BREAKING: Spanish police hunt newborn baby kidnapper in Bilbao

THE Ertzaintza, together with members of the Bilbao Local Police, launched an urgent search for a newborn baby after a kidnapper posing as hospital staff snatched the infant from Basurto Hospital in Spain’s Bilbao late on Wednesday, October 19.

Police are on the hunt for the kidnapper of a newborn baby from a Bilbao hospital and are urgently seeking help from the public.

According to the baby’s family, the suspect entered the hospital at around 9 pm and, posing as medical staff, entered the mother’s room and took the baby with the excuse of carrying out a test.

However, the suspect never brought the baby back.

Police are now urgently appealing for information and have issued a description of the kidnapper.

The Ertzaintza (the regional police of the Basque Country, a Spanish autonomous community), tweeted:

“MAXIMUM DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
@osakidetzaEJGV

???????? We request public collaboration in the search for a baby kidnapped in Basurto Hospital.

???? The alleged perpetrator is a middle-aged woman, 1.60m and long curly hair.

☎️ 112

???? Ha sido vista por última vez, sobre las once de la noche, con una camiseta blanca de manga corta, unas mallas con dibujos estampados, zapatillas deportivas y un bolso negro con forma de media luna, cruzado a modo de bandolera.

☎️ 112@osakidetzaEJGV pic.twitter.com/S67utdWQe3

— Ertzaintza (@ertzaintzaEJGV) October 20, 2022

They released further information via an appeal:

“The alleged perpetrator is a middle-aged woman, approximately 1.60m tall, with an obese build and long curly hair in a bun.

“She was last seen at around 11 p.m. wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt, patterned leggings, trainers and a black, half-moon-shaped handbag, crossed like a shoulder bag. The public is asked to help in the search for the newborn.”

It added: “At the time of the abduction she was wearing a white doctor’s uniform, but was later seen wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt, tight-fitting geometric patterned leggings, trainers and a small, black, crescent-shaped handbag crossed over like a shoulder bag.

“She was carrying the baby in her arms and was also carrying a rectangular raffia-type bag.

“Anyone who can provide any information is asked to contact the Sos-Deiak 112 emergency telephone number, or by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]”

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