Three day old Keegan Schuchardt, who is now four days old, has been reunited with his father, who had not even had the opportunity to sign his birth certificate yet, because at less then a week old, he had already been kidnapped. That's right; some loony-toony registered nurse named Verna McClain, in Harris County, Texas, who had suffered a miscarriage and was afraid her fiance wouldn't marry her without a good reason, such as an obligation, stole little Keegan from his mom, Kala Golden, as she was leaving the doctor's office in Montgomery County, Texas, unloaded seven slugs into her, and then ran over Kala with her car! All the while, some guy just sat in the car, only budging to help take the baby away from his mother!
The whole incident happened very fast, and everyone's attention was initially drawn to Kala, who needed medical assistance, but died despite it; rather than getting a good look at the people who drove away with Keegan. Someone did give police a licsence plate number, and the car was found. They didn't waste any time finding and questioning the owner, either. Verna McClain was not home when the police first arrived, but came home while they were searching her apartment for the baby. She said she owned the vehicle, but did not commit the crime; then her sister called, it became clear that the baby was at her sister's house! Some story about how McClain was going to adopt Keegan came from McClain's sister. The thing is.......police worked very fast to follow up every lead, even though the eyewitnesses could only give a few details about the suspect's appearance. There were not even enough details to put together a sketch of the suspect. After finding the owner of the vehicle, officers did not just accept the suspect's stupid sounding denial and stop looking, simply because the baby she stole was not present, they continued to follow up with every lead they had, including whoever was on the phone when it rang, and found the baby. Now Verna McClain is charged with first degree murder, among other things, and is being held without bond.
It would be nice to call this a happy ending, but sadly, it really isn't. Keegan Schuchardt has lost the opportunity to know his mother personally.
The whole incident happened very fast, and everyone's attention was initially drawn to Kala, who needed medical assistance, but died despite it; rather than getting a good look at the people who drove away with Keegan. Someone did give police a licsence plate number, and the car was found. They didn't waste any time finding and questioning the owner, either. Verna McClain was not home when the police first arrived, but came home while they were searching her apartment for the baby. She said she owned the vehicle, but did not commit the crime; then her sister called, it became clear that the baby was at her sister's house! Some story about how McClain was going to adopt Keegan came from McClain's sister. The thing is.......police worked very fast to follow up every lead, even though the eyewitnesses could only give a few details about the suspect's appearance. There were not even enough details to put together a sketch of the suspect. After finding the owner of the vehicle, officers did not just accept the suspect's stupid sounding denial and stop looking, simply because the baby she stole was not present, they continued to follow up with every lead they had, including whoever was on the phone when it rang, and found the baby. Now Verna McClain is charged with first degree murder, among other things, and is being held without bond.
It would be nice to call this a happy ending, but sadly, it really isn't. Keegan Schuchardt has lost the opportunity to know his mother personally.
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