A lawyer for Baby Lisa's parents has hit back at reports of police cadaver dog smelling the scent of a dead body on a bedroom floor in the house.
Cyndy Short the cadaver dog development could be misleading detectives because the scent could be decades old.
Miss Short told Good Morning America: 'My understanding is that there are cold cases where dogs have hit on scents of decomposition that have been in the home for as long as 28 years.
In the spotlight: A cadaver dog reportedly detected the scent of a deceased human being in the bedroom of Lisa Irwin's parents Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley
'This is an old home - 63 years old. There could be a lot of other explanations for that.'
But former FBI agent Brad Garrett said the dog have a great accuracy record.
He said: 'In studies done of cadaver dogs where the dog has direct access to the scent and its reasonably fresh - its above 90 per cent.'
On Friday it emerged that a cadaver dog got a 'positive hit' during a search at the home in Kansas City, Missouri, where the 11-month-old vanished two weeks ago.
Casting doubt: Lawyer Cyndy Short says the scent picked up by a cadaver dog could be misleading
A warrant issued to police to carry out a further search the home revealed that a dog had sensed the smell of death in the room on Monday.
The scent was detected 'in an area of the floor of [Lisa Irwin's mother Deborah] Bradley’s bedroom near the bed,' the affidavit said.
The positive hit was used as evidence to get the search warrant for a 17-hour search on Wednesday.
Police said that they wanted to look for DNA, fingerprints, cell phones and evidence of human decomposition.
Officers said that they removed items including a multi-coloured comforter, purples shorts, a Disney shirt, a glow warm toy, a Cars-themed blanket, rolls of tape and a tape dispenser.
Bradley had previously told police that her daughter was was wearing purple shorts and a purple T-shirt when she put her to bed.
In the search warrant revealed on Friday, officers indicated that parents Bradley and Lisa's father Jeremy Irwin had restricted police access to their home.
'The only areas extensively processed for DNA and fingerprints during the consent were the baby's bedroom and possible points of entry,' court documents reported.
'The extent of the search had been limited in nature with consent' of the parents, police wrote.
The police application for a search warrant said that people involved in the case had 'revealed conflicting information for a clear direction' for the search for the missing child.
'Bradley made the statement she did not initially look for her baby behind the house because she 'was afraid of what she might find,' the document revealed.
Hunt: The smell led to police getting a warrant to carry out a 17-hour search of the house in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday
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