From the Lynn (MA) Item:
>>Sam Alihodzic, a resident who has lived next to the building where Trotter was reportedly living, said people in (the house), including Trotter*, yelled and fought at all hours including 5 a.m. He said Trotter lived on the first floor and claims he saw her "beating the crap" out of two children while arguing with a man on the building's first floor.
*--for some reason, this paper spells last name differently
from Boston Globe:
>>Five hours earlier, police said, the mother, Catherine Trotta, 38, and an accomplice, Dennis J. Piper, had wielded a knife and billy club to kidnap Trotta's daughter, Grace Trotta, 5, and an unrelated boy, Christian Borey, 3, from a Marlborough foster home.
About three hours after the kidnapping, Christian was found unhurt in Malden, police said. Tips led police to Logan International Airport, where airport employees told authorities that Trotta had unsuccessfully sought to catch a flight out of the area.
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Trotta is scheduled to be arraigned in a Marlborough court today on four counts of kidnapping, one count of assault and battery, one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of conspiracy. Piper would face the same charges if caught, police said.
[he was apprehended earlier today in Lynn]
The dramatic hotel rescue capped a frenetic day of searching after the 3 p.m. kidnapping, which triggered an Amber Alert, with flashing electronic road signs alerting motorists of the kidnappers' identities and media outlets relaying the information nearly nonstop all evening.
''I think the Amber Alert was critical. It really gets all systems up so everyone is focused on locating the children," said a State Police spokesman, Lieutenant Eric Anderson.
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''Obviously, we found her unfit," said Denise C. Monteiro, a state DSS spokeswoman, who said Trotta has had extensive substance abuse problems.