A doll created by Rachel Smith, Kathy’s sister (Picture: Bunny Bundles Reborns/Facebook)

A grandmother who sells painted life-like dolls had to try desperately to convince police she wasn’t selling real babies.

Kathy Cadle, who paints and sells the dolls, was reported as a suspected human trafficker.

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The grandmother, from Sheffield Lake in Ohio, was at home chatting with her grandson online when police came knocking.

The officer said: ‘There’s a report of you selling a baby.’ To which Ms Cadle replied: ‘Are you kidding me?’


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The siblings inherited their love of realistic dolls from their mother (Picture: Bunny Bundles Reborns/Facebook)

She later found out that police had spent much of the day questioning her friends.

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Ms Cadle handed one of her realistic dolls to Sgt. Frank Goscewski in order to convince him that she wasn’t actually selling live infants. He left her property satisfied she was not guilty of the accusations of human trafficking.



Creating the dolls, which are made from vinyl, is something of a family tradition introduced to Ms Cadle and her sister Rachel Smith by their mother Dolores.

Smith’s creations, sold under company name Bunny Bundles Reborns, have featured in front page spreads and are used as therapy dolls for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Ms Cadle said: ‘She ends up on the front page of the paper, and I end up being investigated.’