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Newborn baby Kayden Powell snatched from sleeping parents’ Wisconsin …

  • Kayden Powell discovered missing from bedroom at 4.30am yesterday
  • Mother Brianna Marshall and father Bruce Powell had been sleeping in same room at their home in Town of Beloit, Wisconsin
  • A person of interest – believed to be relative – was later arrested in Iowa
  • But they have now been released and no longer being considered suspect
  • Kristin Smith also arrested, but not charged in baby’s disappearance
  • There is still no sign of the missing child, with no suspects in custody
  • Police chief Steven Kopp said there were no signs of break-in at home
  • Baby Kayden was born five days ago at Beloit Memorial Hospital

By
Sophie Jane Evans
and Louise Boyle


PUBLISHED:

04:27 EST, 7 February 2014


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UPDATED:

07:28 EST, 7 February 2014

Police have been left stumped after a four-day-old baby went missing from the room where his mother and father were sleeping.

Brianna Marshall discovered her newborn baby, Kayden Powell, had vanished from their home in the Town of Beloit, Wisconsin, in the early hours of yesterday.

Officers arrested two ‘people of interest’ – one of whom was believed to be a relative – but they are no longer being considered as suspects in the case.

Missing: Kayden Powell, now five-days-old, disappeared from his bassinet in the early hours of Thursday at a home in Beloit, Wisconsin

Birth: Brianna Marshall, 18, gave birth Kayden at Beloit Hospital while his father, Bruce Powell, 23, was present

Forty members of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have now joined in the search for missing Kayden, who is believed to have been snatched from his bassinet. 

They have questioned a number of people, including Miss Powell, 18, Kayden’s
father Bruce Powell, 23, Miss Powell’s brother and Kayden’s great-grandmother – all of whom who were in the house
when the baby was found missing.

However, they currently have no suspects in custody and no idea as to who could have taken the baby, according to WIFR.

‘Obviously you know in this case, a five-day-old baby can’t take care of
itself, said police chief Steve
Kopp.

Search: Forty officers from law enforcement agencies have now joined in the search for missing Kayden

Parents: Miss Marshall, pictured with Mr Powell, discovered her newborn baby had vanished from their home in the Town of Beloit, Wisconsin, at 4.30am. The couple had been sleeping in the same room as their son, Kayden

‘We have got frigid temperatures out and it is just a frantic search
to try to locate this baby.’

Miss Marshall and Mr Powell, were
sleeping in the same room as their son when they discovered he was missing at about 4.30am.

Miss Marshall then raised the alarm by calling 911, said Chief Kopp.

Police say there were no signs of forced entry at the house, which is currently being processed as a crime scene.

A ‘person of interest’ – believed to be a stepsister of one of the parents – was
arrested yesterday afternoon in Iowa on a warrant, but police have
since said she is not a suspect.

Arrest: Officers arrested two ‘people of interest’ yesterday, but they are no longer being considered as suspects in the case. Above, ‘person of interest’ Kristin Smith was arrested in West Branch on fraud charges

Scene: Baby Kayden was snatched from his crib at this Wisconsin home yesterday morning. Police say there were no signs of forced entry at the house, which is currently being processed as a crime scene

Meanwhile, Kristin
Smith, was arrested in West Branch on fraud charges after a warrant was
put out for her arrest in Texas.

Smith, who was found carrying baby clothing, has not been charged in the baby’s
disappearance, but is due to be questioned by the FBI, according to wqow.

Alert: Miss Marshall called 911 after awaking at 4.30am and finding her newborn son was missing

She claims to be Miss Marshall’s half-sister, with the women sharing the
same father.

The women had reportedly discussed moving to Colorado,
along with Mr Powell, after the baby was born.

Chief
Kopp confirmed that Smith left the home in the early hours of yesterday
– before Miss Marshall reported that Kayden was missing.

West Branch, Iowa is 170miles from Beloit – roughly a two and a half hour drive away.

The
homeowner of the property where Kayden and his parents were staying is listed as
46-year-old Mark Bennett, who has a history of arrests for battery and
criminal misdemeanors.

The FBI and Wisconsin Department of Justice are helping local authorities in the search in Rock County.

The Rock County Sheriff’s Office had
provided 16 staff at the scene, including all members of its detective
bureau and its special investigations unit.

Chief Kopp says the incident is not
believed to be a custody dispute – adding that an Amber Alert was not
issued because the disappearance doesn’t meet the criteria.

An Amber Alert is only issued if the child is at risk of serious injury
or death and there is sufficient descriptive information of the child,
captor or captor’s vehicle.

Kayden was born at Beloit Memorial Hospital five days ago.

He is African-American, 20
inches long, 6 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, according to
police.

 

 

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