PHOENIX, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A woman charged with kidnapping her 8-month-old son admitted to a San Antonio detective she killed the baby to get back at his father, a recording indicates.
Elizabeth Johnson, 24, confessed from jail in Phoenix May 10 to Detective Jesse Salame, with two guards present, that she killed Gabriel, KSAZ-TV, Phoenix, said.
The station played an audio recording Salame said was the part of the recorded interview containing the alleged confession.
"I wanted to hurt (Gabriel's father, Logan McQueary)," the recording said. "That was the only thing I could do. I also blamed him for me giving away my baby. I wanted to do it on my own. I blamed him for everything -- ruining my life. He brought me down and took everything from me."
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San Antonio police officials would not comment on the recording, saying the interview's details were "part of the investigative case file," the San Antonio Express-News said.
McQueary's lawyer said he couldn't understand why no homicide charges have been filed against Johnson since the interview took place, KSAZ said.
Johnson's lawyers petitioned Thursday for Johnson's kidnapping charges to be dropped because, they said, Salame flew to Phoenix to interview Johnson without their consent.
Officials and volunteers in San Antonio combed through 4,260 tons of trash at a landfill for 14 days in February after Johnson reportedly sent a text message to McQueary saying she had killed their child and discarded his body.
McQueary was granted custody of Gabriel Dec. 17, but Johnson took Gabriel to San Antonio, where he last was seen Dec. 26. Johnson then traveled to Florida, where she was arrested Dec. 30.
