Raw Video: Alisa Maier Waves to Crowd

588 views · Published 8 July 2010 · 1:13 · Indexed 15 October 2026

Channel: FOX 2 St. Louis · 2010 · News & Politics

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Alisha Maier returned home to Louisiana, MO Thursday afternoon amid cheers and applause. On Monday night, police say 4 year old Maier was abducted from her front yard by Paul Smith. Alisa and her parents had been staying at an undisclosed location since she was released from a St. Louis hospital Wednesday morning. They returned home around 1:30 pm.

On Thursday morning, the St. Louis County police chief opened a news conference by simply saying, "It's over." Police Chief Timothy Fitch says Paul S. Smith is the person who kidnapped 4-year-old Alisa Maier on Monday from her Louisiana, Missouri home. However, early reports of a relative tips are not what lead police to Smith. Chief Fitch says clothes from a Wal-Mart store helped lead them to the now deceased suspect.

Paul Smith is a registered sex offender who shot himself Wednesday afternoon when police came to his Hawk Point home to question him about Alisa's disappearance.

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