Posted on 06/08/2020 12:19:05 PM PDT by Morgana
IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s been more than 12 hours since a baby, believed to have been abducted by her mother, went missing in Irving.
Police say little Serenity Berry, an African-American baby with brown eyes and black hair, was last seen wearing a white onesie and diamond stud earrings. The child, who was living with her grandparents as part of a Child Protective Services plan, was taken from the 2900 block of West Pioneer Drive on Sunday by her mother, Jocelyn Nicole Bridges.
According to police, the 35-year-old woman went to the grandparents’ residence at the Park Manor Retirement Homes, pulled a fire alarm ,banged on their apartment door in order to get them to open it, made her way inside and took the child.
“The grandparents gave chase to try and get outside to see what vehicle she was leaving in [and] saw that she left in the 2011 Ford Focus. That vehicle was recovered in Dallas…. it was found disabled, with a flat tire,” explained Irving Police public Information Officer Robert Reeves.
Police believe Serenity may be in “grave danger” because of Bridges’ mental health history. “The child is only 7 months old, but during her short lifetime CPS had already set up a safety plan to place the child with the grandparents,” Reeves said. “The safety plan did expire last week, on the 4th. They had plans to get a child custody hearing, but due to COVID-19 restrictions on court proceedings that’s kinda gotten delayed.”
Investigators say Bridges had made suicide threats and threats pertaining to Serenity in the past and that is why they believe the baby is n immediate danger.
“That’s why we need the public’s assistance, the media’s assistance, and anybody that may know who Jocelyn is — may recognize her, recognize Serenity — to please contact your local police department or call 911.”
Saw that one on my hubby’s back up phone. I turned them off on my phone. I hate being jarred awake at 4am for an alert that is hours away from our general area.
I wasn’t insulted at all. Sorry.
I had my girl’s ears pierced at three months.
I’m white, and had both my girls ears pierced at 3 months.
I got the amber alert too. Praying the baby will be found safe.
Piercing baby girl’s ears is common among Caucasian people of several ethnic groups, too-mine were pierced when I was 3-4 days old, and one of my aunts pierced my daughter’s ears at 3 days of age-I’m Hispanic-all the girls in our family had ears pierced a few days after birth-mostly so that everyone seeing the kid would know it is a female child because she is wearing earrings.
I had two more piercings of my ears done later as an adult when it first became fashionable-I still wear 3 earrings in each ear-but I’m not into other body parts being pierced...
Ear piercing is nothing compared to circumcising baby boys-but it is a Jewish religious custom that goes back thousands of years and is mentioned in the Bible, and I respect Jewish custom. Most of my family members do not/have not have/had their boy babies circumcised-but we are Catholic, not Jewish...
LOL! When I was little, I asked my mom why even my female cousins who were babies had pierced ears-she told me it was so everyone would know they were girl babies-it makes sense...
I hope they find this baby really fast-mental illness is a terrible thing-if this mother is suicidal, that little one is in major danger...
I was thinking about circumcision being far more painful too.
These stories have reminded me of my own quest for pierced ears, and my mother’s fury when I did it. Come to think of it, the entire story would fill a chapter in a book. LOL
It’s actually fairly common.
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