What is wrong with people these days. This is just plain sick!

What is this world coming to!

The world is a vicious place!

i hope they find this poor baby. 4 days old...the kidnapper mustve targeted or known this lady in some way... i hope the mother is ok and in stable condition and my condolences go out to the family.

How does this kind of thing keep happening, I really just don't get it. This is getting worst between kids being murdered, abducted ect. Lets hope that someone finds this jerk fast.

this woman was probably a cps worker they get big bucks for infants

I just pray that they find this baby and the mother will be ok.

I just pray that the mother makes a full recovery and her innocent newborn is found safe and unharmed.

This is just plain sick. I can't believe that people who do this kind of thing don't send up red flags before hand. I mean, are they like the average person? Do they have a moral compass ?

The mother must be mortified! I hope they find the baby soon!

I hope this precious child is found safe!

Praying for the safe return of this baby, and for physical and emotional healing for this family! God bless you!!

Very common steal a baby. The problem is the people aren't common, they are loonies of the worst kind. Hope the baby is okay and is reunited with mommy soon.

He really is a gorgeous child.

Please don't open your door to even the nicest of strangers people. We can't trust anyone anymore. Praying for his safe return....

Probably an act of a very disturbed and desperate woman who lost or couldn't have a child of her own. I hope that the baby is found safe.

This is just awful, I hope they find this Baby and throw the book at the Sick Woman who kidnapped him.

This is a truly disturbing story. When I hear of stories such as this, it makes me wonder if it's possible for a person to truly have no heart or soul.

That is so sad. I hope they find that baby safe and the person who did this is dealt with. Prayers to the family at this scary time.

Stories like this are all too common. Thats why it I encourage new mothers not to post birth announcemts in the newspaper anymore.

Give the baby back to his mother. and get help! There must be a reason why you did it. They do grow up you know. You may give the baby the love now. but may end up resenting you or worse when he finds out the truth.

This is terrible news. Prayers go out to the family!

Why do people answer there door??? I never answer the door, unless I know who it is and can see who it is... This day and age you can not be sure who anyone is.. If someone comes to your door dont answer, if someone is pulling you over at night, dont stop..go to a police station or a public place, or use your cell phone... Dont live scared, but be smart...

They could be very closely thing.

Ahem, it's not like this sort of thing is new, or that people are more twisted today than ever before, it's just that it's publicized. I'm sure children have been stolen and traded or sold or etc throughout history. This is still tragic, but nothing new. Keep you perspective, people!

This is why I did not want any sort of "announcement" in front of my house or on my door when I had my children.

lets all pray the baby will be found and reunited with his family unharmed! and pray that the kidnapper be punished to the fullest!!!!

My thoughts are with Yair Anthony and his family. May you return home safe and soon.

I really hope this baby is found safe and returned to his mother...

this story is just so sad. THANK GOD the mother didn't die. hopefully this person will not hurt the baby. hopefully she'll be caught and the baby will be returned safely to the mother. this just angers me so much. what type of human would do something like this and think they will actually get away w/ it?!

I cannot believe I live in such a wicked world. God, please unite the baby safely with his family.

My prayers go out to the family, wishing a safe return for the baby.. sick, evil people out there

My prayers go out to this family for the safe return of their precious child. There are no words to explain my disbelief and utter disgust for anyone who would do such a thing. Heart-breaking and sickening!

I don't understand why she left her baby on the sofa while she went to get help. Did she not think the baby wouldn't be in danger? The baby was the reason this woman came to her home in the first place. Also, where was she stabbed? I hope the baby is returned home soon.

if the baby is what you want, then do what you gotta do to get one! leave other people alone!

OMG – tragic. I really hope this insane woman wanted a baby and is actually taking care of this little boy until she is found. Inevitably, she'll show off her "new son" and hopefully the people who know her will suspect something and turn her in. Once she is found, I hope this little boy goes home to his real Mommy unharmed.

Why would this women know to come to this house where they have a new born baby... Something fishy....

I hope they find this baby and put the abductor under the jail. In a world where there are so many children without parents, why take one who has a loving mother?

Didn't I see this on special vicims unit a couple weeks ago?

I don't think there are words to truly describe the sick minds that live among us. My prayers are with this family.

I pray they find the baby and return him unharmed to his mother. People are crazy!

Awfull, absolutely awfull!!!

Why does it take almost 48 hours to get the Amber Alert out..I would think the first 48 hrs. are the most crucial to safely locating the the baby and the abductor.

The abductor told her boyfriend she's pregnant, it's time to have a baby, Let's go steal one.

Sad..
God please bring that baby back home safe!!!!!!!

Women who steal babies always have the same M.O.; single, obese, no friends, and a severe personality disorder.

You couldn't stab me enough to leave my baby on the couch while I went for help.

I hope they find this baby – who knows what this crazy woman will do to this child knowing that she nearly killed the childs mother!

God please keep this little angel safe until she can be in her Mothers arms again!

This is heartbreaking. I am a mother of 1 year old twins and I can't imagine what this mother is going through. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. God willing this sweet baby boy will be in his mother's arms soon.

exactly, what is this world coming too. this is why no one opens the doors to anyone anymore. we even have fake cops running around harrassing people.

May God be with the baby and his mother!

What the heck is wrong with some people. Wow!

My thoughts are with the mother, i cant imagine having to go through this. How someone can take another human being doesnt even being to compute in my brain. I pray for the baby's safe return.

what i'd like to know is if this person wants your child why would you leave him on the couch alone to get help? if someone is trying to take him do really think they are going follow you or seize the opportunity to take him?

I have an eight month old and a three yr old. I couldn't imagine if anything like that happened to them. Keeping him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

That woman needs to be found and locked away for good!!!! How dare she come into someone's home and take their child like that.

Wow that is so wrong for people to do such things as this! I am so upset cause the world really seems like its comming to an end. But only god knows and i prat that they will give the baby bak to his parents soon. and a word of correge for the family keep your head up and remember to pray...... God loves you and so do I...................

I would have never left my baby to get help... I would have grabbed it quick... and ran... I am sorry I just don't think its the whole truth... just the doubt in todays society.

This is why you shouldn't put your address in a baby announcement in the newspaper, or rent one of those ridiculous storks for your front yard. Any creeper hell-bent on baby-stealing can target you so easily! Especially since new moms are often home alone, and still recovering and healing from hours of intense labor. Protect yourselves and your children!!

Kel, possibly in translation, the order of events came out wrong...maybe she laid the baby on the couch and then went to the door, and refusing to get the baby, she was then stabbed and after the 8th time, not knowing when it would stop or how, she ran for help, having to leave the baby alone when she did. If she had died, no one would have even known what happened or who was there to begin with. Now, we must consider where would the child be now?

This angers me so much. It simply breaks my heart.

I believe anyone that molests or kidnaps a child should face the death penalty. If a law like that eliminated just one instance of either...it would be worth it.

I'm not religious…yet today I'm praying for this child. Please be ok.

I hate to look the other way on this one but would it be too crazy for the mother to have done something to the baby, self inflict her wounds and make the story up. How do you leave the baby on the couch for the person at the door to just come in and take the baby, Hmmmm. Also the lady that was questioned in New York. How did she get involved in a case that takes place in Tennessee when the person in question was someone the mother apparently didnt know. Wouldn't the mother of the child have to give a pretty detailed description of this woman in New York along with her residence. Just sounds fishy too me. I hope I'm wrong. My heart ultimately goes out to the child in the situation. I know if it was my child I would have died with that lady taking the baby out of my arms.

Kel, also, the Mother had just had the baby, and may not have been strong enough to fight off a woman with a knife. She had no way to defend herself or the child. But, I did wonder like you did because a Mother's instinct would be to fight to the death for the child.

Sad. No words for this kind of filth. Our planet is need of serious healing, and it has to start with each individual do his/her part.

Kel, and she was fighting and could have died, and then no one would have known anything......

Always ask for identification before you ever open your home to any unknown persons so you know for a fact who they are. May the good lord lead this innocent child home to be reunited with the mother our prayers are with you.

I pray for God to touch this woman's heart and convict her of her wrong doing and have her return this innocent child unharmed to his mother.

As a mother I know if someone was trying to take my baby I would hold onto it tight and run. So i'm confused, she knew the woman wanted the baby so she put the baby down on couch and ran?? Something odd about that?

Kel- The mother was stabbed 8 times! The baby was in serious danger whether he was on the couch or in his mother's arms. It's kind of sad that you would make such a judgmental statement.

The assailant demanded the baby then stabbed the mother, so the mother left the newborn on the sofa and ran for help? I agree with Kel. I just hope there's nothing fishy here.

im sorry to the mother of the baby and hope that you find the baby soon!!!!! sorry ...... this world is a sick place....

Kel said, "what i’d like to know is if this person wants your child why would you leave him on the couch alone to get help? if someone is trying to take him do really think they are going follow you or seize the opportunity to take him?"

What I'd like to know is why anyone would expect a woman to be thinking straight after she had been stabbed 8 times??

OMG. Why? All the helpless babies in the state and federal care and she does this

Just one more thing, if the car is the same model as the Police cars in the area, then they should be able to find who owns them, and match up drivers license descriptions with this person. I am wondering if she bought the car on purpose to look authoritative? She may have done this more than once. Also, this would tell us something about the mind of the perpetrator.

It is so sad, but new parents should never advertise with balloons or other ways that there is a new baby at home. There are those demented people out there who will do something like this. Likewise, women nearing their due date need to be very careful about who they let in their homes, or who they go home with. Prayers for the mom and the baby.

there is no way to trace a baby when there is no way to trace the father or mother. The woman who took that baby must have known that.

The mom must have tried to run as fast as she could to get help, but I can't believe she left the baby on the couch!!! Hope the little one is brought home safe and sound.

FYI: There was a baby announcement sign outside the home. Unfortunately at least one of our hospitals in Nashville still give out cute stork signs to new parents.

As a mother what would your first instinct be if someone came into your home – protect the child.
I'm sorry, but why would you leave your newborn with this lunatic that just tried to kill you.......I believe I would have grabbed my baby, then ran for help.
Something is not right with this story.

I'm worried. I'm going to have my first child in amonth and a half and if this is the way the world is, I'm thinking of keeping me and my daughter inside at all times.

This was in our local news yesterday. The abductor most likely noticed the "It's a boy!" sign out in front of the house, and decided she wanted the baby. They said that very few people even knew about the birth. So you may want to be more careful about advertising your newborns in the front yard for all passersby to see. Not everyone is playing with a full deck. It's a doggone shame that this happened. I hope they find the baby, and put that woman away for life.

A sign given at the hospital to post in front yard was the reason for the person to know a newborn was in the house. The signs should be outlawed, especially in larger cities

She was stabbed 8 times. Give her a break. It's very likely she would have gotten killed if she tried to take the baby. The instinct was to run and get help because she didn't know if she'd get out of it alive. At least they have a description of the car and the woman.

K/Kel – She left the baby on the couch when she was running for her life, because she was being attacked and stabbed repeatedly by the woman. I'm sure she was concerned with putting the baby out of the path of the knife. I doubt she had any idea what the woman's intentions were, other than to harm her.

Why are any of you blaming the mother for leaving her child?? Hmmm...I just got stabbed eight times. My mind is clear and focused. I am not panicked, or afraid, or in shock or any of that.

From experience....being in a situation where you are in mortal danger, you are certainly only in flight or fight mode. I am sure she's feeling guilty enough with these types of comments.

Please give this mom a break and just pray for the same return of the child.

My heart is aching for the Mother of this baby, this is too sad.....

Please God, bring this newborn baby back home safe and sound.

Why on earth are there so many sick people out there??? What has happened to this world!

Please keep the baby and and parents in your prayers! I can't imagine what torment they must be experiencing!

Sadly, this is not unheard of; seems like the woman was jealous that this poor mother had just been blessed with a beautiful, healthy baby and decided to act on her jealously...

Did the mother post an announcement in the paper? If not, who knew that she had just given birth?

Verna This woman who took this God given baby should be punished to the fullest. Any woman that has carried a baby for nine months, feels this baby growing inside of her knows what this mother is going through. God gives us these gifts not to be taken away by someone who doesn't care about the gift of birth or being a mother.

It's sad how vulnerable people dealing with immigration issues and/or pending citizin status in this country can be to those who wish to take advantage of them in sick ways like this.
Like others here, I find it strange that she would leave the baby on the couch when she went to get help, but then I don't think I'd be thinking very clearly after being stabbed 8 times either.

I do not understand why a mother who has been assulted for refusing to hand over their child, would then LEAVE the child to go get help?! Makes no sense. Your natural reaction would be to run to the child , pick him up, THEN both of you get out of the house! Makes me wonder what "really" happend.

Kel, what I'd like to know is if you really think you'd be thinking clearly after being stabbed 8 times? We do not know how we would think in the situation this poor woman was in. Praying for the safe return of baby Yair.

There will always be sad people with problems who will inflict thier pain on others. The saddest thing will be that when they find this person, if and when it goes to trial, there will be people that will feel sorry for this person and make all kinds of excuses as to why she should be allowed to do what she did and get away with it instead of getting her help or putting her someplace where she will not be allowed to do this again. The only people that will really pay for this is the family of that baby and that is what is the saddest thing.

Anytime someone comes to your door and says they are from any type of agency, they should be willing to hand you a picture i.d. and should have no problem with you calling to verify the fact that they work there. Never use the number they give you, just ask where the agency they work for is located and call them yourself. If it doesn't jive, call the police.

my prayers are with the family.

THe reason she left the baby on the sofa was that she was scared to death, stabbed repeatedly and believed that this woman had come for her. Afterall she did say she was INS. I'm sure she wasn't thinking too clearly at that moment. This INS business has got to stop. It's like the gestapo looking for jews. The worry over the INS has put many people in a very vulnerable place.

Im using this for a current events in my class.
This is sickening.
Even kids my age who know haw to kick the crap out of someone..
Don't take candy from strangers, even if it is Reeses.

There's too many crimes against children these days and a lot of these crimes are just UNTHINKABLE...I think there should be a separate law enforcement entity that focuses on saving innocent children from phsychopaths (and in some cases, their own parents!!!!!). There are animal cops out there–time for the children to have their own police dedicated to helping on ly them. Children deserve a chance to live their lives

K those are my very questions. When I read this story a red flag popped up. If she was able to run for help, why didn't she take her child? Did she think he would be where he left him when she came back? This woman was there to take her son. She was able to run to a neighbor. Hmmmm. Her wounds weren't sufficient enough to keep her down. She ran out on her son and left him to this stranger. Something is wrong with this picture. I pray this precious baby is found alive, but I fear for him.

Something similar happened 10 years ago in Maryland. A woman came to the trailer and killed the mother by stabbing her and stole the baby. if you have a baby, don't trust anyone. There are people out there who are desperate for a child, usually because they lied to a boyfriend or husband they were pregnant. Its obvious that anyone who knows a blond heavy-set woman who claims to be pregnant by a Latino in Tennesse or a nearby state, should report her to the authorities immediately.

WHY did she leave the baby on the couch and run for help?!? This doesn't make sense... A mother's natural instinct is to protect your child no matter what! Leaving your child in the presence of a sick person who just attacked you?!? This screams that we're not getting the whole story. I pray for this child, but something's not adding up...

What is this world coming too. However, the previous statement made is true. Women that abduct other women's babies typically have the same MO. Obese, unwed, personality disorder. Probably told their co-workers, family members that they were expecting. Their body structure makes it believable and now they have to produce and infant to keep the lie going. God Bless this poor mother and bring her beautiful baby back to her unharmed!

Beware when you put those "It's a boy!!(or girl)" signs in your yard. It attracts wackos. She had one.