From Deseret News archives:

Baby's mom appears in court

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 11:35 p.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
A Midvale woman accused of kidnapping her infant daughter, sparking an endangered person alert that ended in Tennessee, made her first appearance in a Utah courtroom regarding her case Tuesday.

Sheila Crump, 27, is charged in 3rd District Court with child kidnapping, a first-degree felony. In court Tuesday, Judge Robert Faust assigned the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Office to represent her and set the next court hearing for Oct. 23.

Crump, who had limited custodial rights to her 1-month-old daughter, Vanessa Laureen Ochoa, is accused of taking the infant Sept. 25.

The baby was born addicted to cocaine due to her mother's drug use, according to authorities. The state took the baby into protective custody the day after she was born. Crump was able to work her way back to having limited custodial rights in a supervised rehab center setting.

On Sept. 24, Crump took her daughter to Primary Children's Medical Center early in the morning for an illness unrelated to drug usage. Ochoa was checked and released about 90 minutes later. But rather than return back to the rehab center, authorities say Crump took her baby and ran.

State officials said the infant was in danger because she needed medication.

Story continues below
She and her baby were found Sept. 26 in Tennessee at the home of Crump's biological mother whom she had not had contact with in 25 years, according to police.

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

previousnext

Latest comments

I'm stoked about this weather!! Let it snow and let it snow hard!! This 4...

I'm all for reducing our oil dependence. I'm all for cleaning up pollution...

West side hoop fan west Jordan cheetahs will be put to sleep tonight by with...

Russell stares down fake Jordan

errrrr Mr. Bryant Anderson. Give us your real identity . . . sitting by your...

Letters: Global warming a lie

You never question the motives of your news sources that are very carefull to...

hey jack Fids, We live in a Representative Republic, not a true Democracy....

Yet again, we learn BCS is a big joke

Which high school did you NOT graduate from? You have been reading between...

Revive full food tax?

How about we tax the legislature every time they think about raising taxes....

Dr.: Mitchell seeks signs from God

Does he understand that what he did was illegal? Can he understand what's...

"The US has been responsible for phenomenal good in the world. But not in our...

Advertisements