FaerieDreamer
10-05-2006, 12:38 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/04/baby.sitter.mixup.ap/index.html
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A baby sitter bungled her first day on the job by picking up the wrong 5-year-old boy from his elementary school, police said.
Angel Guerrero was taken by mistake Monday when the woman arrived at the school and took him without knowing what the child she was to care for looked like, Sgt. David Cannan said.
The mix-up caused alarm when Angel's grandmother came to the school and was told someone had already picked him up. Police issued a missing child alert, and his name and picture were broadcast on several TV stations. (Watch how baby sitter's first day on job goes bad -- 1:12)
Meanwhile, the baby sitter had no idea she picked up the wrong child until her employers returned home.
"The baby sitter said 'This is your son,' and the parents said, 'No, this is not our son,"' Cannan said. When the parents saw Angel's picture on their TV screen, they immediately called police.
School officials didn't notice the mix-up, Cannan said, because Angel willingly left with the woman. Meanwhile, the boy she was supposed to pick up waited for several hours until school staff called an uncle to pick him up.
"There's a lesson here," Cannan said. "What an opportunity to tell parents to talk to their kids, and communicate with their caregivers. This young child was full of trust, and he sees an older, caring adult and just walked off with that person."
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Sweet Jesus. This is seriously my biggest fear. I know my son is still a year and a half away from kindergarten, but I still think about it all the time. We will probably have to have a sitter or his daycare pick him up from school and my biggest fear is that he will either not know where to go or who to go with.
Those poor little boys must have been terrified.
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A baby sitter bungled her first day on the job by picking up the wrong 5-year-old boy from his elementary school, police said.
Angel Guerrero was taken by mistake Monday when the woman arrived at the school and took him without knowing what the child she was to care for looked like, Sgt. David Cannan said.
The mix-up caused alarm when Angel's grandmother came to the school and was told someone had already picked him up. Police issued a missing child alert, and his name and picture were broadcast on several TV stations. (Watch how baby sitter's first day on job goes bad -- 1:12)
Meanwhile, the baby sitter had no idea she picked up the wrong child until her employers returned home.
"The baby sitter said 'This is your son,' and the parents said, 'No, this is not our son,"' Cannan said. When the parents saw Angel's picture on their TV screen, they immediately called police.
School officials didn't notice the mix-up, Cannan said, because Angel willingly left with the woman. Meanwhile, the boy she was supposed to pick up waited for several hours until school staff called an uncle to pick him up.
"There's a lesson here," Cannan said. "What an opportunity to tell parents to talk to their kids, and communicate with their caregivers. This young child was full of trust, and he sees an older, caring adult and just walked off with that person."
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sweet Jesus. This is seriously my biggest fear. I know my son is still a year and a half away from kindergarten, but I still think about it all the time. We will probably have to have a sitter or his daycare pick him up from school and my biggest fear is that he will either not know where to go or who to go with.
Those poor little boys must have been terrified.