Kidnapped Disabled Boy, 6, Back Home
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A 6-year-old Hasidic boy stricken with cerebral palsy was safe at home, surrounded by balloons and smiling at loved ones after a baby-sitter allegedly kidnapped him because he needed “a better place to live.” Jacob and Leah Weill opened a bottle of wine to celebrate son Chaim’s return. Chaim, who can’t speak, disappeared Tuesday with Theresa Goldberg when she took him for a walk. She and her husband, David Goldberg, were charged with kidnapping the wheelchair-bound child. They believed, a federal complaint said, that Chaim “needed a better place to live.”
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