Baby missing, ‘abducted’ inside mall

A 21-YEAR-OLD mother yesterday sought police assistance saying  two women abducted her one-year-old baby in a downtown mall in Cebu City.

Diane Simbajon of  Ginatilan town, Cebu, told police that she had left her baby with her sister, Gina Pareja, 29, at the 3rd floor of the mall shortly before noon yesterday to buy food.

But while, Pareja was waiting for her, Simbajon said two women approached Pareja and asked  to hold the baby while she would go fetch Diane.

Pareja said she thought  the woman looked like the live-in partner of the younger brother of Diane’s husband so she gave her the baby.

Pareja said the women later left with the baby and she didn’t stop them.

When Simbajon returned she was surprised that her baby was gone.

When she learned what happened, the sisters searched the mall to no avail. They then reported the incident to the police.

Police are checking if it was Simbajon’s sister-in-law who took the baby.

Police were also coordinating with mall management to have a look at the mall’s CCTV camera./Correspondent Chito O. Aragon