A South Carolina mom who claimed her baby girl was snatched from her arms as she checked the mail was arrested after the child was found dead, officials said.
The baby’s remains were found two hours after her mother, Breanna Lewis, reported the kidnapping, prompting a brief Amber Alert, according to the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office.
The 19-year-old mom claimed that she was checking her mailbox around 2 p.m. Tuesday when an SUV stopped in the middle of the road, news station WHNS reported.
She told officers that a slim, white man got out of the van, punched her several times and then drove away with the infant.
Lewis was taken into custody Tuesday as the primary suspect and faces charges for filing a false police report, according to WHNS.
