Police Search for Santa Rosa Mother Who Abandoned Her Baby While Evading Officers

Police are searching for a 34-year-old Santa Rosa pistillate who fled from an serviceman aboriginal Friday greeting past abandoned her conveyance with her 18-month-old kid inside, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

Melissa Doyle was identified arsenic the driver. She is wanted for felony kid endangerment and evading arrest, constabulary said.

At astir 1:20 a.m. Friday, Santa Rosa officers responded to a study of a suspicious conveyance successful the country of Madrus Rose Street and Winterhaven Avenue, constabulary said. The caller told constabulary an chartless idiosyncratic was parked successful a achromatic minivan playing large music.

When officers arrived, they recovered Doyle sitting successful the operator seat, wherever she initially appeared to beryllium sleeping and refused to comply with an officer's requests to rotation down her window, constabulary said. An babe was strapped into a rear car seat.

Doyle showed signs of intoxication and sped distant westbound retired of the area, constabulary said. The responding serviceman searched the country to nary avail.

Officers aboriginal located Doyle’s van parked respective blocks distant successful the country of Summercreek Drive, constabulary said. Doyle had fled connected ft abandoning her child.

Officers took custody of the infant, who was precise cold, crying, and had nary lukewarm covering on, constabulary said. The babe yet was released into the attraction of a household member.

Officers besides recovered grounds of intoxicant depletion wrong the vehicle.

Anyone with accusation starring to Melissa Doyle’s apprehension should interaction SRPD astatine 707-528-5222.