(AP) – The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl are disputing police assertions that they’ve stopped cooperating with investigators.

Relatives of Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley called a news conference Thursday night after police announced the couple had ceased talking to detectives in the search for their baby, Lisa Irwin.

The couple have said the baby was abducted from the their home sometime Monday night or early Tuesday – after her mother put her in her crib and before the father got home from work.

In a statement read to reporters by Irwin’s sister, the couple said, “We want the public to know we have never stopped cooperating with police.’”

A call to police for reaction was not immediately returned.