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Manhunt: 'Most Wanted' Fugitive Kidnaps Infant Daughter in NoHo

By  Andy Sternberg
Published Dec 12, 2007 11:00 PM
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Police are searching for an 11-month-old girl who was allegedly taken from her North Hollywood home last night. The suspected kidnapper, Raul Carillo Alderete, was already wanted by Pomona police on suspicion of kidnapping, raping, and torturing the girl's mother and was profiled last month on America's Most Wanted.

The LA Times reports:

According to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Kate Lopez, Alderete went to the home of his child's mother near Sherman Way and Lankershim Boulevard about 9:00 last night. The woman and her parents told police they saw Alderete outside their home and fled to the back of the property, leaving the baby inside. When they returned, the baby was gone. [...]

Police said the baby, which was wearing yellow pajamas and pink stud earrings, has a light complexion, 4-inch-long black hair in pigtails, is 2 feet tall and weighs 28 pounds. She has teeth growing in with a gap in front, a strawberry-colored birthmark on her right hand and a mole on her right cheek.
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To reach North Hollywood investigators with information concerning Alderete, contact (818)-623-4045.


Headshot of Alderete courtesy LAPD