what we know about the abduction of a baby by his mother, for which an abduction alert was briefly triggered

The young woman and the child were found safe and sound, announced Friday the public prosecutor of Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier.

“Apparently, everything is fine for both of them.” A kidnapping alert was triggered on Friday January 19, after the kidnapping of a one-month-old baby from the Meaux hospital center (Seine-et-Marne), the previous evening.

The main suspect, the little girl’s mother, was found in Seine-Saint-Denis with the child, the Meaux public prosecutor, Jean-Baptiste Bladier, announced on Friday during a press conference. They are safe and sound, he added, and the baby’s mother, aged 21, was “placed in police custody”. Franceinfo looks back at what we know about this kidnapping.

The baby was removed Thursday evening from Meaux hospital

According to the authorities, the child was kidnapped “between 7:35 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.” Thursday evening at the Meaux hospital (Seine-et-Marne). When she was born on December 16, the little girl had “was placed in intensive care in a neonatology department for respiratory distress”, “then referred with her mother to a mother-child unit”, reported Jean-Baptiste Bladier on Friday evening.

The kidnapping of the little girl caused the kidnapping alert plan to be triggered on Friday afternoon, and her mother was actively sought.

The temporary placement of the child had been decided

The baby’s young mother is homeless, “in a situation of wandering and precariousness”, detailed the prosecutor. During his reception with the little girl in the mother-child unit, “the medical staff noted elements of concern regarding the care of the infant by his mother, inappropriate and violent comments, as well as brutal behavior. he related.

On Tuesday, Seine-et-Marne Child Welfare received worrying information and reported the situation to the Meaux public prosecutor’s office, recommending temporary placement of the child. Following these reports, a temporary placement order for the child was issued by the courts on Wednesday. It was at that moment that this young woman decided to kidnap her child.

The child and his mother were found in Sevran

“Thanks to the kidnapping alert system, as I speak, the young mother and her baby have been found, and are at the Sevran police station, in Seine-Saint-Denis,” announced the Meaux public prosecutor early Friday evening.

“A woman in the town of Sevran recognized this mother in the street with the infant, made contact with this person and was able to hold her while the patrols arrived on site”, he developed. The magistrate added that the young mother, aged 21, “reopened his phone which had been closed for some time, which allowed his geolocation”.