Family Accidentally Leaves 3-Month Old In Shopping Cart At Toys "R" Us

[matcom]

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MIDLAND, Texas --A 3-month-old baby was left unattended in a shopping cart for about an hour Sunday when her parents accidentally left her behind, police said. Shoppers noticed the abandoned baby at a Toys "R" Us store, Midland police Sgt. Alfredo Grimaldo said.

"It was a misunderstanding among family members," Grimaldo said in Monday editions of the Midland Reporter-Telegram. "One man took the kids home and left the ladies to shop. But when he took the kids, he didn't take the baby from the cart."

The family members, who were traveling in different cars, didn't realize what happened until they all got home and nobody had the baby, he said.

"We don't think it was really a child abandonment issue. It was just a misunderstanding," Grimaldo said.

Police spokeswoman Tina Jauz said Child Protective Services is looking into the case.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/12/19/shopping_family_leaves_baby_behind?mode=PF

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1. ...

[johnnie]

2. Same thing happened to me

Except I was 10 and they left me in Canada.

[matcom]

3. ok. now THAT is funny

:spray:

:rofl:

[johnnie]

6. It is now

It wasn't as funny when I was walking around trying to find them..lol.

You should have seen the trooper's face when I told him I was lost and he asked where I lived. I said "Cleveland, Ohio.... United States".

[matcom]

8. oh man!

i'll BET! and that is what, 2+ hours away or so?

[johnnie]

9. Yeah, about 2 hours

They left me at a McDonald's and by the time I found the trooper, he took me back to the McDonald's and my father had already called them. I got to make burgers and stuff for a few hours..LOL. I still have the paper hat and McDonald's pin they had me wear.

[mainegreen]

4. Man, I wish I had been left in Canada. I'd be living the good life now, eh?

I hope they came back for you, right?

Otherwise I'm going to feel like an ass.

[johnnie]

5. They left me outside Toronto

And got all the way to Niagara Falls before they realized it..LOL

[underpants]

7. I once joined the parade and marched into the castle at Disneyland

My Mom looked down and I was gone. All the characters could see 2 year old me and apparently I got all the way inside. Strangely any memory of what I saw in said castle has been completely erased.

:shrug: