Sabrina Aisenberg's Disappearance Essay

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Sabrina Aisenberg’s Disappearance Case Sabrina Aisenberg was only months old when she disappeared from her Florida home back in 1997. Her disappearance has remained a mystery in which her whereabouts is still in question. Days after Sabrina’s disappearance, a couple of leads led Hillsborough detectives to believe that Sabrina’s parents Steve and Marlene Aisenberg had possible involvement with the disappearance. However, no legal action was taken for a lack of evidence to support foul play. Nearly two decades later, the disappearance still remains an open investigation in which new leads have been reported of the disappearance. In a current episode of a popular television series, the case came back to the public’s attention after an episode …show more content…

All three aspects of the criminal justice system came together to try and resolved the mystery of the disappearance of Sabrina Aisenberg. For example, the local police department led and still leads the search for Sabrina, they are responsible for following all leads and gathering evidence. The court system was used to seek a warrant to place listening devices in the Aisenberg home. In addition, the prosecution team which is part of the court system filed charges against Marlene and Steve Aisenberg for conspiracy and false statements. However, the charges were later dropped as a result of a federal judge’s decision to exclude surveillance oral communications from becoming evidence of the disappearance of Sabrina. The corrections system played a role in the case in 2008, when a credible jail informant tipped of correctional staff about an incident in which the informant claimed that the Aisenberg’s sold him a boat to disposed of Sabrina’s body at sea (Mikkilineni, 2009). The case was later reopened and brought back into the public’s eye for consideration. To this day, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office along with the department of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children still receive leads regarding the whereabouts of Sabrina. Sergeant Samuel Balley from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office who leads the investigation says that “there have been over 4,000 interviews conducted on the case at this point” (Mikkilineni,