May 20, 2024

Woman Accused of Trying to Kidnap Baby from Louisiana Children’s Hospital

Police arrested a girl on Tuesday who allegedly tried to kidnap a child from Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dinesty Selmon, 21, is going through fees of tried kidnapping and 7 counts of unauthorized entry of a enterprise, WGEM, a neighborhood information outlet reported.
Selmon allegedly cased out the hospital for weeks and in some way obtained an entry card that allowed her to acquire entrance to totally different components of the constructing, in accordance to Baton Rouge police.

Police stated that whereas strolling across the hospital, Selmon discovered a room with a child with no mother and father current. Investigators later discovered the newborn was in intensive care and the mother and father didn’t reside in Baton Rouge, in accordance to the report.

“She may have thought that was a perfect opportunity to go in and act like this child was hers,” Sgt. Darren Ahmed of the Baton Rouge Police Department stated.

Selmon was allegedly ready to study the newborn’s medical historical past by studying charts, police stated. Selmon allegedly then instructed her boyfriend she had a child whereas touring out of city and that the newborn required therapy in Baton Rouge, the report states.

“She even took the young man to the hospital to visit with several doctors in hopes to schedule false or fictitious medical appointments for the child,” Ahmed stated.

The boyfriend reportedly was suspicious when he arrived on the hospital and noticed that the identify on the door didn’t match the identify Selmon had instructed him, police stated. The boyfriend then notified a household buddy who’s a nurse, in accordance to the report.

“She apparently picked up on that the apparent girlfriend that he was dating had provided him with some false information and created a fictitious story about a child that absolutely was not his or hers, and that she probably had not even given birth to a child,” Ahmed stated.

Then the hospital grew to become conscious of a safety breach, police stated. When Selmon and her boyfriend got here again to the hospital together with his household, safety confronted them and requested for Selmon’s identification, in accordance to the report. Security retrieved the entry card and requested her to go away.

“Selmon was arrested more than two weeks later in Shreveport,” in accordance to the report.

Selmon, nonetheless, by no means took the newborn from the hospital room, police stated.

In an announcement, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital thanked police.

“Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital is committed to providing best-in-class pediatric care and to bringing a Spirit of Healing to our patients and our community,” the assertion reads. “We value the trust the community has placed in us to care for children across the state and the safety of our patients is one of our highest priorities. We are grateful to local law enforcement for their support in this case. All additional questions should be directed to Baton Rouge Police Department.”

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