Woman Nabbed for Snatching 7-Week-Old Baby from Mum at the Mall Defends Her Action

A 32-year-old Pennsylvania woman, Cherie Amoore, who snatched a 7-week-old baby boy, Ashsir Simmons, from his mother at a mall food court told police that she had lost her own son few hours after his birth and just wanted a replacement.

According to DailyNews, she had approached the baby’s mother, Malika Hunter at a King of Prussia mall on Thursday evening, struck a conversation and fled with the baby while the mum attended to her other kids.

Police subsequently issued an Amber Alert for the missing boy and found him several hours later sleeping inside a car belonging to Cherie. She was then arrested and baby was reunited with his mum.

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A police chief revealed Cheerie told his officers that she previously had no intention to steal a baby at the mall but as she held the baby in her arms, she recalled losing her own baby boy in February and had a rush of emotions.

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She said, “I just wanted my baby. I felt like I was holding my son again. It felt so good. I didn’t want to lose that feeling…it was like an out of body experience.”

Police revealed she had been showing off the baby to friends and relatives before she was caught.

She was arraigned on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment and sent to jail on $500,000 bail.