My child came up missing once when he was 4 years old. He was on the back patio playing. I went in to get him some juice and when I came back out, he was gone. I panicked. I couldn’t believe he disappeared that freaking quick. I immediately ran around the side of the building to find his bicycle lying on the ground next to the road and no sign of him. It felt like the world stopped spinning. The playground was empty, the parking lot deserted, and the eerie stillness that hung in the air that sunny morning surrounded me like a heavy fog of despair. I immediately called 911 while I banged on my neighbors’ doors, desperate to end one of my worst nightmares. He was found a short time later inside the house of his friend and I cannot begin to express the overwhelming relief and joy that rushed through my body. I imagine the parents of a 2-year old girl who disappeared on Wednesday evening experienced everything I did, except for when they learned where their child was found.Around 8:45pm that Wednesday, police responded to a missing persons call about a 2 year-old girl that had somehow disappeared. While they worked on getting the information they needed, officers on routine patrol nearby noticed a truck parked in field. At first, the officers believed the
truck was either abandoned or stolen when they stopped to check it out. But when they approached the vehicle, they discovered Marcus Berry was sitting inside with his pants down and a female toddler was sitting next to him partially clothed.
The officers had just placed Berry in handcuffs and began caring for the child when they heard the description of the missing girl go out. They realized they had found the missing child and her abductor by a stroke of luck and quick thinking. Marcus Berry, who has a long criminal record
including prior convictions for lewd molestation, is now charged with lewd molestation after former conviction and kidnapping. His bond was set at $150,000. The little girl was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Big (Big reviews) kudos to those cops and thank goodness she was found alive!
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