In a startling event that happened at the Amelia Buarque de Hollanda Municipal Maternity Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a young girl is accused of stealing a one-day-old infant as the child's family was sleeping in a hospital room.
The baby, called Ravi Cunha, was allegedly slipped inside a duffel bag by the accused, 19-year-old Cuane Malaquias, before she fled to her residence in the five-mile-distance Favela of Morro do Borel.
When Nívea Rabelo, the child's mother, woke up around two in the morning, her beloved kid was gone.
Hospital authorities suggested that Malaquias gained access to the room through a balcony, making her way to the third floor undetected, as captured by CCTV footage.
The footage also revealed the teenager navigating the hallways with the oversized bag containing the baby before leaving the hospital without raising suspicion.
Thankfully, Malaquias' home was located by the police thanks to an anonymous tip from a worried neighbor.
On the morning of November 1, at 8:15 a.m., authorities arrested the suspect and safely recovered baby Ravi. The relieved parents were soon reunited with their newborn at the hospital.
Local news reports indicated that Malaquias, who already has a five-year-old daughter, had falsely claimed to be pregnant herself.
She further claimed that the newborn boy belonged to her. However, these claims were swiftly debunked by the authorities.