Overview
- Milwaukee County prosecutors charged 27-year-old Katelyn Librizzi with abduction and operating a vehicle without the owner's consent.
- Prosecutors say a worker at Beyond the Stars Daycare briefly left a running white Chrysler van on Dec. 16, when a woman got in and drove off with the children.
- Police tracked the van using the worker’s cellphone and arrested Librizzi near 60th and Burleigh, finding all four children unharmed and still seated inside.
- Investigators say the van stopped outside Librizzi’s home on West Philip Place about a mile away for roughly 10 minutes, with timestamps showing she had the vehicle for about 13 minutes.
- The criminal complaint notes family statements about Librizzi’s mental health and missed medication, and her mother told WISN the family has been seeking help.