Are you the mother? >> Ma'am, look at me. Are you the mother of the baby? >> Yeah, and he's the father. >> Where is the baby? >> He left it at the hospital. I gave him the baby. >> No. >> No, I'm not. >> On March 24th, 2025, a bizarre case unfolded when police discovered a weeks old baby left alone in a parking lot. >> A baby girl. >> Okay. So, what happened exactly? >> So, I was I was parked over there and I saw the color. >> The couple pulled in and it was a young man, African-American with a with a girl. very tall, skinny. I thought they were going in. I was driving by. The next thing is I drove by again cuz I was going to leave and I saw the the carriages in it. I was like, >> did they pull up in this car? >> I I'm not sure if it's this car or not, but it was right here. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> This isn't her baby. >> No, no, no. I I was the one who called. >> Did you just drive by and saw this? >> Yeah, I saw I was driving. I was parked and I was driving by and I saw it was sitting here. >> Did you see the parents? >> Baby. Yes. cuz it was Africanamean. Um, >> and they both walked away. >> They had a car, so I'm assuming they drove away. They just left the baby home. >> Is the baby okay? Is he? >> Yeah, she's okay. She was crying and they picked her up with lovely by her. So, >> approximately maybe 2 to 3 week old baby was left unattended in a stroller in the parking lot. Probably going to have to get C involved. So, I I'm just trying to be clear. You're You were parked. >> Yeah. >> Did you see someone with the baby? >> Yeah, I saw Yeah. Two. >> Two of them. >> A mom and a dad. >> Mhm. >> Were they arguing? >> No. No. >> They would just bring the baby in. And I went and went and I came back and I was leaving and I saw the baby. The baby was crying. I had my wigs on. >> And then you no longer saw the parents. >> Okay. Yeah. >> It was kind of like she saw them. >> Putting the baby in the stroller and she like kind of looped the parking lot and then all of a sudden they were just gone. She doesn't remember seeing if they got in a car. >> Something was wrong. >> That's why I went around. I had to look something was wrong with them. diapers, water, formula. >> Very weird. >> An original caller named Bel. He called in about the female, gave an approximate age, and knew her name. >> Wait. Yeah, we got to get him back. >> Yeah, copy. Can we call him back and see where he is? We need him to come back. >> What's going on? >> You got me in the mix of this. What's going on? >> This girl had me drive her around all day to get help because she didn't have a rod or nothing. >> All of a sudden, she >> What's going on? Sit. >> Where's Where's the baby? >> You're telling him I left him with the baby. >> Who? Are you the father? >> No. >> Is he the father? >> The father is >> Are you the mother? >> She's here because >> Ma'am, look at me. Are you the mother of the baby? >> Yeah. And he's the father. >> Where is the baby? >> He left it at the hospital. I gave him the baby. >> No, he's lying. >> Now I'm lying. Look what Let me tell you exactly what happened. >> Okay. >> She says, "Take me to to the hospital." Actually, >> so you're you're fine that your baby is is You don't know where your baby is right now? >> I'm asking you where my baby is. >> Yeah. >> Was she there? Was she there with you? >> You know what? Yeah. I I'm the one that took her to the hospital. >> Okay. >> But what she did was she was like, "Come inside with me. I'm going inside." And as we're going inside, she's talking crazy to me. So I said, "No, I'm done, bro. I'm going home." I start going home. She runs back to the truck with the with the baby and parks it in front the other car. >> And leaves. >> I think you should leave. >> How How did she leave? >> You see how she saying You see how she saying I'm a delusional? There's cameras. >> How did she leave? >> She walked off. >> Let's Let's run. >> How did you get over here, ma'am? Did you walk? >> So, you left your baby in the parking lot? >> I left him with the baby. The baby wasn't put >> There's cameras. Check the cameras. It's not our baby. I'm not even on the birth. Listen, she's here because >> she's here because she thinks she thinks that this guy is the baby father. That's why she's here. >> Okay, come on. Let's go. >> Because she thinks she already back to your child. >> You need to take him back to the child. >> Ma'am, who's on the birth certificate? >> Him. His last name is on there. >> I didn't sign no birth certificate. She put my name on it. >> It's your last name. Go get the baby. >> So, you put my last name on the birth certificate. >> Did the baby come out of your vagina? >> No. No, it didn't come out my vagina. >> Did it Did you have a C-section? Did you carry this child? >> Yes, I did. >> Okay. And now it is in a parking lot unattended. Correct. >> Go get the baby. >> Did the baby come? >> Stand up. >> What did you arrest me for? >> For child neglect. >> Stop. >> Why are you here? You can tell the truth. >> Um, ma'am, you don't got to do that. >> Okay. Well, you're not grabbing stuff. Okay. >> The more you lie, the more I don't care. >> They detain me. Bye. >> There's cameras in the >> They detain me. Bye. What else? Anything on this? No. >> You got what you want. >> Cameras. I didn't get what I want. >> Yes, you did. >> Why'd you do this? This is crazy what you did. >> This is crazy. >> She was telling me it's not her child. >> She was saying it's not a child. >> Somebody switched her child. >> Probably going to take her to HQ. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry. Wait, for what? You should be speaking to me, too. >> Marthol, >> why are you Bro, >> can I get your bag number? >> You sure can. 2110. >> 2110. >> Please stand right here up against the car. >> Need to put your seatelt on. >> We'll bring your stuff with you >> and my phone. I spoke to this lady a long time ago and this lady told me about her. >> How do you know this lady? >> I met at 45th Street actually the gas station >> like a year ago. >> Okay. So today you're driving her around with the baby. The baby has a doctor's appointment. >> The shelter >> from VNOVA. >> Yeah. Because she's she's homeless. >> Okay. >> I was helping her sister pay for a hotel for her. >> I'm driving her around different locations. Venova the shelter. Everything was fine until this afternoon. She she went to clean the baby and she said, "The baby is sick. I think something is going on with the stool or something." And I'm like, "What's going on with the stool?" She She said a word that I don't understand. >> Okay. >> She said, "Take her to the hospital." I said, "Okay." I go inside the gas station. I come out and she's walking off with her bag. And I'm like, "Yo, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What you doing?" >> Leaving you with the baby. >> Leaving me with the baby. She told me, "Hey, take her take her uh take her to the hospital. Take her to his house." I said, "I'm not taking her to Carlo's house. You take your baby to Carlo's house." Right. >> She was She was like, "This ain't my baby. He's Hispanic." I'm like, "How is it not your baby?" >> Right. Carried it and gave birth to her. >> She's a little she's a little a little and I begged her and I begged her to go to St. Mary's. Right. >> Mhm. >> She's saying, "I want you to come inside with me cuz I don't want these people to say nothing. I want you to come." So, I stopped to go inside with her. And we're going inside. And as we're going inside, she's calling me all kind of names. I'm like, "Why the hell are you talking to me like that?" And she's talking and she's call I said, "Yo, this camera's in front. I'm sure there's cameras in there and you're going to see me do like this, man. I'm leaving. >> You walk away and she still has the baby. >> And she still have the baby. >> Okay. >> H >> Why isn't he Why aren't you guys getting a report? >> I'm sure we are. >> Okay. >> I get to my car. I see her coming like this. >> Put your stroller. >> Parks it right here and then walks off. So I I say, "Yo, I get on my phone. I pull out. I say I'm calling the cops. I tell her as she's walking away. Hey, I Hey, I'm calling the cops. >> Is your name your prince? >> Yes. >> Okay, so you were the one that called the cops. Okay. >> Yes. Hey, I'm calling the cops. Come back and get your baby. And I knew I kind of knew she would come here because this is the person that she keeps saying is the baby daddy. >> Some guy named Carlos. Okay. >> Before you came, she's on about this is not my baby. He's Hispanic. He's Hispanic. This is my I said, "Yo, what? You're crazy. This is your somebody. You think somebody came and swapped your baby? >> What's your phone number, Delvin? Can you raise your right hand for me? You swear everything you've told me is the truth. The whole truth? enough about the truth. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Perfect. Put your hand down. I appreciate it. >> I'm a child. >> For the record, it's it's not your child. >> It's not my child. >> The child's going to end up in DCF custody. >> Look me. >> It's not It's not your child. You You didn't sign a birth certificate. >> A birth. I didn't even see a birth certificate. >> Okay. >> But it it is not your baby to your knowledge. >> How did she put my She said she put my name in. >> I don't think No, you have to sign for a birth certificate. So there that's not Yeah. And >> you know, I didn't even see a birth certificate like that. >> If we need something If we need something, I'm going to call you. Okay. >> All right. Thank you. >> And then uh uh this is going to be a sworn statement. Will you raise your right hand for me? I'm going to swear you in. >> Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> Absolutely. >> You swear everything you're going to provide is on your own free will and I didn't force you to do it. Correct. Okay. So, what happened exactly? And I probably >> So I was I was parked on the side of the of the road with my car there and I was I was just um looking at my phone and I saw the the car pulled in, but I'm not sure exactly what kind of car cuz I didn't pay that much close attention, but I saw the the dad and the mom. So the dad actually pulled the stroller out of the car. It put the baby in the stroller, but somehow I knew something was wrong. So I went around just to make sure. So, a a black male pulled the baby out of the car and put the baby female. Yes. But the black male was the one that put the baby in the stroller. Okay. So, my instinct was like something is wrong. I don't know why. I just have that instinct. So, and I went drive around and drove around and I came back and I saw the baby with the stroller. Right. First, I wasn't sure if the baby was in there. Then I heard the noise cuz my window was open and I heard the baby was crying. I was like, "Where's the baby? Somebody forgot the baby." And I went to look in the car that the the stroller was parked in. See if somebody was in there was somebody in there. So that's when I picked up the baby and that's when I called the cop. >> So you were driving around, saw the two, the couple, one was a guy a guy. Can you describe the guy at all or >> It was both African-American, like you said, very slender uh very kind of ghetto. Um, so yeah, so they look kind of, you know, suspicious. >> So the guy ended up taking the baby out of the stroller, placing the baby in the stroller, and then where was the female at the time? >> The female was getting the stuff out of the car, but I'm not sure exactly what car and look at the >> right. So then the the you will end up saying, you know, this doesn't look right. So you end up circling back around. After you circle back around, the next time you see the baby stroller all by itself and then and then you didn't suspect the baby was in the stroller, but then you heard the baby crying over the baby was there. >> Okay. Did he Did the Did anybody like shout at you outside of the car or anything? >> No shout at me at all. Yeah. I was surprised. >> And then so then you ended up getting the baby and calling 911. >> Yeah, I took the baby up and then I that's when I called you guys. >> Okay, perfect. All right, that concludes the statement. >> Thank you. You have my number, right? >> Yes, I do. So, if I need anything, I will give you a call. >> We're going to go to that door over there. >> Is your ID and stuff in this backpack? >> All right. [Music] >> Oh, you singing. [Music] >> That's not my baby. That's his >> I again I am not the the officer in charge of this investigation. I am here with you. I don't know what's going on over there. I I >> talking to me. >> They are going to talk to you. >> It's been over 30 minutes. >> Things don't just happen on your timeline. That's not how it works. >> Okay. The paramedics are the paramedics are going to be here in a minute. >> You guys have >> I'm not conducting this investigation. That's why I am I have not spoken to you. >> We also got a question. >> Just just hang tight. There's nothing I can do to make this go any faster. People think they can like they >> Hi. >> Hello. >> How you doing? >> I'm doing good. >> Yeah. What's going on? >> My teeth just burst from getting um chewing on a body back. >> Mhm. >> You feeling good? >> No, I'm probably okay. >> Yeah. I mean, we need we wouldn't take you to the hospital for that. >> I'm not going to go to the hospital. I'm trying to >> Okay. What's your uh >> I got her information if you want to get it from me. All right. >> Sorry to waste your time. Like I said, this is a first for me. I figured it was something I should call you for. >> What's your name? >> Holene. >> Holene. Okay. I'm Officer M with the West Palm Beach Police Department. I'm the person that's going to be taking this case. So, I just got to read you these statements. Okay. >> I'm required to warn you before you make any statements that you have the following constitutional rights. You have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions. Do you understand? >> Okay. Oh, you have to like remove them so I can hear you say yes. >> Yeah. Yes. Okay. Any statements can and may be used against you in the court of law. Do you understand? >> Any statements you make must be free and voluntarily given. Do you understand? >> So, I just want to show you a picture first. Is uh this your baby, your child? >> I'm not sure, but yeah, I believe so. >> You sure? Okay. You You don't know if that's your child or it is your child? >> You don't really look like me. >> Okay. That is her. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You can be honest with me. I mean, I just have to know for my reports. So, that's her. Correct. Your kid. Okay. So, what happened today, then? >> Um, I wanted to take her to the hospital to see um what was going on with her. >> What was What was wrong with her? >> Um I I think she had seated. >> What's What's that >> in her poop? It was like they had I wanted to go see if she was okay. She kept having these cucumbs and she kept pooping everywhere. And I also wanted to do a DNA a DNA test to make sure like, hey, this is your kid. This is my kid. You know, we both black and our kid look, you know, >> who whose kid? >> Prince. >> Is your daughter's name Prince? So, who's this other prince? The other prince. >> So, you wanted to You guys were going there to go get a DNA. >> He didn't want to take a DNA test. >> Okay. >> So, as we were walking, he turned he turned around and I spoke to him. I ran to him and I gave him the baby and I ran away because he was like, "Why would you do that?" >> Well, you gave him the baby. How did you do that? >> I left the baby right in front of where he was by the car. >> Okay. So, you left the baby there, but he didn't sign any birth certificate or anything like that. >> No, he didn't. No, he was there for the birth. >> Oh, he was there for the birth. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, you left the baby and then what happened after that? Where did you end up going after that? >> And then I walked to my ex's house. The way he acted, just doing my whole mold. Okay. So then you ended up leaving the baby in a parking lot or by his car. >> Yeah. >> And then did he drive off or did you drive off? Did you walk away? >> He took the baby. >> He took the baby. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Is there a reason why the baby was found in the parking lot then? >> By bystander. >> Well, I don't know. I seen the car seat in the thing. >> What? You seen the car seat in his car? So, you assume he had the baby? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I don't know. I'm not tripping. >> Okay. >> Maybe he did leave the baby in there. But yeah, I ran away. >> Is there a reason why you didn't come go back after he told you? >> Yeah, I wanted him to stop following me and then I was gonna go back eventually. I just needed to calm down. >> Okay. All right. So you So making sure I understand it. The baby you put the baby by his car and then you walked away. >> Yeah. >> Okay. But you but so you left the baby unattended. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you want to provide me any other statements or anything that you want to say? >> No. Okay. So, you know, obviously since you're here, I'm going to end up taking you into jail. It's going to be for child neglect. Um, at the point at this point, your DCF has the kid and your sister's coming to pick up the kid. Okay. So, I'm just going to pretty much write what you just told me. It should take me like 10 minutes and then I'll be I'll get you to the jail. All righty. Thank you. >> She was charged with child neglect.