Police: Women concocted series of lies in Kenner child abandonment case

KENNER, La. – A woman who had a baby with her while shoplifting at the Esplanade Mall, then abandoned the child in the parking lot while being pursued by security guards was the child’s mother all along despite several attempts to fool authorities, Kenner Police said Wednesday.

Police said Chaberney Smith left her child in the mall parking lot and that she and her sister-in-law, Stephanie Johnson concocted several stories to throw police off the trail.

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