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Missing Baby Found Alive Under Bed

Babysitter, parents to be charged in Fla. girl's disappearance

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2009 4:06 AM CST

(Newser) – A 7-month old Florida baby reported missing 5 days ago has been found alive in a box under her babysitter's bed. Search teams spent days looking for Shannon Dedrick in the woodland around her family's trailer. Police plan to file charges against Dedrick's mother, her husband, and the babysitter, AP reports. The family was investigated a few months ago after the babysitter sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Crist asking him to save the baby from its drug-abusing parents.

Shannon Dedrick was found in babysitter's home.
Shannon Dedrick was found in babysitter's home.   (AP Photo/Washington County Sheriff's Office)
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riffran
Nov 6, 2009 12:49 PM CST
im glad you said that fondue (no joking...really)...that childs head looks disproportinate in size....a head size measurement needs to be done...could indicate an early hydocephalus????????
opheliaglass
Nov 6, 2009 12:18 PM CST
oh but the unintended pun was my favorite part! (and good point)
BleeBloo
Nov 6, 2009 5:09 AM CST
This is a sad story and all, but damn, that is a SERIOUSLY ugly baby.

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