CHILD SNATCH PLOT
Chilling moment woman dressed as nurse strolls into hospital & kidnaps baby after telling mum she’s taking it for tests
THIS is the chilling moment a woman posing as a nurse entered a hospital and snatched a baby after telling a mum she was taking it for tests.
Shocking footage shows the woman, dressed in nurse’s scrubs, strolling through the staff entrance of a Spanish hospital before kidnaping a newborn baby.
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Cops have arrested a woman, identified as Mireia CS, 24, after she left the Basurto University Hospital in Bilbao, Basque Country with baby Aimar, reports.
The shocking incident happened around 9pm on Wednesday when the suspect allegedly entered the maternity ward and told the baby's mum she was taking it for some tests.
According to local reports, this followed several failed attempts during which other mothers refused to hand over their newborns.
The woman left the hospital with the baby in her arms and walked towards a pharmacy near the Guggenheim Museum.
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There, she bought infant formula before strolling through the streets of Bilbao while police mounted an operation to find her.
By the time the mother had reported her child's disappearance - at around 10pm - the woman had already left the hospital with the tot.
The suspect wandered throughout the city until early the next day when she left the infant on a doorstep in the Santutxu neighbourhood.
After leaving the baby there, about two miles from the hospital she fled the scene.
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The family that lived on the property found the newborn on their doormat in the morning and immediately called police.
The infant was said to be in fine health and its umbilical cord clamp was still in place.
Hours later, the suspected kidnapper was arrested in the Zorrotza neighbourhood.
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