CA - Maralyn Ramos, 33, arrested with 2 attempted kidnappings of young children in Los Angeles

[Shin Masamura]

Original:
Los Angeles Police Department detectives on Wednesday are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman caught on camera taking a child from a McDonald's restaurant.

Police said that on Tuesday, at about 3:15 p.m., the female suspect approached and carried a 4-year-old out of a McDonald's located at 1310 East Olympic Boulevard in L.A.

The suspect attempted to enter a parked vehicle with the child. Surveillance video shows the suspect picking up the boy inside the restaurant. A little girl alerted adults to the incident.

The suspect then ran away from the area. At about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, an attempt kidnap of a 4-year-old boy occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard and San Pedro Street, also in L.A.

The suspect approached the child, pulled his hand and attempted to walk away with the victim. The boy was walking alongside a family member when the attempt kidnap occurred, police said.

The suspect was stopped by a witness in the area and ran off.

The suspect is described as a 25 to 30-year-old black or Hispanic woman with black hair and unknown color eyes. She stands at 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs approximately 115 pounds. The suspect has a possible scar or birthmark on her forehead, an unknown tattoo above her left breast and an unknown tattoo on her upper back and left shoulder.

Woman Suspected in Kidnapping, Attempted Kidnapping Incidents Arrested in Downtown L.A.
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Update:
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A woman has been arrested in connection with separate attempted kidnappings of two young children in Los Angeles, including one incident that was captured on surveillance video at a fast-food restaurant, authorities said Thursday.

Maralyn Ramos, 33, was taken into custody Wednesday evening in the area of San Pedro and Agatha streets in downtown, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

She was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Woman arrested in connection with 2 attempted kidnappings of young children in Los Angeles, police say
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[LadyL]

geez this has to be a parent's worst nightmare ...
so I wonder if the parked vehicle was hers? she ran away from the scene

The suspect attempted to enter a parked vehicle with the child.

 

[Shin Masamura]

geez this has to be a parent's worst nightmare ...
so I wonder if the parked vehicle was hers? she ran away from the scene

The suspect attempted to enter a parked vehicle with the child.

She has kids of her own, possible accomplice , there is alot I hope comes out of this..

 

[katydid23]

What was her motive? Was she going to keep them? Sell them? Traffick them? I shudder to think.

It was so brazen, Broad daylight, cameras, witnesses around. Is she mentally ill?

 

[CastlesBurning]

How was she able to take the child? Was the parent elsewhere? The article doesn't mention any details about the initial approach.

Some 20 years ago, a friend used to allow her preschooler to go to the bathroom alone at McDonald's...like, we'd all be sitting at a table or the play area (clear across the premises from the bathrooms), the child would have to potty, and mom would just say, "Ok, you know where it is." Even back then, this practice made me extremely nervous.