Ontario - Newborn Returned to Mother - Nov 1, 2007
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Amber Alert Issued After Woman Takes Newborn From Hospital
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Thursday November 1, 2007
CityNews.ca Staff
It happened a long way from Toronto, but police up north are desperate for your help about a missing baby who could be in extreme danger. Authorities in Sudbury have issued a province-wide Amber Alert after an unidentified woman walked into a hospital, picked up a newborn baby girl and apparently walked the infant right out of the building.
Cops have no clue who she is or where she was taking the child, but they do know she's not a relative and no one at the health facility knows her.
The suspect was caught on security camera (top left) and appears to have come well prepared. She's dressed in a white hospital-style uniform and likely would not have looked out of place.
"We don't believe she's an employee there," confirms Sudbury police Const. Bert Lapalme. "The uniform was pretty much to go along with the plan, we suspect."
She's described as:
- Aboriginal,
- 5'6",
- Slim,
- 26-30,
- Black ponytail.
The baby is white, has dark hair and bruising on its face. She was clad in a white flannel hospital gown and was wrapped in a white blanket.
The hospital, St. Joseph's, was locked down for two hours as the search continued. Only those showing I.D. were allowed to leave the premises. Cops in the city were also boarding local transit to see if they colud find the suspect. It doesn't appear she came by car.
The crime may be distant but the urgency isn't. Amber Alerts are broadcast across the entire province, including on all media outlets and all highway road signs, to alert everyone that a child is missing. And time is always of the essence. The longer a child is gone, the more danger it's in and the less likely it will be recovered safely.
There's no word yet on how the woman gained access to the hospital ward or the infant. If you see her, call 911 immediately.
