FLORIDA KEYS – A 49-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday for taking a woman’s child from a hotel.
Zita Gasperik was charged with child neglect and kidnapping.
The Sheriff’s Office was called to Fairfield Inn & Suites in Marathon at approximately 8:30 a.m. where an employee stated Gasperik took her 16-month-old child without her permission.
Gasperik was stopped on U.S. 1 shortly thereafter with the child in her lap and not in a child’s car seat. The child was not harmed.
The mother stated Gasperik, also a hotel employee, was stating how cute the baby was and took a picture. Gasperik also reportedly stated, “this baby is mine today.”
Gasperik took the child to a breakfast room, but when the mother went to get her child back, she discovered Gasperik left the property with the child.
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