Facebook helps find abducted newborn in Quebec

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MONTREAL (AP) — The mother of a day-old infant snatched from a Quebec hospital says she’s grateful to everyone who helped bring home her baby — especially the group of people who hunted down the alleged kidnapper thanks to a Facebook post.

Police issued an Amber Alert on Monday night after the newborn was abducted from the mother’s hospital room in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, by a woman allegedly wearing scrubs and posing as a nurse who said she needed to weigh the baby.

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