Crime & Safety
Missing 1-Month-Old Baby and 16-Year-Old Mom from Chicago Heights Found on Friday
Runaway returned to DCFS by Cook County Sheriff.
A missing 16-year-old from Chicago Heights and her 1-month-old child were found by the Cook County Sheriff’s Child Protection Response Unit and returned to the Department of Children and Family Services.
The children were located Friday in the 12700 block of South Wallace in Chicago, after members of the Child Protection Unit received information that the teenager may be staying there, the Sheriff’s Department said in a release.
Both children were recovered the same day the Child Protection Response Unit received the child protection warrant. Both appeared to be in good health and were returned to DCFS custody Friday.
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The 16-year-old girl ran away on Aug. 16 from the Chicago Heights home where she resided. She left with her 1-month-old child and another 14-year-old girl. The 14-year-old girl later returned home on her own.
Since Sheriff Tom Dart formed the unit in October 2012, the Child Protection Response Unit has located 377 children.
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