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Investigation continues in kidnapped infant case
Lubbock police continue to investigate the kidnapping of a 5-day-old baby girl.
Detectives believe the suspect planned the abduction for several days, posing as a nurse at University Medical Center to gain access to the family of Priscilla Nicole Maldonado.
An Amber Alert was issues for the baby's disappearance, the first issued by the Lubbock Police Department. A woman calling herself Lisa Steward approached the mother, Erica Ysasago several times in the at UMC after the baby was born, and on Sunday, when she took the child, according to the mother. The baby's father is Jesse Maldonado.
Priscilla was taken from her mother's home located on the 2200 block of 46th Street on Sunday at 1:10 p.m., according to police.
A woman fitting the suspect's description was arrested at Lubbock Heart Hospital on an unrelated charge Sunday night, Lt. Roy Bassett said. Police questioned the woman and have determined she was not involved with the kidnapping.
Another person of interest has not been identified at this time, Bassett said.
More information will be reported as it becomes available. People with information about the case are asked to call 741-1000.
Scarey if they do have the right woman, and no baby yet. I wonder if she took her to sell? Man, my prayers are with this family. How helpless they must feel.
susie