Seems momma wanted this kid back...

CarrieLynn

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. — A 4-year-old girl taken from her father's home Monday by two women posing as social workers turned up later that night with her deported mother in Mexico, officials said.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Monica Ruby Morales but canceled the search after investigators spoke with her mother on the telephone and learned the girl had already crossed the border, said Herlinda Valenzuela, a Riverside County sheriff's deputy.

Valenzuela said Monica's mother was deported about three weeks ago but would not say if the mother had any role in the child's abduction or where they were staying.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a child abduction call around 9:45 a.m. after two women knocked on the door of the home where Monica was staying with her father and identified themselves to a baby sitter as social workers. They then drove her away in a green minivan, Valenzuela said.

Valenzuela said she did not know if any arrests were made.

Valenzuela would not release the names of Monica's mother or father.

The Sheriff's Department also would not release any information about the citizenship of the father, who was not home at the time.

Thousand Palms is about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, about a two-hour drive north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

And could you blame her? I wouldn't.

Yey, here's a new one in my state, not too far from me...

Faith

(03-02) 10:38 PST YREKA, SISKIYOU COUNTY --

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her home early today during a burglary in Siskiyou County in Northern California.

The suspect in the kidnapping is 22-year-old Kody Lee Kaplon, according to a bulletin issued by the Yreka Police Department. He is believed to have driven off with the girl, Francis Ann Collins, at about 4:30 a.m., police said.

The girl's family met Kaplon over the weekend, police said, but further details were not available.

Francis is described as white, 3 feet tall, weighing 30 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a tie-dyed T-shirt.

Kaplon is described as white, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoo of an iron cross on his left hand and other tattoos on both arms.

He was last seen driving a 1992 green Pontiac Grand Am, with California license plate 3WCA651. There was no indication of where he may be going.

Yreka police issued photos of Kaplon and the girl to local media. They can be viewed on the Siskiyou Daily News Web site, links.sfgate.com/ZGHG.

Anyone with information should call 911.

PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) - Florida police say a 2-month old girl was taken from her mother at a Tampa-area health clinic.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Sandra Cruz-Francisco, a Hispanic girl with dark brown hair and eyes who has been missing since Monday. She was all dressed in pink when she was taken.

Police say they are looking for a woman named Janet who they believe took the baby from the clinic in Plant City. The woman is about 30 years old and could be traveling to Miami in a small blue Chrysler.

Police said Sandra's mother handed her over to the other woman after the two had a conversation, but then the woman fled with the child. Police don't believe the two women knew each other. The baby was at the clinic for a checkup.