Georgia Adds 2 Charges Against Lakesha Brown in Fake Pregnancy Case
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Updated · WSB Atlanta · Aug 19
Georgia Adds 2 Charges Against Lakesha Brown in Fake Pregnancy Case
3 articles · Updated · WSB Atlanta · Aug 19
Summary
Paulding County charged Lakesha Brown with faking a pregnancy and misdemeanor obstruction after deputies found no newborn and concluded the child never existed.
Investigators said Brown sent a man photos of a supposed newborn, birth details and baby-item images, then used what appeared to be a doll to simulate a baby and seek money during the alleged pregnancy.
Deputies searched Brown's home and two backyard burn barrels after receiving a tip that she had sent an image appearing to show a dead newborn; they instead found an open pack of newborn diapers with several missing.
The new counts come after Brown's Monday arrest in Atlanta, where police found two kidnapped children inside a trailer, and after a previous Alabama indictment in a similar newborn-kidnapping case.