A typical abduction from a healthcare facility involves a person impersonating a nurse, healthcare employee, volunteer, or relative to gain access to an infant.

According to Mesha Farrington and Cheryl Larry-Osman from the Henry Ford Hospital, child abductors have a common profile.

Source: Infant/Child Abduction by Mesha Farrington, RNC-MNN, BSN, Unit Educator Mother-Baby, and Cheryl Larry-Osman, RN, MS, CNS, CNM, Perinatal CNS. Written in January 2018. Revised in October 2019. Photo by Unknown.