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Baby Snatcher Kidnapping Cases (old true crime)
Here are some old true crime stories dealing with baby snatching and abduction of infants. The following cases have nothing to do with the true story above nor the movie on which it is based. For more information on these cases or others please inquire about our research services.
1943
The case of Judith Ann Gurney aka Judith Gurney hit the papers in 1943. On August 1, 1943, the newborn infant was abducted from Albany Hospital in Albany, Oregon. The baby was missing for eight days and was finally returned to her mother unharmed. The abductor was a woman named Catherine Wright, 26. Wright was an Army wife at the time. Her husband was Sgt. Jesse Wright, and he had no idea that she was faking the pregnancy. She was able to fool her husband, friends, and many of the neighbors. She was exposed when one suspicious neighbor, Bertha Newtson, saw her baby's stolen clothes in Wright's garage. Days later, Catherine right appeared with a baby. Catherine was arrested. she admitted to the crime. Catherine Wright is also known as Katherine Wright.
1959
The abduction of Lisa Rose Chionchio was a huge case in the newspapers in 1959. The baby, Lisa Rose Chionchio, was snatched in January 1959 by Jean Iavarone. Iavarone, 43, snatched the baby from St. Peter’s Hospital in Brooklyn, New York so that her boyfriend would marry her. She was caught about a week later, after a tipster told the police where they could find her. When the police arrived, they found Iavarone rocking the baby quietly. The mother, Frances Chionchio, was very happy to see her baby again. Jean Iavarone eventually pleaded guilty in May of that year. Jean Iavarone had been divorced once, and she had two other husbands to die. She had a total of eight children. Three of her children were adults and the other four had been taken from her and placed in foster case.
1943
The case of Judith Ann Gurney aka Judith Gurney hit the papers in 1943. On August 1, 1943, the newborn infant was abducted from Albany Hospital in Albany, Oregon. The baby was missing for eight days and was finally returned to her mother unharmed. The abductor was a woman named Catherine Wright, 26. Wright was an Army wife at the time. Her husband was Sgt. Jesse Wright, and he had no idea that she was faking the pregnancy. She was able to fool her husband, friends, and many of the neighbors. She was exposed when one suspicious neighbor, Bertha Newtson, saw her baby's stolen clothes in Wright's garage. Days later, Catherine right appeared with a baby. Catherine was arrested. she admitted to the crime. Catherine Wright is also known as Katherine Wright.
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| Judith Gurney with her mom |
1959
The abduction of Lisa Rose Chionchio was a huge case in the newspapers in 1959. The baby, Lisa Rose Chionchio, was snatched in January 1959 by Jean Iavarone. Iavarone, 43, snatched the baby from St. Peter’s Hospital in Brooklyn, New York so that her boyfriend would marry her. She was caught about a week later, after a tipster told the police where they could find her. When the police arrived, they found Iavarone rocking the baby quietly. The mother, Frances Chionchio, was very happy to see her baby again. Jean Iavarone eventually pleaded guilty in May of that year. Jean Iavarone had been divorced once, and she had two other husbands to die. She had a total of eight children. Three of her children were adults and the other four had been taken from her and placed in foster case.
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| Mother, Frances Chionchio reunited with her baby |
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| Kidnapper Jean Iavarone leaving the courtroom in Brooklyn, New York |
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