Pierce County Sheriff seeks to ID 3 infants whose pics found in probe of alleged baby-stealing plot

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TACOMA, Wash. -- Pierce County Sheriff's detectives are looking to identify the mothers of three infants who may be witnesses in an investigation into a baby photographer who is accused of drugging a woman in a plot to steal her daughter.

During the probe into suspect Juliette Parker, detectives have obtained three other photos of babies that Parker took inside a maternity ward, investigators said.

"We are only looking for information on who the babies are, but not the identity of the female in the photos," Pierce County Sheriff's deputies said. "We believe the babies’ mothers may be witnesses in our investigation; we are releasing these images in an effort to identify the babies and to make contact with their mothers."

Parker has been bailed out of jail twice since her arrest. She was originally arrested last week on $50,000 bail, which she posted. She was rearrested on Tuesday after the judge raised bail to $150,000, but again she paid the higher amount and was released Thursday afternoon.

Parker has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree assault and attempted second-degree kidnapping.

According to sheriff's officials, Parker and her 16-year-old daughter were arrested by Pierce County sheriff's deputies at their Spanaway home Friday following reports that they allegedly drugged a woman while posing as infant photographers.

Authorities became aware of the alleged plot on Feb. 5 after a woman called 911 to request help because she suddenly began feeling numbness, drowsiness, instability on her feet and was vomiting, according to investigators.

"I'm super spacey, like it's hard to talk and my hand, my feet and my arms are super numb. I feel like my breathing is jacked and I've puked like five times now," victim Elysia Miller told 911 dispatchers.

She told firefighters she believed she was drugged by a woman who came to her house posing as a photographer and pressured her to eat a cupcake she had brought with her.

A report filed to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said the woman met the suspect and her daughter through a post on a newborn baby group on Facebook, where the suspect advertised free photos of newborn babies in order to build her portfolio.

The suspect and her daughter left the victim's home without taking the infant after Miller told them to leave, but she later realized her house keys had been stolen, according to investigators.

The victim went to the hospital and doctors told her that they believed she had been poisoned with the date rape drug GHB.

Parker and her daughter were later identified as the suspects. Detectives found evidence that leads them to believe they were planning to steal a newborn baby.

According to court papers, Parker allegedly asked a male friend she had previously dated if he could get her a sample of the date-rape drug known as GHB, so they could use it to obtain a baby girl and raise it as their own.

Miller said that since the incident, "I have been terrified to be at my house."

"I don't like going anywhere, I don't like being at home, I"m not sleeping, I'm not eating," she said. "I carry a machete, a knife and pepper spray in my house and in my car. I sleep with the knife under my pillow as a result of this."

Several other potential victims later came forward after sheriff's officials urged the public to call detectives at 253-798-7724 if they had been contacted by a woman named “Juliette Parker," “Juliette Noel” or “Juliette Gains” who posed as a baby photographer.

This article first appeared on KOMO NEWS.