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Missing Boy Mystery
Aired May 02, 2003 - 09:15 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: As for the case of Tristen "Buddy" Myers right now, law enforcement officials telling CNN they are 90 percent sure right now that a boy abandoned last February at a hospital near Chicago is not Buddy. Buddy Myers was 4 years old when he disappeared from his home back in North Carolina. That's about 2 1/2 years ago. His family saw a very strong resemblance to the boy known as Eli Quick.
Jackie Jacobs is a spokeswoman for the Myers family. She's live with us outside their home in Roseboro, North Carolina.
Thank you for taking time, Jackie. Good morning to you.
JACKIE JACOBS, SPOKESWOMAN FOR MYERS FAMILY: Good morning, Bill.
HEMMER: What are you hearing from authorities right now regarding Buddy?
JACOBS: Well, Bill, currently, at this point, the family hasn't heard anything from authorities regarding Buddy. We're just anxiously waiting. We think that, however, today might be DNA day, and we're waiting by the phones.
HEMMER: I'm certain that you've heard the reports about this strong chance that it's not Buddy Myers. What has been their reaction to those reports?
JACOBS: You know, our position has been all week that until some official presents his family with the final DNA results, we remain very hopeful and optimistic that the little boy in Chicago may have a chance to come home to this family in Roseboro, North Carolina. So we don't really have any sort of reaction to that.
HEMMER: Jackie, keep going, please. I'm sorry.
JACOBS: We also just wanted to clarify, Bill, that there is also continued reports that the little boy in Chicago has blond hair and blue eyes, and that Tristen, in fact, has blond hair and brown eyes, and that is not correct. Tristen, in fact, has blond hair and blue eyes as well, and we know that is not going to be the definitive answer in identifying the child in Illinois. But we just wanted the viewers to know that Tristen, in fact, has blue ideas.
HEMMER: Is that giving you more hope, or not?
JACOBS: It's those sort of reports that Donna and the Myers' family hear, and they know that something as simple as his eye color is being reported inaccurately, that possibly these other percentages when it come to the DNA, they're not going to give any credence to that at this point.
HEMMER: Jackie, has the family talked about the great aunt, if this is not him, what then in this case?
JACOBS: Well, in that case, you do what all missing families have to do. You just have to regroup and re-evaluate your strategy, because little buddy is still missing, and we need the United States' help in finding him. We still need to bring him home. Because if the gentleman in Chicago, Illinois does not have Buddy, somebody does.
HEMMER: Good luck, Jackie, and the family as well. Jackie Jacobs there in Roseboro, North Carolina.
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Aired May 2, 2003 - 09:15 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: As for the case of Tristen "Buddy" Myers right now, law enforcement officials telling CNN they are 90 percent sure right now that a boy abandoned last February at a hospital near Chicago is not Buddy. Buddy Myers was 4 years old when he disappeared from his home back in North Carolina. That's about 2 1/2 years ago. His family saw a very strong resemblance to the boy known as Eli Quick.
Jackie Jacobs is a spokeswoman for the Myers family. She's live with us outside their home in Roseboro, North Carolina.
Thank you for taking time, Jackie. Good morning to you.
JACKIE JACOBS, SPOKESWOMAN FOR MYERS FAMILY: Good morning, Bill.
HEMMER: What are you hearing from authorities right now regarding Buddy?
JACOBS: Well, Bill, currently, at this point, the family hasn't heard anything from authorities regarding Buddy. We're just anxiously waiting. We think that, however, today might be DNA day, and we're waiting by the phones.
HEMMER: I'm certain that you've heard the reports about this strong chance that it's not Buddy Myers. What has been their reaction to those reports?
JACOBS: You know, our position has been all week that until some official presents his family with the final DNA results, we remain very hopeful and optimistic that the little boy in Chicago may have a chance to come home to this family in Roseboro, North Carolina. So we don't really have any sort of reaction to that.
HEMMER: Jackie, keep going, please. I'm sorry.
JACOBS: We also just wanted to clarify, Bill, that there is also continued reports that the little boy in Chicago has blond hair and blue eyes, and that Tristen, in fact, has blond hair and brown eyes, and that is not correct. Tristen, in fact, has blond hair and blue eyes as well, and we know that is not going to be the definitive answer in identifying the child in Illinois. But we just wanted the viewers to know that Tristen, in fact, has blue ideas.
HEMMER: Is that giving you more hope, or not?
JACOBS: It's those sort of reports that Donna and the Myers' family hear, and they know that something as simple as his eye color is being reported inaccurately, that possibly these other percentages when it come to the DNA, they're not going to give any credence to that at this point.
HEMMER: Jackie, has the family talked about the great aunt, if this is not him, what then in this case?
JACOBS: Well, in that case, you do what all missing families have to do. You just have to regroup and re-evaluate your strategy, because little buddy is still missing, and we need the United States' help in finding him. We still need to bring him home. Because if the gentleman in Chicago, Illinois does not have Buddy, somebody does.
HEMMER: Good luck, Jackie, and the family as well. Jackie Jacobs there in Roseboro, North Carolina.
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