RSS4 Month Old Khalieyah Pitts & Her 24 Year Old Mother Tabitha Rantanen Missing Since 2/17/15 in Portsmouth, NH (May Have Fled to Greenfield, MA)
4 month of Khalieyah Pitts and her 24 year old mother, Tabitha Rantanen, have been missing since Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Portsmouth police have been searching for the 4 month old and the tot-mom following a court order was issued by the Portsmouth Family Court for the state to take custody of the child, Khalieyah Pitts. NH DCYF was granted emergency custody of the infant at Rochester District Court on Feb. 13. According to authorities, the 24 year old mother has no known address in the New Hampshire Sea cost area. Tabitha Rantanen also has mental health and active substance abuse issues.
Portsmouth police Capt. Mike Schwartz stated that the mother, Tabitha Rantanen, was aware of the court order and fled with the baby. Schwartz said the baby was not in anyone else’s care and was not abducted. The police believe that Tabitha Rantanen is no longer in New Hampshire. It is believed that she may be in Greenfield, MA, as she has family in the area. A felony warrant has been issued for Tabitha’s arrest on a charge of interference with custody. Rantanen is described as being 5’2 and about 120 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Left to Right: Khalieyah Pitts, Tabitha Rantanen
Police said 4-month-old Khalieyah Pitts and her 24-year-old mother, Tabitha Rantanen, who may be going by “Tabi Pitts,” have been missing since Tuesday. On Tuesday, a court ordered Rantanen to surrender custody of her daughter. Police said once she became aware of the order, she fled New Hampshire with Khalieya.
Police said they may be near Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Family members expressed concern about Rantanen’s mental condition and substance abuse.
UPDATE I: NH & MA Police search for missing 4 month old girl.
Police in New Hampshire and Massachusetts are working together to search for a “mentally unstable” mother who took her daughter.
Sgt. Dan McCarthy informed 22News that the Greenfield Police Department is assisting the Portsmouth NH Police Department search for 4 month old Khalieyah Pitts.
The New Hampshire Child Protective Services was granted emergency custody of Khalieyah by court order on February 13th. Sgt. McCarthy said the mother, 24-year-old Tabitha “Tabi” Rantanen, took Khalieyah and fled the state. She was last known to be in Greenfield where she has family.
Anyone with information is asked to call Greenfield Police at (413) 773-5411, Seacoast Crime Stoppers at (603) 431-1199 or Portsmouth Police at (603) 610-7649.
Posted February 21, 2015 by Scared Monkeys Child Endangerment, Child Welfare, Custodial Interference, Missing Persons | one comment |
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Fugitive NH Mother Turns Herself In, Surrenders Custody Of Daughter
February 21, 2015
GREENFIELD (CBS) – A New Hampshire woman who fled the state with her young daughter turned herself into police on Saturday morning.
Tabitha Rantanen of Portsmouth, N.H., was ordered to surrender custody of her four-month old daughter on Feb. 13 pending a hearing. Instead, police said Rantanen took her daughter and left the state.
Portsmouth police said on Saturday that Rantanen turned herself in at the Greenfield Police Department and gave the baby to police.
The young girl is now in temporary custody of Massachusetts Child Protective Services. She is in good health, police said.
Rantanen was arrested as a fugitive from justice on a felony charge of interference with custody.
She is scheduled to be arraigned in Greenfield District Court on Monday.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/02/21/fugitive-nh-mother-turns-herself-in-surrenders-custody-of-daughter/