. Not long ago, a 4 yr. old hispanic boy was snatched from his mother's arms & found wandering the streets in Mexico. Seems dad owed some druggies big time. I'm betting that's what happened to Isabelle.
krmujn: Why is it always the "beautiful" children that get so
This has the earmarks of child abduction with the end result being child slavery out of Mexico. Evidently, there are Russian mobs who use runners to steal kids for this purpose. I am surmising here, but it may be the case regardless.
mollymac: This has the earmarks of child abduction with the end
The idea that a "Russian mob" would know where to look for a little girl whose sleeping arrangements had just been changed, and crawl into her bedroom window, is very far-fetched, as is "child slavery out of Mexico.": I predict that if and when this case is solved the girl's father will be involved in her disappearance.
csmomo: The idea that a "Russian mob" would know where to
I know it looks ugly for the parents. However, I do not believe they did it. The reason for this is because of the public attention so quickly, she was reported missing immediately after the abduction. And the story hit national news so quickly. Now this makes me say why? But there is no concrete evidence, nor is there circumstantial evidence to prove the parents were involved. But I believe all avenues no matter how disturbing must be explored. My prayers go out to the family.
Tony_Ambrutis: I know it looks ugly for the parents. However, I
We all need to send our prayers for the safe return of this little girl. If it was a group of pedophiles that abducted her and she is in Mexico, I don't see how she will ever be recovered. Mexico has so many problems and the police that are honest are so overwhelmed with all the violence. The recent murdering of four children under 10 that were abducted and suffocated in Mexico was such a horror to read about. You just have to be so careful with your children no matter where you live nowadays. When caught and convicted, pedophiles and others who harm children should get the death penalty. Would hate to be an attorney representing that level of evil.
Patricia1111: We all need to send our prayers for the safe
Timeline is missing crucial 6:28 am --- when young teen girl across the alley (merely feet away) heard two men speaking outside her and Isabel's window. She didn't understand what was said but believed they were speaking in English. Could this have been the father and uncle or someone else? Can their presence be viewed in any of the video footage?
DebraLeeE: Timeline is missing crucial 6:28 am --- when young teen
Someone in the family sold her. I said last week to check out the teen-age brothers. Something may have happened to her because of something they were up to so they disposed of the body, but in light of these new [to me] developments, they may have flat out sold her. What's the money situation at the family home? Parents sell their kids all the time in Mexico, so like everything else they could just be carrying on the tradition.
creddell6: Someone in the family sold her. I said last week
yes and the brother looks like this new story about 3 sisters a man in their bedroom.. seems weird, then the cops showed up at Celis home, with one son, & parents interviewed separately I guess. A cousin maybe? they covered up something cause they didn't want to lose the rest of the kids to the state?
nancy_kriescher: yes and the brother looks like this new story about
It really seemed weird to me too. I hate to say it, but I think the whole family was in on the cover-up and made up their storys to tell the cops before they called them. The parents may or may not have contributed to whatever happened to the girl, (Drowned in bathtub? Fell out window? or the boys 'playing' way too rough around a little girl, but in any case I think they did transport and dispose of the body out of sheer fear! Anymore, every doggone accident that really is an accident, the parents get charged with all kinds of stuff and lose all their other children, like you said. And I thought of a cousin too, something is not being told here....
creddell6: It really seemed weird to me too. I hate to
I doubt the brothers had any part in this. Up to that night the little girl had been sleeping in the same room with them, and it seems a little strange that the very first night she is in a room alone she is "abducted." And how would a couple of boys dispose of a body so that no one has yet found it in all these searches. I don't believe that many families have a "tradition" of selling their little girls, and this isn't Mexico.
csmomo: I doubt the brothers had any part in this. Up
Well, csmomo, I doubt the boys could dispose of a body very well either so that's why I'm thinking about one or both parents helping to do that in their car. There hasn't been anything about the car or even if they have one, so I don't know of course. I'm just speculating, they never give us enough info.
I hate to tell you, but mexicans do sell family members, it is a huge, horrible trade.
And this may not be mexico yet, but give it a few more years and learn hispanic cuss words so you know what you are being called on a daily basis.
creddell6: Well, csmomo, I doubt the boys could dispose of a
bottom line... the police don't know diddley squat and i'm afraid the investigation is botched and this child will never be found like so many others, i pray i am wrong...
Anna_Maria_Dunkerson: bottom line... the police don't know diddley squat and i'm
That's another reason why I just can't swallow the 'sombody snuck in and took her'
routine. I know I know, it really does happen sometimes, but statistics hold with a 'middle of the night child abduction where nobody heard or saw a single thing' almost always has one or the whole family involved. They practice the story and then call the cops. And it could have been a terrible accident and they all panicked that night.
creddell6: That's another reason why I just can't swallow the 'sombody
Well weather this is accurate or not I hope it gives some leads to the possibility of what may of happened that night. As for the comments of micro-chipping. At this point in our area the animal gets scanned at the pound-which then leads to a phone number to call. I don't know if the animal is GPS savvy. I don't beleive so they aren't like radio collars. The sad part about children getting taken is it just so random-and as a parent you think your child is safe in their home. Or at school or across the street with a friend-we can't live paranoid-but then again we can't just be uncautious of our surroundings either. I think what bothers me about this story is the fact she was taken from her bedroom. How did this person know she was sleeping there? Another question I have is was she put to bed at 11:00 or checked on by her dad. And I hate to say this but, was it because he was going to bed....or leaving the house? I haven't seen all the stories so if I'm speaking out of place ....I'm sorry. So do they think she was taken out through the window? I have no idea how high the window is ....but think about trying to carry a 6 year old plus your self out a window?
mussertimber: Well weather this is accurate or not I hope it
Also mussertimber, if I had a child's bedroom up right next to and on the alley--would you not have that window reinforced for safety. I saw a picture of that window and it looked like anyone could have gotten into it. It had a cheap screen and window. The business that is nearby with the security cameras, said it was an area with crime. Initially there was a statement by someone that she missed school that day and was seen upset about something. There just has to be more to this incident. I thought it was like the Smart abduction when I first heard about it, now I am not so sure.
Patricia1111: Also mussertimber, if I had a child's bedroom up right
Yes, think about it. Think about someone opening a window of an occupied house and climbing in that window, taking a child of six from her bed without waking her or anyone else in the house and leaving through that window with the child. From the first I have suspected that the father arranged this in the hope of making money from it, copying some aspects of the "baby Lisa" case.
csmomo: Yes, think about it. Think about someone opening a window
Me too. He would be the one who could take her somewhere without the dogs barking or the boys waking up. It doesn't make sense that a perfect stranger would know which window was hers, and she really was sleeping in there, and the dog wags his tail.
creddell6: Me too. He would be the one who could take
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