Woman Pleads Guilty to Kidnaping 3-Month-Old Child
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A Pasadena woman who applied for a baby-sitting job with a Van Nuys couple, then stole their 3-month-old son, pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnaping.
Cossette Vivas, 44, told police that she took the baby Jan. 2 because she recently had miscarried and feared that her boyfriend would leave her unless they had a child to raise, court records show.
Overcome with guilt, Vivas deposited the infant, Rudy L. Ortega, in a pew at a Highland Park church the next day, her attorney said. The boy was returned to his parents unharmed.
Vivas faces a maximum of 11 years in state prison when she is sentenced April 1 in Van Nuys Superior Court.
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