Found Safe NC - Shaylie Madden, 7-week-old infant, Biltmore Park in Asheville, 9 May 2019 *Arrest*

[Dre]

North Carolina man says he’s thankful after finding kidnapped 7-week-old baby in his yard

And thank goodness he did!!!
So we’re assuming that she drove there, and left her baby there to die?
What a selfish idiot, mental health issues aside. You can do the right thing and still not have to be a parent. Oy ve!

 

[Henry2326]

Mom is in custody

Deputies: Mother of 7-week-old baby that was allegedly abducted in Asheville now charged with attempted murder | News | foxcarolina.com

When it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, its usually a duck. Crazy story to begin with.

 

[Gardenista]

Long shot, but since mom is a CRNA I'm wondering if @K_Z knows her.

 

[Gardenista]

The Asheville Police Department and the Henderson County Sheriff's Office will hold a joint press conference at the Henderson County Sheriff's Office (100 North Grove Street, Hendersonville) at 10:00 a.m.

Mother in alleged kidnapping, charged with attempted 1st-degree murder

 

[Gunslinging Granny]

Mom is in custody

Deputies: Mother of 7-week-old baby that was allegedly abducted in Asheville now charged with attempted murder | News | foxcarolina.com

Omg, no! There have been many recent cougar sightings in NC and she left her baby at the end of a RURAL driveway. Besides cougars, there are bears, bobcats, foxes, and coyotes in that rural area.
Man says he saw cougar deemed ‘extinct’ in NC — and others say they’ve seen it, too

 

[formerjerseygirl]

foxcarolina.com

Presser

 

[Gardener1850]

OMG. I'm watching presser. Baby Shaylie was thrown into a 75 foot deep ravine while in her car seat. Baby was out of car seat when found. He can't comment on the baby's condition. She was only found because a woman went to get her mail and heard an infant crying. The woman called her husband and he heard it too and searched and found the baby down the ravine.

 

[Gardener1850]

A little more recap from the presser:
Mother is charged with attempted murder for allegedly throwing her baby down the ravine. There were no carjackers. Press asked about postpartum depression and he couldn't comment but said they are still investigating. It sounds as if they are trying to make sure no one else was involved in staging the scene (MOO). They are not releasing name of the person who called 911 to say Krista and Shaylie had been kidnapped. They only said it was not the mom who called. They believe the person who called 911 believed Krista's story and that the 911 caller thought it was a kidnapping. But all other info so far has shown that no kidnappers existed. They will release the 911 transcripts. They could be adding more charges to Krista for lying to the police.

 

[Henry2326]

OMG. I'm watching presser. Baby Shaylie was thrown into a 75 foot deep ravine while in her car seat. Baby was out of car seat when found. He can't comment on the baby's condition. She was only found because a woman went to get her mail and heard an infant crying. The woman called her husband and he heard it too and searched and found the baby down the ravine.

This boils my blood......

 

[HuskerGal]

OMG! What a range of emotions on this one. I first thought mom was responsible but when they found the baby, I was so relieved that she wasn't....and NOW! UGH!

 

[dyannaON]

Sadly I doubt most of us are even surprised.

 

[Gardener1850]

The DA spoke briefly and when asked by the press he said Postpartum depression is not enough to negate criminal liability. As long as she is competent to stand trail she can't use that as a defense. PPD may explain her actions but it cannot excuse it under the law. (My paraphrase of his statement-- see Presser for exact quotes).

Presser is over.

 

[Herat]

Sadly I doubt most of us are even surprised.

Exactly.

The mother's story never made any sense from the start.

Thank God the woman heard the baby's cry AND that it was in the car seat.

 

[Gardenista]

 

[Trudie]

Sadly I doubt most of us are even surprised.

Not at all.

 

[Gardener1850]

Exactly.

The mother's story never made any sense from the start.

Thank God the woman heard the baby's cry AND that it was in the car seat.

IMO It really is a miracle baby Shaylie was found alive. Just a little correction -- baby had tumbled OUT of the car seat when found. This may mean the fall was pretty bad or she might not have been buckled into it when thrown in the ravine.

I really hope she is not seriously injured and survives. The LEO would not comment on the baby's condition other than to say it was by the Grace of God she was found alive.

 

[brooks]

Happy that baby was found quickly and that she was not snake-bitten. That's always a risk in addition to the other wildlife in NC.

 

[Simply Southern]

Woman who reported herself, infant kidnapped faces attempted murder charge, police say

 

[brooks]

OMG. I'm watching presser. Baby Shaylie was thrown into a 75 foot deep ravine while in her car seat. Baby was out of car seat when found. He can't comment on the baby's condition. She was only found because a woman went to get her mail and heard an infant crying. The woman called her husband and he heard it too and searched and found the baby down the ravine.

In my wildest imagination, I would never have dreamed that baby was thrown down a ravine.

 

[borndem]

We're a jaded bunch round here aren't we?

Sadly, we are -- we all love to rejoice, smile, and feel good about one with a happy ending, but like Billie Holiday sang so sadly about her addiction, knowing it would not leave her alone, we say again and again, "Good Morning, Heartache, sit down."

"It" leaves us every now & then, and allows us take a refreshing breath -- but we know that around the next corner, "it" will be back.
So glad this little girl still has a chance at life.