Sounds Like the Caylee Anthony Alibi

Sept. 28, 2008

Carole Moore
Missing Persons Contributor
Officer.com

Only this one has an ending. From the “what are they thinking†department comes this story from the Phoenix area: Last week a woman contacted police and advised that her eight-month-old daughter, whom she had left with a stranger, was missing. Early reports indicate that the woman, mother of little Chrisette Ochoa, had been out drinking with the other woman and had asked her companion to keep the little girl. Someone eventually took the missing baby to a market, where she was found after news broadcasts surfaced. First, let’s address the whole idea of leaving your child, your precious baby, with a total stranger. You don’t know anything about this person, but you entrust your kid’s welfare to her? Personally, I have no sympathy for the mom at all. I think situations like this are a straight haul to “three strikes and you’re out.†Everyone is entitled to a mistake or two in life, even parents, but leaving your child with a stranger isn’t a mistake. It’s a crime. Chrisette’s mother should lose custody now and forever. I don’t care what her excuse is. I have no sympathy for her at all. But I will bet a month’s worth of paychecks that she will eventually get her child back. Getting her back and deserving to have her back are two different things. Here’s my missing person connection of the day. She’s someone’s child and she has been unidentified since she was found in 1988. Take a look at this artist’s rendering and see if she rings any bells. http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?U200500016S
About the Author

Carole Moore

A 12-year veteran of police work, Carole Moore has served in patrol, forensics, crime prevention and criminal investigations, and has extensive training in many law enforcement disciplines. She welcomes comments at [email protected]

She is the author of The Last Place You'd Look: True Stories of Missing Persons and the People Who Search for Them (Rowman & Littlefield, Spring 2011)

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