By jury trial appellant was convicted of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207) and child stealing (Pen. Code, § 278). She was sentenced to state prison.
In Los Angeles, on October 31, 1978, appellant took an 11-month-old boy, Alex Thatcher, from the custody of his mother, Janet Thatcher, and boarded a bus to Mexico. The mother never saw the child again. Appellant told the authorities that she left the baby...
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