A mother was reunited Tuesday with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.
Infant Yair Anthony Carrillo and three siblings were no longer in foster care and authorities do not believe parents Maria Gurrola and Jose Carrillo were involved in the baby's Sept. 29 abduction, the Department of Children's Services and Nashville police said.
Gurrola told The Tennessean she was better but still has nightmares reliving the ordeal.
"It's a bad horror movie," she said. "But it's getting better. I have my baby. I have my children, and I'm healing physically and emotionally."
Gurrola said she had wanted to return to Mexico after the attack and never return to the home where the kidnapping and stabbing happened. But for the time being, they are still in Antioch.
"We know we have to see this out because the police expect us to," she said.
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Gurrola and her family were unsuccessful Tuesday. AP also could not locate Jose Carrillo for comment, but he told The Tennessean that it has been a long ordeal and hopes the family will be left alone.
Gurrola lost custody of Yair and his three siblings after the baby was found safe in Alabama. Two officials familiar with the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it, said the state took the children after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell the baby.
A police statement says "significant unanswered questions remain" in the case, including why Gurrola and her infant were targeted. Thomas Miller, an attorney appointed to represent the children, told AP that police informed child welfare officials Tuesday they had "cleared the parents of any wrongdoing."
Meanwhile, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the release of confidential juvenile court records to news organizations for stories about the children being placed in foster care.
Infant Yair Anthony Carrillo and three siblings were no longer in foster care and authorities do not believe parents Maria Gurrola and Jose Carrillo were involved in the baby's Sept. 29 abduction, the Department of Children's Services and Nashville police said.
Gurrola told The Tennessean she was better but still has nightmares reliving the ordeal.
"It's a bad horror movie," she said. "But it's getting better. I have my baby. I have my children, and I'm healing physically and emotionally."
Gurrola said she had wanted to return to Mexico after the attack and never return to the home where the kidnapping and stabbing happened. But for the time being, they are still in Antioch.
"We know we have to see this out because the police expect us to," she said.
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Gurrola and her family were unsuccessful Tuesday. AP also could not locate Jose Carrillo for comment, but he told The Tennessean that it has been a long ordeal and hopes the family will be left alone.
Gurrola lost custody of Yair and his three siblings after the baby was found safe in Alabama. Two officials familiar with the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it, said the state took the children after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell the baby.
A police statement says "significant unanswered questions remain" in the case, including why Gurrola and her infant were targeted. Thomas Miller, an attorney appointed to represent the children, told AP that police informed child welfare officials Tuesday they had "cleared the parents of any wrongdoing."
Meanwhile, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the release of confidential juvenile court records to news organizations for stories about the children being placed in foster care.
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