WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Parsons police arrested a man on Tuesday after they said he tried to kidnap a baby from Labette Health.
The police department said around 6:03 p.m. hospital security called 911 to report an attempted kidnapping in progress.
Officers arrived and learned that hospital security had stopped the man from taking a newborn baby who had not been discharged by medical staff. The suspect, later identified as Eric Matthews, was immediately detained and officers started investigating the incident.
Officers reviewed video surveillance footage and interviewed multiple witnesses, confirming that Matthews tried to leave the OB ward with a one-day-old infant without authorization. Family members said they confronted Matthews before he could exit the ward, stopping him from taking the baby. Hospital security then arrived and held Matthews at the scene until police arrived…