The others ade a stateent,please read again...

I read it three times. It still says, "The others ade a stateent."

Somebody, please find this child before one of these perverts takes her to another country and makes her his wife!

kat, how do you know it's not a good 'ole homeboy?

where's mom? no mention of her as of yet. After all how many men have sole custody?

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Thankfully, many more men are gaining custody over time. As to mom, I am sure we will find out later where she is at.

I did, but you are right not many. Even though there should be, there are too many women that use the children as a weapon against the Father.

There are just as many deadbeat moms as there are dads these days. My son and grandsons moved back home after their mother decided to leave and move across the country to be with her ex.

Um, there is actually quite a few single fathers. Maybe mom left, or maybe mom died just after the baby was born. That does happen you know.

Tru statement MrBurns and Dominics, my mom went to live in Bermuda when I was 1. I got lucky tho cuz my dad is great and my mom is super nuts.

I had sole custody of both my son and daughter.

Being a male, and a single parent, was rough, but, lots of single parent moms gave me great advice and assistance.

Even though it was ordered, I never received "child support" and figured "you can't gel blood out of a turnip" and we did it all ourselves, with no public assistance. But, believe me, if assistance had been needed, I would not have hesitated to ask (my babies were much more important than my pride.

As for this case, I can relate. My ex kidnapped my daughter from school, and it took months to track them down and years to get my daughter back from the state she had been taken to. At least I knew what had happened and was not in the dark as to wheather she might be dead or sold.

This kind of stuff tears my insides up.

with no mention of the mother, maybe she is deceased?

Bat- my husband went through the same, his ex took off with his daughter to another state to meet up with a man she met over the internet. After 9 months we where able to track her down. My husband now has sole custody and the ex isn't in the picture nor does she pay her court ordered child support. A lot more woman are losing custody to the fathers. Just because you birthed them does not make you the better parent. I don't know where this little girl's mother is or what the circumstances are about custody, but I am sure we will find out soon enough. I hope they find this little girl safe and she is returned to her family.

inoh8u: Was your husband's ex ever charged with kidnapping or child abduction?

The stakes are even higher here. If someone was willing to kill the child's grandmother, they are willing to do unthinkable things.

PS. I'm not saying that kidnapping by a known family member isn't horrible.

The only way in our state for her to be charged was if there had been a custody agreement in place before she left. We where given an emergency order for her to return with his daughter by a certain date, if she hadn't they would have put out an arrest warrant for kidnapping since we had temporary custody at that point. Now if she ever does take her without his permission it is considered kidnapping and she will be arrested.

@-god, you're right, I don't know. It could have very well been, and most likely was a home-grown terrorist. And yes, anyone who does harm to a child IS a terrorist. They seem to be really busy these days, snatching little girls (and boys) whenever the opporunity presents itself.

However, there is one big difference -- we don't sanction it in this country. I know it still happens, but we have laws against it, and when you're caught, you go to jail.

I can't say the same about some other countries.

I think we can all agree, that we want this child to be found and returned, safely and unmolested, to her parents (whoever they are).

"I hope they find this little girl safe and she is returned to her family."

Unfortunately if they were willing 2 kill the grandmother, this child is not only unsafe but she won't B returned.

"If someone was willing to kill the child's grandmother, they are willing to do unthinkable things."

Exactly.

Perhaps the mother was too distraught to give a statement. Just because she's not mentioned doesn't mean shes not around. What I gather from reading this story is that the baby was being taken care of by her grandmother. When the Father went to pickup/visit, the grandmother was dead and the baby gone.

I hate to say it (as I would hate to suspect any parent in a child abduction.) but, knowing the culture, I suspect that the parents were separated/ divorced, and the child was taken to live with the paternal parents (often in traditional Indian culture a woman will live with her husband in his parents home). The mother (or family member/ friend) probably went to get the child and the grandmother was accidentally killed.

Sounds like it could very well be the mother who's responsible for this. The baby's missing & the grandmother's her Exes mother, not hers. I know if someone were keeping my baby from me, there's no telling what I'd do to get her back...God be with you little one

"little one"

She IS a cutie.

I'm gonna take a guess and say maybe this is a custody thing where the mother may want the child and is angry that the father has custody. Unless it's a crazy woman who would do anything to get a child.

"Unless it's a crazy woman....."

And THAT seems 2 B happening more & more. Just recently (like, in the past 30 days) a woman claimed that her baby was taken out of her car while she was inside the post office. First off, no body touched the toddler that was in the car, second-"witnesses" told of a woman who took the baby & left.....

Turns out that the "mother" (and I use that term loosely) left her own baby in a drainage pipe. It was reported that the baby was in the pipe for over 12 hours.

Ugh!

u dont say- someone wanted this baby for whatever reason or they would have just killed her at the apartment. I am hoping it was a family member and they don't want to hurt her. When I said "safe" I was meaning alive. I hope whoever has her does not harm her, until she is found we can all hope that she isn't being molested/killed. I don't know what % of child molesters attack babies, but at this point it can be anybody, maybe someone who wanted a child and couldnt have one.

@inoh8u,

We can only hope that the person who took her isn't hurting her. But what R the chances of that? I hope the chances R better than I think they R. After all, they DID kill 2 get the baby.

I just love how people are automatically jumping to conclusions that it was the mother. For all we know, there is no mother. Maybe we should wait for more information before attacking people who may have had nothing to do with it. It could have been a neighbor, or a family friend, or some crazy woman who followed grandma home from the park and took the baby. Things like that do happen.

I grew up in K of Prussia, and the family is intact, it was mentioned on another news channel that the parents tried for years to concieve, and a picture was shown with both parents and the baby...so a custody battle does not seem to be the issue in this case.

ready, parental kidnapping is more common than you think. That is why I put the mother, if she is alive and if she lost custody. If it was a man who was accused, I am sure you would be on the bandwagon. Mothers do kidnap their kids when they lose custody.

Jesus people, maybe you should click the link that said original story. Then you wouldn't need to sit here and come up with about the mother.

The child's mother, Chenchu Latha Punuru, was at work when Venna was murdered and the child was taken, according to police.

So it wasn't a custody thing, or a dead mother, or anything of the sort.

Not to mention in the Indian culture, the adult males are typically the spokesperson.

Does Pennsylvania have the death penatly? If it does, I vote that.

I dont know that it has gotten worse, it is just that we hear about it more with the 24 hour news cycle and access to instant information. If it is compelling enough, what would have been a local story 20 years ago instantly becomes national news.

Harsher punishments? How about the DEATH PENALTY. Capital punishment in every state, period.

I am beginning to think we need bars and passwords for businesses and all doors locked at all times for homes. And sadly enough do NOT let you child go out alone even for a bike ride around the neighborhood. America USED to be safe.

Brian such an idiotic statement, even with the sarcasm.

Not only abductions but murders. As to what is wrong with this world, the answer is patently simple -- people have lost respect for everyone, they do not even respect themselves. This is witnessed every day.

(Ugh! I'm gonna break my own rules here.)

@Brian,

Well U know, if those Repubs could care about a fetus after it draws a breath-maybe the Dems could care about a child without the "if I had a child it would look like me......" attitude.

(Don't ban me,Tyler. U know it true.)

Yes it is happening a lot more than it used to and especially the stranger parts of it, like the ones who just want to molest and murder children. This is just out of control. We need to take any of these guys that we catch, and take him apart bit by bit to figure out WHY is this happening and how can we put a stop to it. Develope a test for this mental illness that no one can fake, like a dna test or something. This has gotten completely out of control!

Children can not grow normally if they have to be locked away!

Melba,DNA testing cannot test for mental illnesses.

grammie-457450

What could be worse??

Genocide, a virulent plague, asteroid impact, ........

How exactly would we do that? Round up everyone who...may or may not abduct babies and kill old people? If only we could have a Precrime Department like in The Minority Report.

Not even genocide, a virulent plague, or asteroid impact would be worse than an abducted or missing child if you were the parent or grandparent of that child.

As for declaring "war" on the animals... just kill the bastards when they are caught.

".. grandparent of that child."

I think you missed something.

Um cheetah, there could still be another grandmother and 2 grandfathers.

cheetah,

Being a grandparent, I missed nothing. I know how I would feel if one of my grandchildren were abducted or missing.

No, Cappy, I really believe this problem is getting worse. There are more people in this country than ever before in its existence. More people, unfortunately means, more criminals.

I think there is a definite increase in this type of behavior. Ever watch Predator? Scary. With ignorant people walking around believing that having sex with a child is, "the safest, cleanest kind of sex you can have" (and, that's a direct quote from one of the perps caught on that show), this is an escalating problem here in the U.S.

It's alarming that no matter how small or large a city they go to, they always find an outrageous amount that will go for it.

Anyone who tries to say it isn't worse now, we just hear more about it, is deceiving himself. The internet, with its access to pornography and pedophilia, is creating these monsters. The lack of respect for others and for God, accompanied by the I want it, I deserve it mentality, is causing people to commit worse and worse crimes.

Although this is a terrible platform for your comment...I want to thank you for a break in my shock and dismay...because I did laugh.

Hey -god....perhaps if granny would have had a self defense firearm this would have had a much happier ending?

Or perhaps if the baby had been armed?

@4Rudie4: You're welcome ;-)

When the baby is returned home safely I will then attempt to enjoy your thoughtless humor.

Normally I wouldnt like so much joking with these stories. But somehow, I dont feel the joke was offensive at all.

And I cant get mad at god.

there is a second set of grandparents out there somewhere...

"Grandmother dead, baby missing?

Obviously the baby did it."

Baby: No, I won't eat this creamed spinach & U can't make me. :-P

U 4got FloriDUH; jussayin'.....

That is a thought I had as well, sort of. The father could've snapped under the pressures of parenting, work, etc...Neither scenario is far-fetched.

That would be a problem in China. In the US, you can always try again. I dont think that is what happened to her.

Um, let's go ahead and wait a little bit before we automatically assume the father killed anyone...

The article used the term murder abduction. I think that answers the question. I'm not sure if they are releasing more details.

They don't end..this has been happening the world over..it's just that we are hearing about them much more now..

Do you realize how silly you sound? Were you an accomplice in this tragedy? You seem to know a lot more than the police. See how silly my questions sound?