Woman charged with kidnapping toddler

The woman who allegedly kidnapped a Villa Rica toddler made her first court appearance Monday.

Tina Camacaro, 51, is accused of kidnapping 18-month-old Jason Oral, according to a report by wsbtv.com. Oral reportedly went missing Monday around 3 a.m. A neighbor spotted him five hours later about three-quarters of a mile from his home in the Fairfield Plantation subdivision in Villa Rica, authorities told wsbtv.com. Officers said the child was cold and wet, but uninjured.

Camacaro broke into the home and took the child while he was in the care of a teenager, authorities said. Camacaro is the estranged wife of the boyfriend of Jason's mother, Carroll County sheriff's deputies told wsbtv.com.

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