ATLANTA — Police said Monday that the suspect in the kidnapping of two young children had been accused of a nearly identical crime in Alabama five years ago.
Lt. Christapher Butler with Atlanta Police said Lakesha Brown had befriended the mother of the 4-year-old and 11-month-old girls, and they had been left in her care. The children had disappeared Saturday evening.
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Brown had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court from the previous case, Lt. Butler said.
ABC 33/40 said Brown was accused of abducting a 4-day-old child in Fairfield, Alabama, in 2021.
Investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said she was described as a family friend, but the child disappeared after she was at the home and the mother went to bed.
Brown told the family the child was still there when she left, but they began to see social media posts with a baby who appeared to be the missing child.
The child was eventually found safe, and Brown was charged with first-degree kidnapping. Her bond in that case was set at $100,000.
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