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Suspects deny involvement

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two people arrested after a girl was abducted from a birthday party in Alabama deny any involvement in her disappearance, their lawyers said Friday as police released new surveillance video of a potential suspect.

Attorneys for Patrick Devone Stallworth, 39, and Derick Irisha Brown, 29, separately denied their clients had anything to do with the abduction of 3-year-old Kamille McKinney, known as “Cupcake” to her family.

Authorities have said the girl was abducted from a public housing project during a birthday party Oct. 12. She is still missing.

“We hope that the Birmingham Police Department will do everything with the FBI to find the child. We hope the child is still alive, and the child is doing well,” Stallworth’s lawyer, Emory Anthony, told a news conference.

In a statement, attorneys for Brown said she was “horrified” by the girl’s disappearance but had no involvement.

The statements came as police released new surveillance video seeking information about another potential person of interest seen near the abduction scene before the girl disappeared. The unidentified man shown in the video may know something about what happened, Police Chief Patrick Smith said.

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