Police: Missing baby, teen sitter found in DC

WASHINGTON — A 7-month-old baby who disappeared from Baltimore with his teenage sitter was found Monday in Washington, police said.

The baby, Ki'Yauhn Birch, and the teenager were found after someone called authorities to report seeing the teen at a bus stop in the northeastern part of the city, D.C. police spokesman Officer Anthony Clay said. The baby was being evaluated by the fire department, and the teenager has been taken into custody.

The baby was left in Jonae Boozer's care at the boy's father's home in Baltimore on Friday evening. He was reported missing after the boy's parents were unable to find Boozer or the boy.

More than 70 people rallied Sunday evening calling for the infant's safe return. The boy's 20-year-old mother, Whitney McGee pleaded for the 16-year-old girl who was last seen with the baby to surrender him.

The baby's father, Charles Birch, said Boozer, a friend of a friend, stopped by his west Baltimore home and asked for a cigarette. He left her with the baby while he went to buy some, he said.

"I went to get cigarettes, and my son's gone," he told The Baltimore Sun. He didn't know how to reach Boozer and said he called police Saturday morning.

Ki'Yauhn's belongings and a bottle the infant hadn't finished were left behind, Birch said.