No Charges for Foster Parents of Missing 5-Year-Old Boy

No Charges for Foster Parents of Missing 5-Year-Old Boy

Published September 8, 2009

Prosecutors say the foster mother of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy won't face charges because there isn't enough evidence against her. The district attorney had until Tuesday to file charges against her fianceé, 38-year-old Louis Ross, but instead released him as well.

Police would not say what led to the couple's arrests or what had led police to conclude that the boy was dead.

A team of investigators searched the couple's Bay Area home again Friday for clues in Fremont, Calif.

Ross said he went to the store's front entrance to ask Campbell to open the back door, but when he returned to the parking lot, Hasanni was gone.

Hasanni isBlack, 3 feet tall, weighs 30 pounds and was last seen wearing a gray sweat shirt and gray pants. He also wears arches on his legs to help him walk.

After the boy's disappearance, his foster parents made tearful public pleas for his safe return that included vigils outside the shoe store and dozens of volunteers handing out fliers with Hasanni's face and holding a car wash to add to a $10,000 reward.

There's even a Web site — findhasanni.com — where his foster family tries to explain their role.

"We understand that there is a lot of speculation out there due to misconceptions about our family and the environment Hasanni was living in but to us he is a son, a brother, a family member and so much more and