Fla. Mom Abandons Infant In Walmart With Man She Met On Facebook

Manoucheka Fortin, 27 (pictured above), is in trouble with police after abandoning her infant in a Florida Walmart with a man she met through Facebook, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The man, Pigge Berlus, had met Fortin face to face two times before she asked for a ride to Walmart.

He agreed to take her, but informed her that he had to be at work in a few hours and Fortin promised that she would be quick.

She wasn’t.

Hours after Fortin left him with the baby — and one hour late for work — Berlus left the infant and his phone number with Walmart’s customer service.

Read more from the Palm Beach Post:

Police found that the infant’s mother, Fortin, met Berlus through Facebook. They had only met each other face-to-face two times before the Walmart trip and they usually meet when Fortin needs a ride somewhere. The two only knew each other by their online names: Fortin went by “Ketia” and Berlus by “Jonas.”

This was the first time Berlus met the woman’s infant, the affidavit says.

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