Breaking Developement Here in South Bend...With the Madelyn Toogood Incident...

[WDW2002]

I wondered why no one mentioned or brought up why her hair all of a sudden was a different color. I just assumed that she probably dyed it change her appearence...

 

[TwinMom7]

That was my initial thought too...that she had dyed her hair to change her appearance.

 

[wovenwonder]

I didn't hear anything on our local news and cannot find anything on the internet about this yet? Do you have any links to the story? This is horrible! Prayers for that poor little girl

 

[padams]

Police: Toogood's prints don't match fugitive's
FBI reports no warrants for husband of mom in alleged beating

By BRYON COPPENS
Tribune Staff Writer

MISHAWAKA -- A set of fingerprints taken from Johnny Toogood at the Mishawaka police station Tuesday did not match those of a man wanted in Tennessee and Virginia.

Mishawaka police had obtained a search warrant through the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office to get Toogood's fingerprints and photograph after receiving information that he was possibly wanted in other states on forgery, theft and flight charges.

The reports they received followed national media coverage of his wife, Madelyne Toogood, and the surveillance videotape taken Sept. 13 in which Madelyne appears to repeatedly strike the Toogoods' 4-year-old daughter, Martha.

Investigative Division Chief Mike Samp said Johnny Toogood agreed to come to the police station Tuesday when asked and remained there for several hours as investigators examined his prints and ran them through state and federal databases.

Fingerprint experts from both the Mishawaka and South Bend police departments compared his prints with those of a man police were looking for in Tennessee and Virginia and concluded they did not match, Samp said.

Police also faxed a copy of Toogood's prints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C.

Samp said the FBI determined that the prints belonged to Johnny Toogood, also known as John Lark, and there were no outstanding warrants on file for him.

At that point, Toogood was released, Samp said.

Detective Matt Austin of the Bristol Police Department, which is located on the border of Tennessee and Virginia, said Thursday afternoon that he has been contacted by the Mishawaka Police Department about their findings.

Earlier in the week, Austin said he was fairly certain Toogood was the same man wanted in Tennessee and Virginia under the names John A. Gannon or John Gorman, but Austin said Thursday he had no reason to doubt the results of the fingerprint comparison conducted in Mishawaka.

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

This is so confusing! How did this happen?

 

[TwinMom7]

Here's the link to this morning's story on on our local WNDU station...

News Article

I'm sure there will be lots more information following this afternoon's news conference with the District Attorney - Chris Toth.

 

[wvjules]

According to that story its the father's fingerprints that don't match. I didn't read anything about the mother and child.

 

[phamton]

From everything I kind find it is only the father (who wasn't there for the beating) whose fingerprints don't match. One Spanish newspaper has "claimed" at: http://www.wndu.com/news/092002/news_16362.php

reporter interviewed a man who says that the Madelyne and Martha_Toogood we know are not_the same mother and daughter in the video. "He says he's pretty much involved in a high level with the real mother of the girl," explains Adrian Villalobos, a reporter for_Voz Latinas, "He says he knows where they are but he refuses to give me that information for now."

Sounds like a "friend of a friend" story to me.

Bev Hamilton

 

[TwinMom7]

They're reporting now that the news conference at 3:00 will "clear up some confusion".

 

[JAP]

Child welfare needs to look into the situation with all the other children in this "family". Goodness knows what lengths these people will go to in order to protect one another.

 

[phamton]

Thanks, TwinMom. I've been watching CNN and haven't seen anything and am very curious to know the whole story. Let us know what you hear. BTW, I'm also the mother of twins although mine are 21 years old now.

Bev

 

[TwinMom7]

Mine will be 23 in January...identical girls.

 

[Beanie]

How sad is this? That poor little girl and I totally agree with aahmom, who lets their kid go to Foster Care to protect someone else??? I do hope they find that little girl!

 

[minniepumpernickel]

You know, now I'm even more pissed off about this!! You really can't trust sicko con artists!

I haven't had a chance to listen to any news. Has anything else changed?

The whole thing is just so disturbing!!

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Originally posted by aahmom1
OMG I hope that baby is ok. Now shouldn't that lawyer be charged with something, maybe obstructing justice?

only if the lawyer knew what was going on.

people lie to their lawyers all the time. he's probably someone they found in a directory and retained only a few days ago. how would he know that the person he's representing isn't the woman in the video, and that she's perpetrating a fraud?

 

[binny]

Did they say anything on the newscast?


I would really be interested in hearing an update.

 

[ripleysmom]

 

[TwinMom7]

I heard it reported for the first time all day on the national news - about an hour ago (radio). It's now 4:00, and I'll listen and see if they have anything new to say....

 

[TwinMom7]

They just announced that the press conference was delayed and is just now (4:00) getting underway. I'll let you know.....

 

[Saffron]

I haven't heard anything about this! I can't wait to hear what's going on!