Police: Woman Helped Plan Kidnapping of Baby in California

Police: Woman Helped Plan Kidnapping of Baby in California
Jose Roman Portillo (L) and Yesenia Guadalupe Ramirez in a photo released on April 27, 2022. San Jose Police Department via AP
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—A woman arrested in the kidnapping of a 3-month-old baby from his San Francisco Bay Area home is a friend of the family and was present when a man abducted the baby while his grandmother unloaded groceries, police said Wednesday.

Yesenia Ramirez, 43, had driven the child and his grandmother on a shopping trip and had been communicating with Jose Portillo before he entered the second floor San Jose apartment and took the baby Monday, San Jose Police Sgt. Christian Camarillo said. A motive for the kidnapping is still under investigation, Camarillo said.