Police on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have found a missing two-month-old baby‚ believed to have been kidnapped by a woman in a pink nightgown.
Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said a 21-year-old woman had been arrested on Monday morning at a school in Msinsini‚ on the south coast.
“The suspect‚ a learner‚ led them to a house in Turton where the baby was found.
“The baby appeared to be in good health and was bottle-fed by the suspect. She is being taken to hospital for a medical assessment.”
The woman is expected to appear in court on Wednesday on a charge of kidnapping.
The baby’s 28-year-old mother was approached by the woman wearing sleepwear at the Umzinto taxi rank last Tuesday‚ claiming she needed help because she was destitute and a victim of abuse.
“The baby’s mother decided to help her and took her to her home in the NPA informal settlement in Umzinto.”
That same evening‚ the woman complained of a headache and asked her to get painkillers from her neighbours.
“Leaving her baby behind‚ the mother went to get her painkillers. (She) returned a short while later to find that the woman and her baby girl had disappeared‚” Mbele said.
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