Woman arrested after false report of missing 3-year-old, Modesto police say

Modesto police said they arrested a woman after she made a false report of a 3-year-old girl missing after her vehicle was stolen. A woman called the Modesto Police Department around 7:30 pm saying that her vehicle with her child in the backseat was stolen, according to a spokesperson. She reported having been parked by a Safeway on McHenry Avenue.Officers found the vehicle an hour later near the Modesto City-County Airport — a few miles away — but police said a child was not inside the vehicle. There was also no car seat. Officers are not sure if the vehicle was actually stolen or how it got there. Police said after speaking with the woman’s family, detectives learned the woman has a child but they do not live in the area. The 3-year-old girl never existed.Police said the woman showed officers a photo of a child, but they are not sure whose it was. The missing child report led to a massive police response. Officers are not releasing the name and age of the woman at this time.

Modesto police said they arrested a woman after she made a false report of a 3-year-old girl missing after her vehicle was stolen.

A woman called the Modesto Police Department around 7:30 pm saying that her vehicle with her child in the backseat was stolen, according to a spokesperson. She reported having been parked by a Safeway on McHenry Avenue.

Officers found the vehicle an hour later near the Modesto City-County Airport — a few miles away — but police said a child was not inside the vehicle. There was also no car seat. Officers are not sure if the vehicle was actually stolen or how it got there.

Police said after speaking with the woman’s family, detectives learned the woman has a child but they do not live in the area. The 3-year-old girl never existed.

Police said the woman showed officers a photo of a child, but they are not sure whose it was.

The missing child report led to a massive police response.

Officers are not releasing the name and age of the woman at this time.

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