Missing Girl Named Courtney found in Baltimore, maybe from Brooklyn
 

All Alone

Inside Edition has a tragic story out of Baltimore today where child welfare officials are trying to find the family of a little girl named Courtney. They don’t know her last name, they don't know who her parents are, but as Inside Edition reports, what they do know is she's a sweet little girl who at the moment is very much alone.

Anyone with information that might be useful should call the Baltimore Department of Social Services at 410-361-2235.

http://insideedition.com/images/segm...littlegirl.jpg

I heard about that this morning. She's abosolutely a cutie.But if her parent's/family do come forward they KNOW they are going Straight to Jail...do not pass go do not collect $200.

Teach toddlers their basic information...please!
 

This is important because this child does NOT know her last name. :o

SororDean asked me this morning if I had heard about this (of course I did - via GC :D !). I don't know where she got the information from, and I haven't heard anything else about the little doll, but SororDean understands that she is Hispanic and that she was saying over and over "I want my mommy!" She said that she would take the little one home with her in a heartbeat. I'm sure many others feel the same way.

I saw the report on Inside Edition yesterday. Yes, the little girl kept crying and saying, "I want my mommy." That's so sad. All the little girl knows is that she is from Brooklyn. :confused:

This guy who is her 'father' went to cash money orders, but never returned. :confused: They supposedly had been living in a warehouse.

Odd. Strange.

She knows she's from Brooklyn but doesn't know her last name???:confused:

I wouldn't be surprised if she knows the lyrics to popular music and doesn't know her last name. This is normal for kids these days.
Like I said in the other forum, she is a little cutie and I wish I could claim her. Poor little thing. If no one claims her I am sure a good family will step up to adopt her. (The word claim makes her sound like a piece of property. I couldn't think of another word to use)

My theory:
The father abducted her from the mother, then changed his mind about taking care of her and left her with stangers. Father may have killed or injured mother.

As for her not knowing her last name--the parents may have tried to influence her to use different last names--his and hers. Also if she is Latina then the naming protocol is different.

Soror ladygreek you hit it right on the head!

No excuses...IMO
 

So "their" protocol dictates that you abandon your child? If you know your child is "missing" you do not notify anyone?

:confused:

My theory is that the mother probably couldn't/didn't want to take care of her anymore, so she abandoned her at her dad's. The dad, then decided he doesn't want her either and left her with a stranger. Neither parent wants the child.

Her not knowing her last name is not throwing me. I think it is just a case of bad parenting/neglect. The fact that her hair looks freshly braided IS throwing me. Someone cared enough to dress her up a little, so the abandonment is throwing me off. I hope someone comes forward soon.

I heard
 

about this and it truly sad. I hope that someone steps up. My heart goes out to her. I will pray for her and hope that the responsible parties are held responsible.

Q

Re: No excuses...IMO
 

No I meant the naming protocol which could be why she doesn't know or may be confused about her last name.

From WUSA-TV 9 in DC:
 

Someone who identified herself as a relative
of the three-year-old girl abandoned in Baltimore is on the way to the city to meet with social services workers.

The relative saw a photo of Courtney, who says she's from Brooklyn, New York, and contacted the city Department of Social Services.

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I hope whoever this relative is turns out to be legit.

I think she has been in foster care for a week or two. The foster fam or social services may have dressed her up for the news / publicity.

Per the Baltimore Sun.......
 

Abandoned girl, 3, reunited with family


http://www.baltimoresun.com/

Makes sense
 

This explains a lot! No wonder the poor child didn't know her last name--her first name wasn't right.

I am guilty of this too, but isn't it interesting how we all took the sketchy (and incorrect) information we were given and started placing blame? The scary thing about it is quite often the media gives out bad or incomplete info and we are none the wiser.

This will make me take a more critical look in the future and wait for more info before I take sides on an issue. :o

Another link: www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/05/20/girl.found/index.html

Questions........
 

Why is it that this child was "abandoned" after being kidnapped for 2 years and was claimed the first day the story breaks on the news? When she was reported missing and her daddy was the last one with her, why didn't they look for the father who was in the same state?

Why can't this type of coverage happen for every single child that goes missing/gets kidnapped or do kids get more sympathy when they are abandoned? Maybe if she had press 2 years ago she could have been identified and returned home considering she was only a hour or less away from her mother.

I think the police and the press need to do more when it comes to missing children. Every missing child needs to be reported through the media. If the number of missing kids is too much for our police, maybe another part of the government needs to be established to deal with this issue.

Whatever the case was... If it wasn't for the publicity (incomplete or wrong), she would STILL be without her family.

We really don't know that. But my point was that we tend to take everything the media says as gospel and often it is not accurate. So I'm just saying we need to be a little more discerning when forming opinion based on the media. Just my opnion.