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Published: Tue, January 22, 2008 - 12:50 pm
Saturday 12:40 p.m. - Memorial service concludes for the 4 children, police say, were thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge. Exerpts from the memorial service can be found on this page. Just click on the "play" button to the right.
Saturday 8:11 a.m. (Jan 26)
- Funeral services start today at Bayou La Batre Community Center
- Public viewing at 9am
- Public funeral at 11am
- Appreciation dinner for searchers and volunteers at 730pm
- Live coverage starting at 9 a.m. on WKRG.com
Friday, 5:42 p.m. (Jan 25)
* Funeral services start tomorrow morning at Bayou La Batre Community Center
* Live coverage starting at 9 a.m. on WKRG.com
Thursday, 1:47 p.m. (Jan 24)
- Leflore High School students raise money for the mother of the children
- Band members come up with the idea of the Pass the Hat Campaign
Thursday, 1:33 p.m. (Jan.24)
Source: Associated Press
- Funeral services are planned Saturday morning for 3-year-old Ryan Phan; 2-year-old Hannah Luong; 1-year-old Lindsey Luong; and 4-month-old Danny Luong.
- A graveside service will be held at Oddfellows Cemetery.
- Family members have also organized an appreciation dinner Saturday evening at 7 p.m. for the people who helped search
- Police said 37-year-old Lam Luong confessed to throwing the children from the 80-foot-tall bridge on January 7th, following an argument with his wife.
- Luong later recanted that confession.
- Luong, a native of Vietnam, has been charged with capital murder.
- A preliminary hearing in Mobile County Circuit Court is set for March 5th.
Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. (Jan.23)
-Rev. Phi Vo says 2 year old Hannah Luong's body should be back in Mobile County from Louisiana by 6:00 p.m. tonight
-Funeral plans in place for Saturday morning.
-Public visitation at Bayou La Batre Community Center from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Saturday
-Public funeral at Bayou La Batre Community Center at 11:00 a.m.
-Public graveside service to follow funeral service.
Wednesday, 7:05 a.m. (Jan.23)
-Body of 2 year old Hannah Luong could return to Alabama today.
-Funeral services set for Saturday at the Bayou La Batre Community Center
-Private family service at 8 a.m.
-Public service at 9 a.m.
-Private dinner for recovery crews at 7 p.m.
-Community Center can hold 1,000 people
Tuesday, 4:12 p.m. (Jan.22)
- Body found in waters near Venice, LA positively identified as Hannah Luong
- The bodies of all four children who police say were thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge by their father have been recovered.
- Family says the funeral for all four will be this Saturday in Bayou La Batre.
- Louisiana investigators say they will work with Alabama authorities to return Hannah's body to Mobile County as soon as possible.
- Click video player to right to watch the entire press conference with Louisiana medical examiner or click here.
Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. (Jan.22)
- Louisiana medical examiner says body found is 2 year old Hannah Luong
Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. (Jan 22)
Funeral set for Saturday, January 26th at Bayou La Batre Comm. Center
Tuesday, 6:10 a.m. (Jan. 22)
- Autopsy scheduled later this morning on the body found off coast of Louisiana over the weekend.
- If DNA tests are required to identify body, it could take up to 6 weeks for results.
Monday, 10:45 p.m. (Jan. 21)
- News 5's has learned that the Bayou La Batre City Council voted last week to put a memorial for Hannah, Lindsey, Danny and Ryan at Maritime Park next to city hall. Watch Steve Alexander's story here.
- News 5's Kimberly Curth will be back in Louisiana Tuesday following the autopsy for the body believed to be that of two-year old Hannah.
Monday, 6:10 p.m. (Jan. 21)
- Mobile County investigators will travel to Louisiana on Tuesday.
- Autopsy on child's body found in waters near Venice, LA will be performed in Jefferson Parish Tuesday morning.
- Louisiana medical examiner has requested Hannah Luong's medical records to help with body identification.
- Funeral plans depend on when Hannah's body is returned to Alabama, if a positive ID is made.
- Funeral could happen this weekend.
Monday, 4:50 p.m. (Jan. 21)
- Mobile County Medical Examiner and the lead detective with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office will attend the autopsy in Louisiana Tuesday morning.
- If the baby is identified as Hannah Luong, arrangements will be made as soon as possible for the body to be brought back to Alabama.
-The family is tenatively planning to have the funeral this weekend. Those plans will depend on when Hannah's body is back in Mobile County.
Monday, 11:50 a.m. (Jan. 21)-
- Autopsy will be performed in Jefferson Parish, LA, about 70-80 miles away from where the body was found.
- Results could come as soon as tomorrow, or could take as long as 6 weeks
- Officials in Louisiana have contacted Mobile Co. authorities to fax them a copy of 2 year old Hannah's footprint, to see if they can make a positive identification that way.
Monday, 10:50 a.m. (Jan. 21)- News 5 has learned that the autopsy will be done tomorrow in Harvey, Louisiana. Harvey is outside New Orleans.
- News 5 crew on the way to Venice, Louisiana, where the child's body was found. We will have updated information throughout the day.
Monday, 7:10 a.m. (Jan. 21)
-Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran appeared on WKRG News 5 at 6am. Watch Sheriff Cochran's interview here.
-Sheriff Cochran says he believes the body of young, asian girl, will indeed be identified as Hannah Luong
-Autopsy on body scheduled for tomorrow morning.
-Jefferson Parish Coroner has requested medical records, footprints, etc. to assist in identification of body
-Sheriff Cochran says the search may be over but the investigation will continue.
-Sheriff's investigators now work to deliver complete package to District Attorney's office for the trial process.
-Sheriff Cochran says in his law enforcement career, he has never seen anything like the outpouring of community support exhibited in the wake of the bridge tragedy.
-News 5 crew headed to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, today.
Sunday, 5:50 p.m. (Jan. 20)
-Body of small Asian child found near Venice, Louisiana.
-An autopy will determine if it is 2 year old Hannah Luong.
-The Coast Guard in New Orleans received a call around 10 a.m. that a body had been found near Plaquemines Parish.
-D.A. John Tyson, Jr. does not know yet when the body will be brought back to Mobile.
-Search has been officially suspended in our area.
-Over 100 people were out searching today.
-Some of the search boats were forced to stay close to shore due to rough weather conditions.
-Due to rough surf, teams launched from local sites in Coden, Bayou La Batre and Mississippi.
-Dog teams searched land and search aircraft flew over the water and land.
-According to Capt. Stewart with Mobile County Sheriff's Flotila, Clarke County and Jackson Search and Rescue came down this morning to aid, and he says Chevron and Northrup Grumman security have been searching as well.
-Rough weather Saturday forced a brief search.
-Searchers yesterday rescued two duck hunters. Capt. Stewart says the two men were out hunting duck, west of Port Aux Pines, when their boat sank. One man had to be pulled from the water another was rescued off a barge. Stewart says both were in severe stages of hypothermia, but have since recovered and been released from USA Medical Center.
Saturday, 10:30 p.m. (Jan. 19)
-Search is expected to resume at first light for 2 year old Hannah Luong
Saturday, 3:39 p.m. (Jan. 19)
-Search suspended because of weather. Search will resume around 7:00 am Sunday.
-Diana Lucio reporting searchers rescued two duck hunters when their boat sank.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. (Jan. 19)
-Mobile County Sheriff's Department says search began at dawn and continues with about 25 people.
-Planes grounded because of the weather but crews continue to search by air boats.
-The search will continue throughout the day.
Saturday, 9:27 a.m. (Jan. 19)
-Search halted due to severe weather.
-Chad Petri reporting searchers hope to resume this afternoon if weather improves.
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. (Jan. 19)
-Search resumed this morning, but bad weather has temporarily suspended search.
-Chad Petri reporting searchers are in standby mode this morning, ready to resume search if weather improves.
-2 year old Hannah still missing
-Luong family spokesman says funeral could be held "in a few days".
Friday, 10:30 p.m. (Jan. 18)
-Search still planned for daybreak Saturday
-Rainy weather could delay search
-More searchers expected. Volunteers will be helping professionals
-2 year old Hannah still missing
Friday, 5:30 p.m.(Jan. 18)
-Medical Examiner has identified the third body found on Tuesday as 1 year old Lindsey Luong
-Search crews will go out tomorrow to try and locate 2 year old Hannah Luong
Friday, 5:15 p.m. (Jan. 18)
- Search has ended for the day due to darkness.
- Body of fourth child still not located
- Jessica Taloney reports that despite prediction of bad weather, search will resume Saturday morning.
- Search will intensify as the number of volunteers will dramatically increase Saturday.
- Searchers urging duck hunters and fisherman to be on the lookout.
- Daphne daycare holds vigil for four children
- Tiffany Craig reports the Medical Examiner may be close to identifying the body of the third child found.
- Alabama Governor Bob Riley tells News 5's Pat Peterson this is one of "Alabama's worst tragedies".
Friday, 3:13 p.m. (Jan. 18)
- Search continues for the last of 4 children, believed thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge 11 days ago
- Still no official identification of body of third child found (girl).
- Approximately 150 people involved in today's search
- Alabama Governor Bob Riley tells News 5 the children's deaths are one of "Alabama's worst tragedies".
Thursday, 10:30 p.m. (Jan. 17)
-Search begins Friday at daybreak
-Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran says crews focused heavily on land searches
-Sheriff believes there is a strong possibility that the last little victim's body may still be underwater. "So, we've made a good choice in deciding probably that the body is not on the land. It may still come up. May still be in the water. So, that's what we're hoping," said Sheriff Cochran.
-Alabama searchers and Mississippi searchers say they will not give up till fourth child is found.
-No identity made on third body found Tuesday
-Representative Spencer Collier of Mobile County says he will introduce resolution to rename Daphin Island Bridge to honor the four children. The Legislature meets Feb. 5
Thursday, 4:00 p.m. (Jan 17)
- Crews from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are on the water helping out in today's search.
- A search dog named Ivan was injured today.
Thursday, 3:25 p.m. (Jan 17)
- Crews are searching on foot and by boat. They're also using cadaver dogs.
- Capt. Paul Stewart, with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office says "We're covering a lot of ground. We're still concentrating west. But we're not having much success."
Thursday, 2:50 p.m. (Jan 17)
- Mobile County Sheriff's Office tells News 5 unless the 4th child's body is found, the little girl's body found Tuesday may not be positively identified.
Thursday, 8:55 a.m. (Jan 17)
- Searchers back in the water
- 25 boats participating
- 150+ people involved.
Wednesday, 11:00 p.m. (Jan.16)
- No identity on the third body pulled from the water Tuesday
- Search for the fourth child resumes at daybreak Thursday.
- More than 100 to 150 people will take part.
- News 5 will provide continous coverage Thursday morning.
- News 5 has learned Lam Luong is a legal permanent resident of the United States. He has a green card. He is allowed to live and work in the country. He came from Vietnam in 1984.
- If Luong is convicted of the crimes, he would have to serve sentence in the United States.
- If for some reason, he was released from prison after his sentence, Homeland Security would have to send him back to Vietnam.
Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. (Jan 16)
- The Mobile County Sheriff's Office does not expect to have an identity today on the 3rd body found.
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. (Jan 16)
- The medical examiner is still trying to make a positive identification on the girl's body found around 9 o'clock Tuesday morning in North Rigolets Bayou, near the Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula.
Wednesday, 1:45 p.m. (Jan 16)
- Rainy weather forces crews to suspend today's search for body of 4th child.
- An estimated 30 people on foot and in boats searched areas from Bayou La Batre to Pascagoula for about 5 hours today.
- A full-scale search resumes tomorrow at daybreak.
- The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is asking residents who live along coastlines from Gulfport to Cedar Point to walk their property. If they see anything of interest, please call 251.574.8633.
Wednesday, 12:01 p.m. (Jan 16)
- News 5 has learned 5 boats are participating in today's search
- no aircraft due to the weather
Wednesday, 11 a.m. (Jan 16)- 30 searchers looking for last child's body
- Boats launched from Pascagoula, rather than Bayou La Batre
- Searchers not on the water are doing maintenance on equipment that will be used again tomorrow
Wednesday, 7:15 a.m. (Jan. 16)
- Today's recovery efforts will be mainly in the hands of duck hunters and fisherman who know the marshy area of the coastline.
- Mobile County Sheriff's Office says there are no news briefings scheduled today, unless a discovery is made.
Tuesday, 11:15 p.m. (Jan.15)
- Limited crews will search land and marshes near the Alabama / Mississippi line Wednesday morning
- Bad weather will keep searchers off water
- News 5 will resume live coverage at 5:00 a.m.
- Third body has not been identified
Tuesday, 5:15 p.m. (Jan.15)
- Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran held news conference at 5:00 p.m. at the Comman Center in Bayou La Batre.
- Sherifff says searchers concentrated efforts in the swampy areas from Bayou La Batre to Pascagoula.
- Positive identification not made on the third child found in North Rigolets Bayou, which is a few miles east of the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula.
- The family has indentified clothing the girl was wearing, but 2 year old Hannah and 1 year old Lindsey both wore the clothes.
- Medical Examiner still working on identification and autopsy results
- Wednesday's search will be hampered by bad weather. Search will still go on, but will be reduced.
- Sheriff Sam Cochran says about 20 -30 searchers will focus on land and marsh searches around the Alabama/Mississippi line.
- Captain Paul Stewart with the Mobile County Flotiila Unit says after storms on Wednesday, crews will assess the water currents to see if patterns have changed.
- 125 searchers will be back on Thursday
- Stewart says they will work "'till the job is done."
- Sheriff Cochran still asking for people living along the shores to "keep an eye out for us."
- Mobile County Commission asking for donations for searchers. Mobile County Sheriff’s Flotilla P.O. Box 9916 Mobile, AL 36691
- Candlelight vigil scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on the old state docks in Bayou La Batre
Tuesday, 2:45 p.m. (Jan. 15)
- Family held afternoon news conference. Kam Phengsisomboun spoke on the family's behalf.
- Kam Phengsisomboun says the mother is handling the news and hanging in there. He does say she is not eating very well. The family trying to make her rest and take naps.
- Family is waiting on identification and autopsy report of the third body found in the waters off Pascagoula..
- Kam Phengsisomboun says suspect Lam Luong better be glad he's not stepping out of jail. He says he will leave Luong's punishment up to the law.
- Kam Phengsisomboun says if it was up to him, he would throw Lam Luong off the bridge five times.
- Rev. Phi Vo says mother has requested to wait for the recovery of all children before they are buried.
- Lam Luong has been prevented to make phone calls to the family's home phone number.
Tuesday, 10:45 (Jan 15)
- News 5 learns that a child's body was found near the Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula
- Reverand Phillip Vo of the Vietnamese Baptist Church says family of the children have been notified.
Tuesday, 9:35 a.m. (Jan. 15)
-Mobile County Sheriff's Office will hold a briefing at Noon to update the search
Tuesday, 7:20 a.m. (Jan. 15)
- 125 searchers out again today looking for the bodies of one year old Lindsey and two year old Hannah.
- Search today will extend west to the Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula.
- Searchers will focus a lot of attention on marshy areas of the coastline.
- Sheriff's office will hold a news briefing at 5:00 p.m.
Monday, 9:30 p.m. (Jan. 14)
- A group called the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows has offered to buy burial plots for the four children.
It will also pay for the opening and closing of the graves.
- Employees at Namans Catering in Mobile are donating money to a Trust Fund set up for the children. The company's goal is for each employee to give $4.00
- The children's uncle tells News 5 the family has lost all hope that one year old Lindsey and two year old Hannah will be found alive.
At this point, their just hoping search crews can bring this to an end soon.
Monday, 5:45 p.m. (Jan. 14)
- Sheriff's Office says autopsy reults show that 3 year old Ryan Pham died of trauma and drowning
- More than 100 people are taking part right now in a cabdlelight vigil on the docks in Bayou La Batre
Monday, 5:15 p.m. (Jan. 14)
- Search suspended for the day
- No bodies found
- Concentrated search around Bayou La Batre shores to Moss Point, Mississippi
- dogs used in land searches. Dogs picked up scent of the two sites where Danny and Ryan were found over the weekend.
- 125 searchers took part today
- 60% of search on land
- 8 aircrafts took part in search
- 3 new teams helped: Escambia Co. Search and Rescue, Foley Search and Rescue, and LaFayette Dog Team
- Still searching Dauphin Island shorelines and other island shores
- No autopsy results on 3 year Ryan Pham
- Sonar not used in search at this time
- Cold weather not hampering search efforts
- Suspect and father of the children, Lam Luong, will be in court Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
Monday, 11:30 a.m. (January 14)
- According to the father of the duck hunter who found Danny Luong's body, the 4-month-old was in tall grass, about 12 feet from the water, in Port Aux Pins.
Monday, 6:30 a.m. (January 14)
- Search enters 7th consecutive day.
- 125 people expected to be involved in today's search, which will start at Dauphin Island Bridge. Search will then expand with focus between Fowl River and Moss Point, Mississippi.
- Mobile County Sheriff's Office to hold 5:00 pm news conference unless other events warrant immediate update.
- "Love for the Four" fund to be set up at Compass Bank today.
- Stay tuned to WKRG at 9 and Noon and WKRG.com for the latest on recovery efforts.
Sunday, 8:30 p.m. (January 13)
- Search crews will be back out again Monday at daybreak.
- They are still searching for 2-year-old Hannah Luong and 1-year-old Lindsey Luong.
- News 5 will have continuing live team coverage, starting Monday at 5 a.m.
Sunday, 5:15 p.m. (January 13)
- 125-150 searchers now taking part in search.
- 3 helicopters, 4 airboats, and jet skis all aided search today.
- Ryan Phan's body recovered in Bayou La Fourche by land crews.
- Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran says airboats have been particularly helpful in the search, especially in marshy areas where boat and land crews cannot reach.
- Cochran says morale of search crews is high.
- Search Crews will resume tomorrow, launching from Dauphin Island once again.
- Capt. Paul Stewart of the Mobile Co. Sheriff's Flotilla says search area will stretch from Fowl River all the way to Moss Point, MS
- Stewart says no part of the search area can ever be completely eliminated.
- Tomorrow crews will concentrate on marshes
Sunday, 3:22 p.m. (January 13)
- Family confirms body recovered today was 3 year old Ryan Phan
- Mother passed out upon hearing the news today
- Some family had held on to hope that children may be alive because a fortune teller told a family member the kids were with a woman who was 35-40 years old, now they believe Hannah and Lindsey are in the water somewhere
Sunday, 2:06 p.m. (January 13)
- Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office has scheduled a press conference for 5:00 p.m. to update their search effort. You can watch the conference live on News 5 or on wkrg.com
Sunday, 11:35 a.m. (January 13)
- Search Crews announce they have found a second body in Bayou La Fourche Bay. That's 3 miles west of Port Aux Pins where a duck hunter found 4-month-old Danny Luong around 9 a.m. Saturday mroning.
Sunday 11:08 a.m. (January 13)
- Mobile County Sheriff's Department announced an 11:30 a.m. press conference
Sunday 9:25 a.m. (January 13)
-Mobile Co. Commissioner Steve Nodine says the search for the 4 bodies is costing an estimated $100,000 a day
- On Friday, the County Commissioners donated $10,000 to help fund the search
Sunday 8:00 a.m. (January 13)
- Search crews launch with several boats from Dauphin Island around 8:00 a.m.
- More will launch from Cedar Point and Bayou La Batre shortly.
- Clarke County Search and Rescue from Jackson will join the search today.
- There are also crews from the Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office Flotilla, North Baldwin Search and Rescue, South Baldwin Search and Rescue, and Daphne Search and Rescue.
- Chief Robert Phillips from North Baldwin Search and Rescue says, "We've been searching for closure from the day we started and we hope today's the day."
Saturday 11:00 p.m. (January 12)
- Search crews will resume the search at daybreak
- WKRG will have live coverage throughout the day, including live reports from the scene
- Live on News 5 and wkrg.com
Saturday 5:00 p.m. (January 12)
- Mobile Co. Sheriff Sam Cochran says body found this morning belonged to 4 month old Danny.
- Died of blunt force trauma with drowning.
- Search will resume in the morning.
Saturday 2:45 p.m. (January 12)
-Kieu Phan, the children's mother, talks to News 5. She says she wishes Luong had killed her instead of the children, and she wants justice for the children.
Saturday 1:30 p.m. (January 12)
- Family tells News 5 that Luong called from jail and told them he wanted to be more faous that the 9/11 hijackers. He also asked for cigarettes and told them that he wasn't afraid of the electric chair
Saturday 1:15 p.m. (January 12)
- Search area now borders Pascagoula Chevron plan on the west, Dauphin Island on the east, Intercoastal Canal on the South and Shoreline on the north
- 6 aircraft, divers, boats , and airboats all involved in search.
Saturday 10:45 a.m. (January 12)
- Body of an infant found by duck hunters
- Forensics team on scene
- Searching for other three bodies
Saturday 8:00 a.m. (January 12)
- Search Crews launched around 7:00 a.m.
- They will concentrate on area around Dauphin Island Bridge where sonar equipment detected something of interest late Friday afternoon and on the bottom of Mobile Bay.
- Members of the North Baldwin Sheriff's will hold a news conference at 12 Noon. WKRG will carry in live on News 5 and wkrg.com
Friday 11:00 p.m. (January 11)
- Search Crews will be back in the water at daybreak on Saturday.
- Maj. Chad Tucker with Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office says searchers are eager to get back in the water as soon as they can.
- Next Sheriff's Office press briefing scheduled for 12 p.m. Saturday.
- News 5 will provide live coverage and will have crews in and around Dauphin Island
Friday 5:30 p.m. (January 11)
- Search Crews from Baldwin County will not return to the Eastern Shore tomorrow. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office has asked them to come back closer to Dauphin Island
Friday 4:30 p.m. (January 11)
- Mobile Co. Sheriff Sam Cochran says witness saw Lam Luong with children on Dauphin Island Bridge. another witness gave gas to Luong as the suspect was leaving Dauphin Island and saw no children with him.
- Investigators have probable cause to believe children were thrown off the bridge
- Sheriff Cochran says investigators have followed up on all leads anywhere and everywhere and those leads have come back with negative results.
- Person in Mississippi questioned but no information about children being alive has been given.
- Flotilla Captain says new sonar equipment worked "great today." Would not go in to detail.
- Four dive operations stopped today because of strong currents in the Intercoastal Waterway
- Boats and crews on land are still looking
- Sheriff Cochran asks people living in the area to call if they see anything that could be related to the case.
Friday 1:30 p.m. (January 11)
- Rough wind and water force workers to call off the search at Bon Secour Bay
Friday 12 Noon (January 11)
- The wind has died down enough to allow helicopters to once again join the search
Friday 10:30 a.m. (January 11)
- Children's Uncle tells News 5 that the shoe found by authorities did not belong to any of the children.
Friday 8:15 a.m. (January 11)
- Search resumed just after 6 a.m.
- Search area is expanding from 100 to 150 square miles
- Several boats are now on the water this morning. Divers standing by. Strong winds keeping helicopters out of the air for now.
- 70 volunteers from Mobile County Sheriff's Office Flotilla will be taking part today.
- The Sheriff's Office is also bringing in a new type of sonar equipment called toefish that will show them what's on the bottom of Mobile Bay
- Sheriff's Office says claim by Lam Loung attorney that his client was forced into making a false confession will not affect the search.
- At this point, the Sheriff's Office does not believe the baby shoe, found last night near the Fowl River Bridge is connected to the case.
- If the bodies are not found today, the Sheriff's Office Flotilla plans on adding 30 more volunteers this weekend.
Thursday 11:00 p.m. (January 10)
- Baby shoe found near Fowl River Bridge. Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office does not know if shoe is a clue in the case.
- Friday morning, searchers will be looking in the Fowl River area and other areas near and around Dauphin Island.
- New audio released by Lam Luong's appointed defense attorney
- In the conversation, Luong says police harassed him and his confession that he threw the children off the bridge was forced. Luong says the children are alive and with a woman named "Kim."
- Search scheduled to resume Friday at daybreak
Thursday 7:15 p.m. (January 10)
- Lam Loung met with court-appointed attorney for the first time
- Joe Kulakowski says his client was harassed into making a false confession and that Loung did not throw his kids off the Dauphin Island bridge.
- The defense attorney also says Luong told him the four children were taken Monday morning by a woman named "Kim" who claimed to know their mother.
- Kulakowski says police should be searching for "Kim" and a second woman who left with the children in a van, instead of wasting time searching Mobile Bay.
Thursday 5:15 p.m. (January 10)
- Water search suspended for the night. Search crews still looking on land.
- Mobile co. Sheriff says mounted patrol will also be brought in to search the shoreline.
- Airboats will be used to search the backside of Heron Bay
- Coast Guard says decision to pull out of active search was a difficult one.
- Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson, Jr. says authorities still have probable cause that Lam Luong threw his four children off the Dauphin Island bridge.
- Tyson says everyone is praying children will be found alive.
- Tyson also says an amber Alert for the four children has been issued to law enforcement agencies in the region.
- Specific case information entered into the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC)
- North Baldwin Co. Search and Rescue, South Baldwin Co. Search and Rescue, and Daphne Search and Rescue will begin searching the Eastern shore of Mobile Bay and Weeks Bay Friday morning.
Thursday 4:45 p.m. (January 10)
- U.S. Coast Guard pulling out of search for children. USCG says it participates in search and rescue operations and this has turned into a recovery mission.
- Coast Guard will continue to broadcast an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB). The UMIB asks area boaters to be on the lookout for anything that may be related to this operation.
Thursday 3:15 p.m. (January 10)
-Search continues for children's bodies. Weather has not prevented search boats from going out and looking in the waters off Dauphin Island
-Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office and other agencies holding a press conference at 5:01 p.m. to update search efforts.
- Mobile Co. District Attorney John Tyson says they have reasons to believe Luong's children were alive before he threw them off the bridge.
Thursday 9:30 a.m. (January 10)
Judge McKnight denies bond for Lam Luong, saying he'd "never seen anything like this before."
Thursday 8:00 a.m. (January 10)
- Weather will have huge impact on today's search efforts. Boats are in the waters around the Dauphin Island bridge, but helicopters are grounded by fog.
- Bond hearing for Lam Luong is at 8:30 a.m.
- Commercial dive team joins search around Dauphin Island Bridge
Thursday 6:00 a.m. (January 10)
- Search on foot underway along bay and sides of Dauphin Island bridge
- Crews are preparing to launch boats and resume search of area waters
- Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office and other agencies will hold press conference on the search and investigation at 8:00 a.m.
- Lam Luong will make first court appearance at 8:30 a.m. He is charged with 4 counts of capital murder
Wednesday 10:30 p.m. (January 9)
- Severe weather could hamper search operations
- Mobile Co. Flotilla says if water cannot be searched they will search on land
- Police say Lam Luong confessed to throwing his four children of the Dauphin Island Bridge Monday morning
- Investigators say two witnesses have come forward in the case
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