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Abducted baby's mom regaining custody of kids
2009-10-06
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A mother will be reunited with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him. Infant Yair Anthony Carillo is no longer in state custody and authorities do not believe parents Maria Gurrolla and Jose Carillo were involved in the abduction, the Department of Children's Services and the Nashville police said Tuesday. Maria Gurrolla lost custody of Yair and his three siblings after the baby was found safe at an Alabama woman's home. "The kids will be returned as soon as logistically possible," said Thomas Miller, an attorney who was appointed to represent them in the custody case. Miller told The Associated Press that police informed child welfare officials Tuesday they had "cleared the parents of any wrongdoing." The baby was recovered Friday after he was abducted during a Sept. 29 knife attack on his mother in her home. Gurrolla was briefly reunited with the infant Saturday before Children's Services took him and his 3-, 9- and 11-year-old siblings into state custody, saying it was for their safety. Tammy Renee Silas, 39, of Ardmore, Ala., was charged with kidnapping after authorities said they found the baby at her home about 80 miles south of Nashville. Silas has not been charged in the attack on Gurrolla, who was stabbed several times and suffered a collapsed lung. The police statement says "significant unanswered questions remain" in the case, including why Gurrolla and her infant were targeted.
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