Cops Revisit Scene Where Baby Was Abandoned
Posted February 5, 2008 12:00 pm.
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It’s a story that’s grabbed headlines across Canada, and CityNews has been as involved as anyone, trying to assist Toronto Police in their search for suspects in the dumping of an infant, now known as baby Angelica-Leslie, in a frigid parking lot stairwell at Finch and Leslie.
Hoping to spark more tips, lead Detective Keith Moxley personally walked our Cynthia Mulligan back through the day a green car, captured on security video, reportedly drove up and left the child behind.
“One person … gets out, opens the door to see if there’s anybody here, walks around to the passenger side of the car, pulls the package out that we find out later is the little girl, places her right there,” he demonstrates.
It has been almost a week since Angelica-Leslie was discovered, but investigators say they are no closer to finding who left her in that corner, face down in the bitter cold. That’s why police are widening their search, sending information to every police station across Canada, and with the help of Interpol, into the U.S. as well.
“Certainly in the next few days we’ll have to start working with the hospitals,” Moxley continues. “Quite frankly that’ll be like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
The case has also hit the World Wide Web, with details on YouTube and Facebook.
Also Tuesday, a crew shot video for an upcoming episode of GTA’s Most Wanted, which will air next week.
Meanwhile, perhaps the only uplifting aspect of the otherwise heartbreaking story is that the Children’s Aid Society has been overwhelmed by people offering to adopt Angelica-Leslie. In fact, CAS officials say they’re not taking any more applications in this case, though they’re reminding interested parties that there are lots of other children who need nurturing parents.
If you have any information in the case, no matter how insignificant it may seem, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
And to see Cynthia Mulligan’s walkthrough with detectives, click on the video link
