All Jeremy and Adrian Moore want is the official police report documenting their infant daughter Izabellas death just over a year ago in an unlicensed home day care in rural Perry County.

The parents say the report would help them put together the missing pieces in a death they think wasnt fully investigated and could have been prevented.

But the Perry County Sheriffs Department and a local prosecutor have so far withheld the police incident report, as well as other police reports and the recording of the 911 call made after Izzy Moore was found not breathing.

Last year, Perry County Prosecutor Tom Hoeh had the records sealed by a circuit court judge. The Moores, who have been pursuing the reports for nearly 10 months, say they have never been given a reason why they have been withheld.

The parents, who are pursuing a wrongful death suit against the providers, have had to petition the courts to obtain the investigative documents. Earlier this month, a Cape Girardeau judge issued such an order, but officials have yet to comply. The Moores attorney expects to receive the documents soon. But in the meantime, the parents must wait.

Their inability to obtain the records points to what many regard as flaws in the investigation of child deaths particularly those occurring as children sleep in Missouris unlicensed home-based child cares.

In the Moores case, Izzy was deemed by the Perry County coroner to have died on Jan. 18, 2013, of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Records show that when Izzy died, she was in the care of Shawna Huber, who was tending to 14 children in her home that day without a required state license. Records that the Moores have obtained suggest the child was left to nap unattended for several hours in the basement.

Police have not charged Huber with any criminal action, nor said she was a suspect in any way regarding Izzys death. Emails between the Moores and a representative of the state Childrens Division show the local sheriffs department reported the death as nonabusive and non-neglectful. That report essentially barred the Childrens Division from doing its own investigation of Huber.

Huber, reached by phone, said she had been advised by an attorney not to comment because of litigation against her by the Moores.

So the Moores, who have not spoken with Huber since Izzy died, have continued piecing together scraps of public information about their daughters death.

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After baby's death in Perry County, parents seek answers