Gabriel Scott Johnson was 7 months old when he was last seen in San Antonio, Texas, on December 27, 2009, in the company of his mother, Elizabeth Joanne Johnson. Elizabeth had traveled from Tempe, Arizona, with Gabriel on December 22 and stayed in two local motels. On December 27 she left San Antonio by Greyhound bus without the baby and failed to appear at a custody hearing in Arizona the next day; a warrant for custodial interference followed and she was arrested in Miami Beach on December 30 without Gabriel.

After her arrest Elizabeth sent conflicting accounts about Gabriel’s fate, including an initial text to his father, Logan McQueary, saying she had killed the baby and left him in a dumpster, then later claiming she had given Gabriel to a couple in a San Antonio park for a closed adoption. That couple has never been verified.

Investigators also focused on Tammi Peters Smith and her husband Jack, Arizona residents who had sought to adopt Gabriel; Tammi Smith was arrested in February 2010 and convicted on forgery, custodial interference, and conspiracy charges in May 2012. The child has never been found, the case remains a kidnapping and homicide investigation, and Gabriel’s father continues to search for him. Does anyone have information about Gabriel’s whereabouts or the alleged San Antonio couple?