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On Monday, July 8, 1991, at John Peter Smith Hospital in downtown Fort Worth, known by residents as JPS,

19-year-old Tammy Hagerman gave birth to a healthy eight-pound baby girl.

Tammy named her new arrival Felicia Nicole Hagerman.

The following Wednesday, July 10th, at about 10 a.m., a woman entered the semi-private room at the JPS maternity ward, where Tammy had been convalescing and enjoying her first two days of parenthood.

The woman told the new mother she was a staff photographer for the hospital and asked if she'd like to have her baby girl's picture taken.

Tammy said she would.

The woman left the room and returned about a half hour later. She was taking baby Felicia to an on-site studio to photograph her, the woman said, and they'd be back shortly. Tammy was looking forward to hearing how the woman

thought the photos turned out, and especially anxious to take Felicia home. Later in the day,

they'd be released from the hospital to go back to that comfort. At this time, the nurse on duty

was making her rounds. About 15 minutes after the

photographer left with Felicia, the nurse entered Tammy's room to see how she and the newborn were

holding up. She saw the mother, but to her surprise, there was no baby. Tammy explained, telling the nurse that the staff

photographer had taken Felicia to have her picture made. Confusion struck the nurse, followed immediately

by panic. JPS had no photographer on staff, she told Tammy, who also began to panic.

The nurse rushed to the phone and called security.

The hospital was promptly and thoroughly searched, but there was no sign of little Felicia

Hagerman or the woman who took her.

The Fort Worth Police put out an all-points bulletin with the description of Felicia's kidnapper,

and patrol officer's attention became almost singularly focused.

Agents from the city's FBI office were immediately contacted and sprang into action.

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