GUILTY NJ - Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem, 3 mos, East Orange, 16 Feb 2010

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/police_search_for_east_orange.html

East Orange 3-month-old child is abducted by her father, police say
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
February 16, 2010, 9:51PM

EAST ORANGE -- Police managed to locate a 21-year-old man who allegedly ripped his three-month old child from her grandmother’s arms and abducted her in East Orange this afternoon, but they could not find the missing child when they stopped his vehicle in Winslow Township.

Local police stopped Shamshiddin Abdur-Raheem’s red 2002 Dodge Caravan sometime after 8 p.m. tonight in Winslow Township, Camden County, according to East Orange Police Department Sgt. Andrew Dielmo, but saw no sign of his three-month old daughter Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem.

Police allege Abdur-Raheem abducted the baby girl inside of an apartment on the 200 block of South Harrison Street in East Orange this afternoon after he attacked the child’s grandmother, said Dielmo. While he is the biological father, according to Dielmo, Abdur-Raheem does not have custody rights.

The 21-year-old was arguing with the child’s grandmother at 4:19 p.m. when police claim he punched the elderly woman, ripped his young daughter from her arms and left the house, Dielmo said. Abdur-Raheem then placed the girl, dressed only in green pajamas, inside his van and drove off.

The Dodge Caravan is registered to Abdur-Raheem’s mother and bears the license plate UHN50T. The brown-haired 21-year-old is 6 feet, two inches tall, weighs at least 220 pounds and was seen wearing blue jeans and a black, waist-length coat when he left the apartment, according to Dielmo.

Authorities believe Abdur-Raheem was driving to a family member’s residence in either Galloway Township in Atlantic County or the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township in Camden County tonight, said Dielmo. The 21-year-old was also identified as a resident of both townships, according to Dielmo.

The identities of the child’s mother and grandmother were not immediately available. Abdur-Raheem and the child’s mother are not married, and it was not clear if they were having relationship problems or had a history of domestic disputes, Dielmo said.

East Orange Police requested an Amber alert notification, which was scheduled to be issued sometime tonight by the State Police. Amber alerts broadcast information about missing children and their alleged captors to radio and television broadcasters and state transportation officials.

The 21-year-old could face assault and abduction charges, said Dielmo.

 

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/police_search_for_east_orange.html

East Orange 3-month-old child is abducted by her father, police say
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
February 16, 2010, 9:51PM

EAST ORANGE -- Police managed to locate a 21-year-old man who allegedly ripped his three-month old child from her grandmother’s arms and abducted her in East Orange this afternoon, but they could not find the missing child when they stopped his vehicle in Winslow Township.

Local police stopped Shamshiddin Abdur-Raheem’s red 2002 Dodge Caravan sometime after 8 p.m. tonight in Winslow Township, Camden County, according to East Orange Police Department Sgt. Andrew Dielmo, but saw no sign of his three-month old daughter Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem.

Police allege Abdur-Raheem abducted the baby girl inside of an apartment on the 200 block of South Harrison Street in East Orange this afternoon after he attacked the child’s grandmother, said Dielmo. While he is the biological father, according to Dielmo, Abdur-Raheem does not have custody rights.

The 21-year-old was arguing with the child’s grandmother at 4:19 p.m. when police claim he punched the elderly woman, ripped his young daughter from her arms and left the house, Dielmo said. Abdur-Raheem then placed the girl, dressed only in green pajamas, inside his van and drove off.

The Dodge Caravan is registered to Abdur-Raheem’s mother and bears the license plate UHN50T. The brown-haired 21-year-old is 6 feet, two inches tall, weighs at least 220 pounds and was seen wearing blue jeans and a black, waist-length coat when he left the apartment, according to Dielmo.

Authorities believe Abdur-Raheem was driving to a family member’s residence in either Galloway Township in Atlantic County or the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township in Camden County tonight, said Dielmo. The 21-year-old was also identified as a resident of both townships, according to Dielmo.

The identities of the child’s mother and grandmother were not immediately available. Abdur-Raheem and the child’s mother are not married, and it was not clear if they were having relationship problems or had a history of domestic disputes, Dielmo said.

East Orange Police requested an Amber alert notification, which was scheduled to be issued sometime tonight by the State Police. Amber alerts broadcast information about missing children and their alleged captors to radio and television broadcasters and state transportation officials.

The 21-year-old could face assault and abduction charges, said Dielmo.

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7281454

EAST ORANGE (WABC) -- Sources say the story the father is telling is beyond horrifying, and he says he has done something beyond imagining.

Police said the 21-year-old father allegedly ripped the 3-month old baby girl from her grandmother's arms and abducted her in East Orange on Tuesday afternoon.

It happened shortly after 4:00 p.m. inside an apartment on the 200 block of South Harrison Street.

Hours later, investigators stopped Shamshiddin Abdur-Raheem's red 2002 Dodge Caravan in Winslow Township, Camden County on Tuesday night, but they could not find the child named Zara was not with him.

There is now a very active criminal investigation in Sayreville, New Jersey along the Driscoll Bridge because Abdur-Raheem, according to sources, "made statements about having thrown the child off the bridge." The bridge crosses the Raritan River.

Abdur-Raheem does not have custody rights to the girl, authorities said.

Authorities believe Abdur-Raheem was driving to a family member's residence in South Jersey.

The identities of the child's mother and grandmother were not released.

Abdur-Raheem and the mother are not married, and it was not clear if they were having relationship problems, police said.

 

[Filly]

Our news came on late tonight because of the Olympics.

The media from the news said they found Abdur-Raheem in a residence in Sicklerville. The home of a relative.

As of the time of that live news they were still searching for the baby. Prayers he left her with someone he knows.

 

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/baby_garden_state_parkway_dris.html
Father says he threw baby off a bridge into the water.

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21-year-old Atlantic County man who is accused of throwing his 3-month-old daughter from the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge into the Raritan River Tuesday night apparently had an accomplice drive him off after kidnapping the infant from her grandmother's apartment, a witness said today.

Four hours passed before police found Abdur-Raheem in Winslow Township, Camden County based on a call from a family member saying he was in that area. He has been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon by East Orange police.
State Police spokesman Sgt. Julian Castellanos said the suspect was in custody in East Orange. Police would continue to search the river today even though they had no independent eyewitness to the baby being thrown into the river.

...more...

 

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Abdur-Raheem did not have custody of the child. He and the child's mother are not married.

picture does not link:

3-month-old Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem is...


http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NJ-Police-Search-for-Missing-3-Month-Old.html

 

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New Jersey State Police are searching for a 3-month-old in the Raritan River after her father told them he had thrown his daughter off a bridge.

The search Wednesday is centered around the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge, which spans the Raritan River between Sayreville and Woodbridge.

Authorities say Shamshiddin Abdur-Raheem ripped the girl from the child's grandmother in East Orange Tuesday and fled with Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem.

Investigators say near the Driscoll Bridge is the only lead on the whereabouts of Abdur-Raheem.


http://cbs3.com/topstories/baby.abduction.bridge.2.1499712.html

 

[WhyaDuck?]

N.J. baby kidnapping case unlikely to be aided by Parkway bridge cameras

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- As investigators continue to probe a New Jersey father's claim that he threw his infant daughter from the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge, transportation officials said cameras focused on the span do not record footage that could be reviewed.

Joe Orlando, spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, said the cameras provide real-time feeds of traffic, but none of the 150 cameras on the Parkway and Garden State Parkway are equipped to make recordings.

"The thought behind them isn't investigative," Orlando said. "It's for seeing how traffic is flowing."

In a press conference this afternoon, State Police asked anyone who saw something suspicious on the Driscoll Bridge between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to call police at (732) 264-4150.

More at:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/nj_baby_kidnapping_case_unlike.html

 

[WhyaDuck?]

Mother of N.J. baby believed thrown from Garden State Parkway bridge pleads for safe return

"I just want my baby to get back home," Venetta Benjamin said, briefly talking to reporters outside her mother's home in East Orange. "I ask anybody if they have seen my daughter to please contact police."

More at:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/mother_of_nj_baby_believed_thr.html

 

[kbl8201]

ok if i typed in here what i just said out loud i'd be banned for life

 

[WhyaDuck?]

UPDATE: Authorities still searching for baby thrown off of Driscoll Bridge

"Right now we are still patrolling the waters extensively in hopes of finding something out there," Dow said Wednesday at a new conference in Woodbridge. "We are pursuing what we think are very credible leads."

About 30 minutes ago, they were still searching...

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/arti...rching-for-baby-thrown-off-of-Driscoll-Bridge

 

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She also said authorities had good reason to believe they should continue to scour the river through late Wednesday afternoon.

“Without revealing how we got the information, we found it very credible that we should hone in on the area of the Driscoll Bridge in Sayreville, and that’s what we’re focused on,” she said.

The missing infant reportedly wore a pink and gray Carter’s onesie and may have been wrapped in a blue sleeping bag.

Authorities asked anyone with information about the baby or the case to call the State Police hotline at 732-441-4500, ext. 7426 or 7427.

From above article.

(ETA: Poor little mite... the detail about the pink and grey onesie brought tears to my eyes.)

 

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There's already a thread for this child here: NJ NJ - Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem - 3 months old - East Orange - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

What a beautiful baby! It breaks my heart.

 

[WhyaDuck?]

Search teams, including boats, dogs and helicopters, were still scouring the area beneath the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge in Central New Jersey late Wednesday for any signs of 3-month-old Zara Malani-lin Abdur in what Acting New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow called; "an example of a horrific case of domestic violence."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixCbTefcwbia2ApD7CcJu6ww-VpgD9DU7HPO4

 

[Kymistry35]

OMG, what a little doll she is! Please Dear Lord, don't let it be true. Let her be safe and hidden somewhere. I swear I can't take anymore of these stories.

 

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http://search.cbsnews.com/sections/crimesider/main504083.shtml?keyword=zara+malani-lin+abdur-raheem

SAYREVILLE, N.J. - Police are on a desperate search for a 3-month-old girl after her father, Shamsiddin Abdur-Raheem, told them he pulled over on a major New Jersey highway and threw the toddler off a bridge and into a river.

 

[fran]

OMG, what a little doll she is! Please Dear Lord, don't let it be true. Let her be safe and hidden somewhere. I swear I can't take anymore of these stories.

I saw this thread earlier today and couldn't bring myself to respond. That little doll, I can't bare the thought that her daddy could harm her.

I pray that he was FOS and just trying to hide the child.

When will people stop using their children to get-back at those, they've perceived, to have betrayed them?

These are INNOCENT children! Don't make them pay for YOUR short-fallings or failures.

Just me,



fran

 

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/nj_authorities_investigate_why.html

By Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau
February 17, 2010, 7:34PM

EAST ORANGE -- Amber Alerts are supposed to go out fast, notifying the public about missing children when police still have the best chance of safely recovering them. But authorities are supposed to temper that sense of urgency by meeting specific criteria before issuing the alerts, such as confirmation the child is in serious danger.

On Tuesday, after a 3-month-old girl was reported abducted by her father in East Orange, those requirements collided, and no alert was issued.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones said today his agency did not have the necessary evidence for an alert until four hours after the original 911 call. By then, he said, it was no longer useful: police had arrested the father, Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, who told police he threw his daughter, Zara Malani-lin Abdur, into the Raritan River. A search for the infant is continuing tonight.

Acting Attorney General Paula Dow said authorities are investigating why it took so long to ready the alert.

"We will be finding out more about why it did or did not go out an an earlier time," she said.

 

[kbl8201]

did they find her?

 

[fran]

did they find her?

I've searched as much as I know how and cannot find anywhere that they have found this beautiful child.

I pray that IF and WHEN they locate her, she is alive and well.

This sort of thing, just doesn't get easier to read.



fran