April 2, 200422 yr http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/04/02/bab...d.ap/index.html Kentucky newborn abducted from hospital Friday, April 2, 2004 Posted: 11:31 AM EST (1631 GMT) STANFORD, Kentucky (AP) -- A newborn girl was taken from a hospital early Friday, authorities said. Police were questioning a suspect, a former hospital worker, but had not found the child. An Amber alert was issued after little Grayci Barrows was taken from Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford around 4 a.m. She was born Thursday. A woman sought in connection with the abduction was apprehended at a truck stop on Interstate 65 near Franklin, state police said. The woman was taken into custody for questioning, but she was not immediately charged. The baby was not found in her vehicle or in her home, authorities said. The FBI, along with local emergency and fire personnel are searching for the baby as far north as Lexington and south through Tennessee, State Police Sgt. Phil Crumpton said. "We're searching anywhere and everywhere," Crumpton said. Franklin, where the woman was found, is close to the Tennessee line. Harry Nickens, a spokesman for the hospital, said the woman who was detained worked part-time in an aide's position at the hospital for a short time. She was not involved in a custody dispute with the family, Nickens said. The baby's parents, whose names were not released, remained at the hospital. The woman came under suspicion because a witness saw her with a baby, Crumpton said. Franklin Police Officer Chris Jackson said the woman stopped at the Pilot Travel Plaza off I-65 and called a relative to complain about being named in the Amber alert when someone at the truck stop overheard the conversation and called police. Police drove to the truck stop and found the woman, Franklin Police Officer Chris Jackson said.
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