BOLO: Chicago Authorities Seek Public’s Help Finding Endangered Mother and Child

Illinois authorities are urgently searching for a 4-year-old girl and her mother, who vanished Friday after a daycare pickup on the city’s West Side.  According to the Chicago Police Department, Heidy Garcia Soriano, 26, picked up her daughter, Ashley Lobato, from her childcare provider before both disappeared from the 1300 block of North Springfield Avenue ……
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