NJ State Police Continue Search For Missing Baby

The NJ State Police are continuing their search for three-month-old Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem, whose father claimed he threw her off the Driscoll Bridge after abducting her from her maternal grandmother's home in East Orange, NJ. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, who has been charged with kidnapping and attempted murder, allegedly punched and choked the grandmother on Tuesday while Zara's mother was reportedly at the Essex County Courthouse getting a restraining order. While there are no witnesses who saw Abdur-Raheem throw the child in the river, the police consider his confession "credible."

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By Jen Chung in News on February 18, 2010 11:00 AM

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kleinpeter

I hate people. I wish I could hurt this man.

sexisicilian

I pray that she is found safe!!

1stephanie

I believe it's a three-month-old girl, not year as it says above. Not that that makes it any less horrifying or anything, though.

keg2528

Thanks for clearing up her age. There is a story in today's NY Daily News on page 45 about a girl about 2 years old that was found abandoned at a Delaware gas station. I was hoping this was her, but then remembered that she was a toddler. I even called the Newark police, the # that was listed with article, to verify age of toddler thrown from bridge.