Police said Aurea Rosa, of North Arlington, who had previously lost her parental rights, tricked a Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) worker during a supervised visit on Friday, Oct. 10, claiming she was going to do laundry in the basement before fleeing out a back door with the child.
Officers were called to the scene around 5 p.m. and immediately began a coordinated search, notifying surrounding jurisdictions and deploying K9 units, drones, and thermal imaging, according to North Arlington Police Lt. David Hudak.
Investigators later discovered a receipt for a prepaid cellphone purchased days before the abduction, which led them to a Newark taxi driver who said Rosa had stopped in Harrison to retrieve a hidden suitcase before heading to Pennsylvania, Hudak said…