Police launch urgent search after 17-day-old premature baby abducted from Paris hospital
Police in Paris have launched an urgent search after a premature 17-day-old baby was abducted from the maternity ward of a local hospital.
The infant, named Santiago, was taken from the Robert Ballanger hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the Seine-Saint-Denis area of the French capital. Police believed that his parents are the chief suspects in the abduction.
Police also added that the baby need around-the-clock medical care. Appeals have been shared on local radio, television and online. The Interior Ministry described the suspects as “a man aged 23, dressed in dark jeans, a white T-shirt, a light blue denim jacket and a black overcoat, and a woman aged 25, dressed in a white jumper, a light blue sleeveless jacket and a green skirt.”
According to newspaper La Parisien, the hospital manager said that he had seen the parents leaving the neonatal ward when they were stopped by a nurse. The manager said: “Without a baby in their arms or in a stroller, the couple was only equipped with a simple bag, which did not attract the attention of the hospital staff who were used to seeing parents carrying clothes for their newborn.”