Health · Amber AlertAtlanta Trailer Rescue: Babysitter Hid Kidnapped Sisters in 97-Degree BoxAired August 19, 2026 at 5:29 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Atlanta police cut [music] the lock on a0:02tow trailer and pulled two sisters out0:04alive. 11-month-old Nora Cooper and0:064-year-old Zola Cooper found August 17th0:09[music] on the 2000 block of Sylvan Road0:11SW in Southwest Atlanta. The trailer0:13sits at the Gateway South Apartments at0:152001 Sylvan Road SW, [music]0:17described in warrants as unsanitary,0:19packed and unfit for habitation with no0:22air conditioning except overhead0:23ventilation on a 97-degree day. The0:26mother [music] left both girls with0:2742-year-old babysitter Lakesha Brown on0:30the evening of August 15th. When she0:31returned, [music] Brown and the children0:33were gone, then unreachable, then0:35stalling with false explanations0:37including a claimed car [music] crash0:38and hospital transfer that investigators0:40found no evidence for.0:42She reported [music] them missing late0:44August 16th triggering a Levi's Call0:46Amber Alert listing a white Ford pickup,0:48and investigators tracked Brown's phone0:50to the apartment complex area. Body0:52camera video released August 18th0:54[music] shows officers hearing a baby0:56crying inside, cutting the lock with0:57bolt cutters, ordering hands up as the0:59children cry, and carrying both girls1:01out. Both were evaluated medically and1:04reunited with their mother in good1:05health. Brown [music] had befriended the1:07mother over about a year through a1:08Facebook pregnancy support group1:10offering free babysitting. [music]1:11The arrest exposed the prior case from1:13August 24th, 2021 in Fairfield,1:16Jefferson County, Alabama1:17>> [music]1:18>> where she was accused of taking1:194-day-old Kamarian Taylor while the1:20infant's mother napped, then denying1:22involvement before the baby was [music]1:23recovered healthy hours later in1:25Lipscomb. She was charged with1:27first-degree kidnapping, released on1:28$100,000 bond, [music] later failed to1:31appear, and faced an outstanding warrant1:33as a 2025 indictment remained pending1:35with no conviction entered. [music] In1:37this case, she was re-arrested and held1:39at the Fulton County Jail on two counts1:41of kidnapping and two counts of1:42first-degree cruelty to children, waving1:44her initial court appearance August 18th1:46[music] as Alabama prosecutors moved to1:48revoke bond in the prior case, leaving1:50custody through prosecution as the1:51unresolved question after [music] two1:53alleged kidnappings years apart. Like1:55and follow for more stories that matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗