By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter A 27-year-old mother convicted in the mysterious disappearance of her infant son, known as 'Baby Gabriel', five years ago has been released from prison. Elizabeth Johnson walked out of Perryville state prison in Arizona early Friday morning. The Arizona woman was given a more than five-year sentence in 2012 for custodial interference and unlawful imprisonment after Gabriel vanished without a trace in 2009. Scroll down for video Out of jail: Elizabeth Johnson, 27 (pictured) was  was released from Perryville state prison in Arizona early Friday morning Johnson's attorney, Marc Victor, said his client, who had begged the judge for a longer prison sentence, was ready for a new start.
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Elizabeth Johnson's son Gabriel, eight-months-old, disappeared in 2009
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The 27-year-old maintains she gave the boy away to a Texas couple
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Authorities said Johnson told the boy's father, Logan McQueary, that she killed Gabriel but later recanted
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The Arizona mom had been fighting with McQueary about whether to give Gabriel up for adoption
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She was convicted of custodial interference and unlawful imprisonment in 2012
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