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A bogus casting ad for a Bollywood film led to the abduction of a 1-month-old.
Every parent thinks their child is a star. So it’s no surprise that well-meaning folks continue to line up year after year for casting calls set up by bogus agents, only to find out that their five-year-old can sign exclusively with Stars of Tomorrow Talent Agency for the low annual fee of $500. Some parents are gullible enough to pay that sort of money in the hopes of making triple the amount on one print ad, only to be told their child “just isn’t right for anything right now.”
Viral and Sejal Patel, however, were conned by a casting notice on a wholly different level. The Patel’s brought their 1-month-old baby in for what they thought was a role in a Bollywood film, only to have their infant daughter stolen by a model/singer who posted the phony casting call on Craig’s List. Continue reading »
So Strollerderby blogger KJ won’t take the “Moms for Mouth Guards” pledge and she’s sick of helmets, too. But every mom has a weak spot when it comes to ensuring her kids survive to adulthood. Perhaps, KJ, you’d be interested in SafetyTats? (No packing of bags necessary!)
SafetyTats leverage the child-abduction paranoia in every mom with our children’s love of body art. Continue reading »
Brazilian high court Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes lifted a stay that prevented Sean Goldman from being reunited with his father David Goldman. While the decision makes it possible for the boy to return to the United States, the situation is still up in the air.
Two years after he went missing, the Ricky Chekevdia was found in a hidden room behind a wall in his grandmother’s home. But though that mystery has come to a close, the questions are just beginning.
It sounded like a ripped-from-a-TV-movie nightmare. Bonnie Sweeten called 911 after her she and her daughter were carjacked and held hostage by a duo of black men. A manhunt ensued, searchers raced against time to rescue the 38-year-old Pennsylvania mom and her 9-year-old daughter.
The searchers would never find the two black men. They never existed. Neither did the carjacking. Meanwhile Sweeten and her daughter were riding It’s a Small World at Disney World. Continue reading »
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