Tampa – Missing Newborn and Mom Located Safe

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla.- Kanasia Johnson and her baby, Brinae Sherman, have been located safely, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office today.

On Thursday, September 10, Kanasia Johnson, 20, left St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital with her newborn baby girl, Brinae Sherman. Johnson’s parental rights were terminated with her last child, and she failed to inform her case manager that she was pregnant with Brinae Sherman.

HCSO Child Protective Investigators were unable to locate the child or Johnson, once she left the hospital, but HCSO confirmed they have been located and are safe.

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