MISSING BROOKLYN TOT HOME SAFE

PFMLIT ABDUCTION KIDNAPPING, ABDUCTION KIDNAPPING, BABYSITTERS, DEATH PENALTY FOR SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, FAMILY FRIEND ACQUAINTANCE, General, MIRACLES DO HAPPEN, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST

Sharon Cooper was charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment and one count of child endangerment and a Brooklyn toddler who was missing for three days was returned to her overjoyed mom yesterday.  The charges could land the babysitter a year in prison.  Elisa Owens, the child's mother, had pleaded to Cooper for the safe

return of her 2 year old daughter, Kenya Banks.  Cooper, a family friend for 20 years, came over to Owens' Coney Island apartment to baby-sit Kenya on Tuesday morning.  Owens went out for a job interview.  When she returned that night, the apartment was empty -- both Cooper and Kenya were missing.  Owens waited until Thursday to call police in the hopes they would return on their own.

(New York)