AMBER ALERT: 29-day-old Brayn Dos Santos Gomes Abducted in Fort Myers, FL
An Amber Alert has been issued for 29-day-old Brayn Dos Santos Gomes who was abducted with his mother, Maria Fatima Ramos Dos Santos, on Friday afternoon by a woman driving a black SUV. The mother was released by the abductor south of Fort Myers; however, the new born was not.
Ramos was released south of Fort Myers shortly afterward but the woman kept the baby, Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman Larry Long said Saturday. An Amber Alert was issued for the infant.
Police said the woman could be heading to Miami or Tampa in two-door SUV, which has window tint that is peeling. (AP)
Description of the abduction:
The mother and Brayn, as well as another woman and a baby, were approached by the woman in the SUV while walking along a road Friday, police said. The driver asked for directions to a neighborhood. The women, who did not know the driver, agreed to give directions and entered the vehicle with their children, police said.
The women showed the driver the neighborhood, and she drove the two mothers and children back toward where she picked them up, police said. The driver then forced one mother and child out of the car, and made off with Ramos and the baby, who was born Nov. 3, police said. (Herald Tribune)
Police: “We’re looking for someone who is very cunning”
“We’re looking for someone who is very cunning,” Mike Carr, a sergeant with the Fort Myers Police Department, told a 4 p.m. press briefing. “She already had a baby seat, a diaper bag and no child. She was prepared to do this.”
Police had a computer generated composite of the suspect, but were not satisfied it was an accurate depiction, Carr said.
“We’re trying to get a sketch prepared by a forensic artist,” he added. (The News Press)
Police are investigating a rather unsusal lead. The kidnapper used one of the abducted woman’s cell phones and placed a call that was recorded.
Investigators are still trying to assess the significance of the tape recording they believe holds the kidnapper’s voice.
In an unusual turn of events, investigators were able to determine that the kidnapper used the phone of one of the abducted women to make a telephone call. She pretended to call her mother, Carr said. But, the call was actually made to an area business, he added.
While the kidnapper pretended to have a conversation, an answering machine at the business recorded her voice.
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