USA: Arrested on suspicion of kidnapping - and then a detail from her past was revealed that stunned investigators
Two sisters, aged 4 and 11 months, were located inside a locked trailer after being kidnapped in Atlanta, and the suspect was arrested. After her arrest, it turned out she was wanted in a case where she impersonated a pregnant woman, and she was also previously accused of kidnapping a four-day-old baby.
Laquisha Brown was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping two young sisters in Atlanta, Georgia, after police located 4-year-old Zola Cooper and her 11-month-old sister, Nora Cooper, inside a locked trailer. After her arrest, it turned out that Brown was already wanted in another case, in which she allegedly led a man to believe she was pregnant and had given birth to a baby even though she was not pregnant at all, as reported by the American network CBS. In addition, she is accused of kidnapping a four-day-old baby in Alabama in 2021.
Brown is currently being held in custody in Fulton County. Following her arrest, it turned out that there is also an arrest warrant against her from Paulding County for obstruction of justice, as part of an investigation opened in August 2025.
That investigation began on August 18, 2025, after police officers were summoned to a house on Casey Court following a report from a man who received photos of a newborn baby that appeared lifeless. When the officers arrived at the scene, Brown claimed there was no baby in the house and allowed them to search, but the baby was not found.
Paulding County Sheriff Ashley Henson stated that investigators later determined that Brown was not pregnant at all and that she allegedly used photos to make the man believe she had given birth. She was charged with obstruction of justice after, according to investigators, she lied to detectives. Authorities had been unable to locate her since the arrest warrant was issued.
The current case began after Brown took the two girls from their mother, Alika Redding. The two met through Facebook about a year earlier, after Brown approached Redding following an advertisement regarding hair styling for pregnant women. Later, the two met several times and became friends.
On Saturday, Redding left her daughters with Brown while she went to get food. Brown had previously taken the children to other places and returned them, but when the mother tried to get her daughters back the next day, Brown claimed they had been involved in a car accident and were in a hospital. Police found no evidence that an accident had occurred.
Redding contacted the police on Sunday night. At first, the officers thought it was a custody dispute, but later investigators determined that the girls had been kidnapped and an alert was issued regarding their disappearance.
Investigators located Brown at an apartment complex at 2001 Sylvan Road in Atlanta using cell phone data and license plate recognition cameras. Detectives monitored the location for about five hours until one of the officers noticed a woman near the trailer.
Officers surrounded the place, knocked repeatedly on the trailer, and called Brown by her name, but received no response. Detective Stencil said he heard a sound that sounded like a baby's babble, and later heard a child crying. Due to the heat, which reached about 34 degrees, and the fact that there was no air conditioning in the trailer, the officers feared that the children were in danger.
Officers tried to break down a side door and then moved to the back of the trailer and cut the lock. After entering, they found the two sisters and Brown. According to the police, the only cooling means in the trailer was a fan, and the baby's diaper was full.
The children were taken to Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital for examinations, were found to be in good health, and were later reunited with their mother. Brown was arrested without resistance and charged with two counts of kidnapping and two counts of first-degree child abuse. Investigators are checking if another person assisted her.
Brown is also linked to a previous kidnapping case from 2021 in Fairfield, Alabama. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Brown was at the family's home when the mother of a four-day-old baby went to rest. When the mother woke up, Brown and the baby were gone. Brown was later arrested without the baby, who was found safe and sound. Brown was charged with first-degree kidnapping and released on bond, but failed to appear for a court hearing.
