Infant Boy Found Safe; Baby-Sitter Still Sought

Acting on a tip, police found a 1-year-old boy Wednesday who had vanished Friday with his baby-sitter. The baby-sitter, Michelle Oliver, 38, was being sought on suspicion of kidnaping, Lt. Doc Warkentin said.

Darnell Dickerson was found unharmed about noon at an apartment in the 400 block of South Bonnie Brae Avenue in Los Angeles, a few blocks from his family residence. The toddler was being watched by Roscoe Scally, who said Oliver had brought the boy over on Friday. Scally was not arrested, Warkentin said.

“He’s in good shape,” Warkentin said of the toddler, who was reunited with his parents Wednesday afternoon. The father, Ernest Dickerson, 42, said he left his son in Oliver’s care Friday, supposedly for a few hours. But Oliver, who lived in the same building, disappeared with the little boy. Dickerson searched for them that afternoon, then called police.