Missing Baby Found under Babysitter’s Bed
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by rubber chicken in News, Scoopage
Seven-month-old Shannon Dedrick, missing for five days, was finally found today – alive – under her babysitter’s bed!
The sitter, Susan Baker, had placed Shannon in a box under her bed and surrounded it with things so police wouldn’t find her. Now Baker, her husband James, and the baby’s mother, Chrystina Lynn Mercer, are all facing charges.
It is not yet known why Baker was hiding the baby. She had previously written a letter to the Governor of Florida, claiming Shannon’s parents smoked pot and abused their baby. But investigations by Child Services found no abuse.
The Bakers have a suspicious past. Their own child went missing 22 years ago in a case that remains open to this day.
Talk about stranger than fiction…
