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DALLAS — Dallas police have confirmed that one-year-old Azia Crawford, who was the target of an intense citywide search Friday morning, has been found safe.
Police now report this was not a kidnapping as initially reported — it was a hoax. Officials said the child was with her mother the entire time.
Azia was found in the 7600 Block of Wesleyan Drive, about four miles east of the spot where she was said to have been kidnapped.
Dallas police said Majesti King, who claimed to be caring for a friend's child, perpetrated the bogus report.
"We're definitely going to question her further throughout the day, and more than likely she will be charged with filing a false report," said Dallas police spokesman Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse.
King, 24, told investigators she left the keys in a car in 7400 South Westmoreland Road, near Southwest Center Mall. She said she ran into Max Beauty Supply Store to get earrings while her boyfriend waited in the vehicle.
King claimed that the boyfriend drove away in the 2006 silver Dodge Stratus with the infant in the back seat.
A citywide Amber Alert was issued as a police helicopter helped to search for the missing child. Police said the alert was issued because king kept changing her story and investigators were initially unable to contact the child's mother.
But police now say what happened is that the car had a large sum of money — not a child —inside. Police said king invented the kidnapping story to get a faster response.
"There was a lot of police presence out here, a lot of time wasted, a lot of money wasted for something that never happened," Janse said.
The car, the boyfriend and the money were all still missing at five o'clock.
Police now report this was not a kidnapping as initially reported — it was a hoax. Officials said the child was with her mother the entire time.
Azia was found in the 7600 Block of Wesleyan Drive, about four miles east of the spot where she was said to have been kidnapped.
Dallas police said Majesti King, who claimed to be caring for a friend's child, perpetrated the bogus report.
"We're definitely going to question her further throughout the day, and more than likely she will be charged with filing a false report," said Dallas police spokesman Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse.
King, 24, told investigators she left the keys in a car in 7400 South Westmoreland Road, near Southwest Center Mall. She said she ran into Max Beauty Supply Store to get earrings while her boyfriend waited in the vehicle.
King claimed that the boyfriend drove away in the 2006 silver Dodge Stratus with the infant in the back seat.
A citywide Amber Alert was issued as a police helicopter helped to search for the missing child. Police said the alert was issued because king kept changing her story and investigators were initially unable to contact the child's mother.
But police now say what happened is that the car had a large sum of money — not a child —inside. Police said king invented the kidnapping story to get a faster response.
"There was a lot of police presence out here, a lot of time wasted, a lot of money wasted for something that never happened," Janse said.
The car, the boyfriend and the money were all still missing at five o'clock.
