Former babysitter, 21, charged with abducting two-year-old girl from her bed in the middle of the night before dumping her on the roadside naked and covered in cigarette burns with a shaved head

  • Lyndon Albers, two, was last seen by her parents around 3am at home in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and reported missing at 7am
  • A couple driving to work found her eight miles away sitting in a pile of leaves in Rowley just before 10am
  • She was reunited with her parents in the hospital and is in a fair condition 
  • Abigail Hanna, 21, has been arrested and charged with abducting the child
  • Hanna was Lyndon's babysitter until her parents fired her, sources said

Police have charged the former babysitter of a two-year-old girl who vanished from her Massachusetts home in the middle of the night and was found naked and injured eight miles away.

Lyndon Albers was discovered on the side of the road in Rowley by a couple driving to work just before 10am on Friday - three hours after she was reported missing. 

She had cigarette burns on her body and her head had been shaved.  

Abigail Hanna, of Topsfield, was arrested and is being held without bail, Hamilton police said.

She was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child and breaking and entering.

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Police have charged Abigail Hanna (pictured left) the former babysitter of a two-year-old girl, with kidnapping Lyndon Albers (right) after the child disappeared from her home and was found later naked, covered in cigarette burns and with a shaved head

Police have charged Abigail Hanna (pictured left) the former babysitter of a two-year-old girl, with kidnapping Lyndon Albers (right) after the child disappeared from her home and was found later naked, covered in cigarette burns and with a shaved head

Lyndon (pictured, before her disappearance) was last seen by her parents at home at around 3am and then reported missing at 7am on Friday 

Lyndon (pictured, before her disappearance) was last seen by her parents at home at around 3am and then reported missing at 7am on Friday 

According to her Facebook profile, Hanna is from Boston but lives in Topsfield. She previously lived in London.

She is listed as studying English Literature at Gordon College in Massachusetts and is apparently a counseler there.

She also says she has studied at the Azusa Pacific University in California as well as The Master's School in Connecticut.  

Her profile also lists that she got engaged to Nathan Wolters earlier this month.

Hanna's father, Laurie, is listed on Facebook as a teacher at Stafford Springs Elementary in Connecticut.

After her arrest, Hamilton Police Chief Russell Stevens said the evidence indicates that the abduction was not a random crime. 

He added that further details are not being released to 'protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation'.  

Sources told WHDH that the family had trusted the babysitter at one point, but had recently fired her. 

Hanna (pictured) was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child and breaking and entering
Hanna (pictured) was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child and breaking and entering

Hanna (pictured) was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child and breaking and entering

According to her Facebook page, Hanna got engaged to Nathan Wolters (pictured together) this month

According to her Facebook page, Hanna got engaged to Nathan Wolters (pictured together) this month

Hanna (pictured center, with her family) is being held without bail, Hamilton police department said

Hanna (pictured center, with her family) is being held without bail, Hamilton police department said

Lyndon's parents Tim and Joanie told police they last saw her at around 3am at their home in Hamilton, Massachusetts. They reported her missing at 7am. 

According to necn, an Amber Alert was in the process of being issued before Lyndon was found.

She was shivering from the cold and sitting in a pile of leaves with a bruise on her newly shaved head when she was spotted by Tom and Marge Crosby, who were driving to their boutique in Amesbury at the time.

Tom Crosby said it was a 'vision; that compelled him to turn his car around after spotting the child in the road. 

'I don’t want to say a vision but that’s what it was — a vision,' he told the Boston Herald. 'I drove by and then quickly it flashed through my head. I said ‘Was that a baby or was it a doll?’'

They couple bundled the child into their car and gave her a blanket as they waited for police.   

'She was alert but had a big contusion on her head,' his wife Marge added to WHDH.

Lyndon was reunited with her parents at Beverly Hospital and has since been transferred to Boston Children's Hospital, where she is listed as being in a fair condition. 

Lyndon was shivering from the cold and sitting in a pile of leaves with a bruise on her newly shaved head when she was spotted by Tom and Marge Crosby (pictured)

Lyndon was shivering from the cold and sitting in a pile of leaves with a bruise on her newly shaved head when she was spotted by Tom and Marge Crosby (pictured)

Marge Crosby
Tom Crosby

Marge Crosby (left) said the child had a contusion on her head. Her husband Tom (right) said a 'vision' compelled him to turn his car around after spotting what appeared to be a child

On Friday, Chief Stevens could not confirm if Lyndon left the home on her own accord or if she was taken.

'We're trying to put the pieces together right now,' he said at a news conference.

'It's like a jigsaw puzzle and a bunch of the pieces are missing.' 

Police executed a search warrant at Lyndon's home on Friday and said they were treating it as a crime scene until they knew more information.  

Stevens also said there was no threat to the public. 

'If I thought parents should be concerned, I would be the first one standing if front of this microphone and your cameras telling them to be concerned,' he said. 

'So right now I would say no, you do not need to be concerned.' 

Lyndon's parents told police they last saw her at around 3am at their home (pictured) in Hamilton, Massachusetts. They reported her missing at 7am

Lyndon's parents told police they last saw her at around 3am at their home (pictured) in Hamilton, Massachusetts. They reported her missing at 7am

Police executed a search warrant at Lyndon's home (pictured) on Friday and said they were treating it as a crime scene until they knew more information

Police executed a search warrant at Lyndon's home (pictured) on Friday and said they were treating it as a crime scene until they knew more information

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