The abducted 1-month-old child Morgan Hill Police issued an
Amber Alert for has been found as of 5:24 p.m. today according to
radio dispatch.
The abducted 1-month-old child Morgan Hill Police issued an Amber Alert for has been found as of 5:24 p.m. today according to radio dispatch.
Morgan Hill Police issued an Amber Alert about 2 p.m. today after a 1-month-old child was abducted. Police said the infant, Mariana Corona, was in a pearl-white 1991 Infiniti Q45 sedan with tinted rear windows. The vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of St. Catherine Parish’s food bank, located in a trailer on the south side of the church.
Corona has black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing white flowery pajamas, Morgan Hill police Capt. Joe Sampson sad. The child is 22 inches long and weighs about 13 pounds.
Corona and her mother, Maribel, 24, went to the church to pick up food for their family. Sampson said the child’s mother went inside and left the car parked with the keys and child inside.
An unknown suspect or suspects stole the vehicle, Sampson said. The mother called 911 about 2 p.m., immediately after she noticed the vehicle was missing. The child’s mother was inside the food bank and away from the car for about five minutes.
Police called the incident a “crime of opportunity,” and do not think the car thief or thieves knew the child or her family, or intended any foul play toward the victim, Sampson said.
“We believe this was a car theft, and perhaps the suspects didn’t realize there was a baby in the back,” Sampson said.
Police had not identified any known suspects as of about 4:30 p.m.
All law enforcement agencies throughout the state have been notified about the Morgan Hill Amber Alert, and Sampson said anyone who sees Corona or the Infiniti may call 911.
“We’re relying on the public’s help,” he said.
Corona’s parents, plus more than a dozen of the child’s aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives gathered at City Hall, the designated incident command center, to wait for news and comfort each other.
Miguel Corona, Mariana’s grandfather, said the family isn’t concerned about the stolen vehicle, and they only want to be safely reunited with the child.
“I just want the baby back,” Corona said.
The family lives in Morgan Hill, near Ciolino Avenue.
St. Catherine parishioners at the church Tuesday said they have heard of vehicles being vandalized and broken into in the parking lot, even during worship service.
Lupe Rodriguez, 72, receives food from the food bank outside of which Mariana Corona is thought to have been abducted. He said he has never had any problems there, but has noticed homeless people and other food bank clients “hanging out” there.
“People are crazy nowadays. A poor woman coming to get some help for her kids and something happens … ” Rodriguez said.
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