Mom Takes Critically-Ill Baby from Hospital

An Amber Alert has been issued for a critically ill nine-month-old boy who was taken from Seattle's Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center by his non-custodial mother as he was awaiting life-saving surgery.

Police said 35-year-old Tina Marie Carlsen (pictured) concealed the infant, Riley Rogers, in a diaper bag and left the hospital around 6 a.m. Thursday, a day before her son was scheduled for surgery for kidney failure.

"The child will die imminently if he's not treated," Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said.

Carlsen, who also uses the name Tina Chiu, does not have legal custody of her son and police said she had no right to remove him from the hospital.

Seattle police issued a statewide Amber Alert on Thursday night in their search for a 35-year-old woman who smuggled her critically ill infant son out of Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle.

"The child will die imminently if he's not treated," Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said.

Tina Marie Carlsen concealed 9-month-old Riley Rogers in a diaper bag and left the hospital at about 6 a.m. Thursday, even though Riley was scheduled for surgery to treat life-threatening kidney failure, police said. Carlsen may be driving a green 1994 Plymouth Voyager minivan, with Washington license 270-SVS.

"We are most concerned with finding the boy in time to save his life and will deal with Carlsen's legal issues later," police said.

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