PALMDALE – An 18-month-old girl kidnapped from a Motel 6 in Palmdale on Saturday was abducted by her mother’s pimp, who was arrested along with an accomplice, sheriff’s officials said in a news conference Monday.
The child was found hours after her abduction, suffering from exposure in a shed in another part of the city, and the man suspected of assaulting the child’s mother was taken into custody nearby, along with the teen accomplice, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
An Amber Alert that was initiated by authorities when the abduction first was reported was based on false information provided by the child’s mother, and the alert was canceled, authorities said.
A subsequent investigation led deputies to a vehicle, and they arrested its occupants – 33-year-old Brandon Wynn and a 16-year-old boy – Saturday afternoon near the intersection of East Avenue T-8 and 40th Street East.
Deputies found the baby a few blocks away in a shed, where she was alone still in a child seat. She had been left unattended for an undetermined length of time, sheriff’s officials said.
Paramedics took the baby to a hospital for evaluation and treatment. The child showed symptoms of exposure but appeared to be otherwise unharmed.
Wynn and the teenager were arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted murder.
At the news conference Monday, sheriff’s officials said additional charges are anticipated against the suspects, including human trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, child abuse and robbery.
The baby was placed in the custody of child welfare personnel.
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UPDATE: In a news release issued Monday, sheriff’s officials called the child’s mother a “40-year-old sexually exploited adult sex worker” who was the victim of a “brutal and violent physical assault” at the hands of her pimp.
“LASD Major Crimes Bureau detectives believe this case involved ‘trauma bonds’ between a sexually exploited female and her male pimp,” sheriff’s officials said in the news release. Read it here.
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Editor’s note: Brandon Wynn is 33 years old and the child is 18 months old, according to a criminal complaint filed July 21. The story has been updated to reflect this information.
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Same old Story says
Mothers are determine to get involve with Pimps, Dudes fresh out of jail Thuggs no jobs Bad Boys. And the victim is Aways Aways the child. We see this over and over again and again and no one is holding these Women accoutable for putting there offspring in Danger. We just say I’m glad they got that animal. In 3 weeks max we will have the same similar story and the stupid Mothers will walk free as if she is the Victim.
Big Nacho says
As a father of 4, this breaks my heart to read. Unfortunately, this appears to be a common occurrence in today’s society; and not JUST in the AV, contrary to popular belief. I would, however, thoroughly enjoy a 15-minute session with the miscreants that found it prudent to abandon this poor baby in a shed. Sure, violence begets more violence, blah-blah-blah; regardless, we are supposed to defend the innocent and protect the weak.
Johnny Trece says
Si-mon brother! Preach!
looney says
That’s just [removed] sad. Poor lil baby girl. [removed] men need to be handled for being cool with just leaving the poor baby girl like that and going on with no thought piece of [removed]. And all these bookers and pimp [removed] is geting sad an nasty and needs to get out of here is disgusting and even more so when poor innocent children are being involved
HEMi says
It’s sad we have no idea how to approach these people to intervene, i would like to be living like the wild west armed and not putting up with it…