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A child who was tossed out a car window and left on the street late Thursday night
told family that her mother was murdered and that she saw it happen.
"I don't know if she's dead or night, but wherever she's at, I just want her home," said Derrick Joseph, who is desperate to find his sister, Renose Jean Baptiste.Jean Baptiste was last seen Thursday, according to family members, with her 3-year-old daughter, Janelia Jean-Louis, and the girl's father, Benave Jean-Louis. Baptiste never showed up to work at Taco Bell in Key Largo, Fla., where Joseph also works.
Joseph said
the girl told family members and social workers that her father had killed Jean Baptiste."She was telling us that he dumped her in the garbage, that he cut her clothes off, threw her shoes, threw her phone and left her," said Joseph.
Miami police Lt. Bill Schwartz said the little girl's claims are "real graphic and we believe it to be credible.
"Family said they spoke with Jean-Louis by phone Friday, but that he offered no information as to the whereabouts of Jean Baptiste.
A witness said Thursday she saw the girl pushed from a car, and she said as the car drove away, the child ran after it, shouting, "Daddy, Daddy."
Police believe they found the car Monday near a hotel in Homestead, Fla., not far from where Jean-Louis lives.The 3-year-old is now in the care of child protective services.It is unclear if police have named Jean-Louis as suspect in connection with Jean Baptiste's disappearance. At this time, police just want to speak with Jean-Louis about the allegations."He could be in South Florida still," Schwartz said. "He could be in Alaska, for all we know."
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.