Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Georgia woman left her baby with auto shop staff only to return with a knife and demand the infant’s return, according to a report.
uncertain
woman → leave → report
Laraven Davis handed her six-month-old daughter to employees at a Jiffy Lube store in Mableton, a city just 20 miles northwest of Atlanta, around 8.30 a.m. Saturday.
asserted
Davis → hand → Saturday
“She came up to me and my coworker, Elijah, with a stroller,” assistant manager Jarayya Mayes told Fox 5 Atlanta.
asserted
Mayes → come → Fox
“And she was like, hey, doesn't my baby look so cute?
asserted
baby → look → ?
Mayes said she had never spoken to Davis previously but had seen her walking near the business.
asserted
her → say → business
“She just kept saying: ‘The paperwork is in the bag,’” Mayes told the outlet.
asserted
Mayes → keep → outlet
“‘You guys can just have her if I don’t make it back.’”
asserted
I → have → it
Concerned by the woman’s remarks, Mayes told Fox 5 Atlanta she called 911.
asserted
she → tell → 911
Around 15 minutes later, the mom allegedly returned with a knife.
uncertain
mom → return → knife
According to Mayes, the mom said: “Where’s the baby?
uncertain
baby → accord → Mayes
I need the baby.
asserted
I → need → baby
I gotta go, I gotta go.
asserted
I → got → ?
Some stuff just went down.
asserted
stuff → go → ?
I gotta go.”
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I → got → ?
Emergency dispatchers told Mayes not to let Davis leave with her baby as cops were on the way.
asserted
cops → tell → way
Officers arrested Davis and she was later charged with child abandonment and reckless conduct.
asserted
she → arrest → abandonment
The baby was taken to a local hospital for treatment, Cobb County Police Department told The Independent.
asserted
Department → take → Independent
“It was determined that the baby was wearing soiled clothes and had multiple rashes despite being in overall good health,” a spokesperson added.
asserted
spokesperson → determine → health
The infant has been placed in the custody of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services since Davis has no other family members to care for the baby.
asserted
Davis → place → baby
Davis remains in custody at Cobb County Adult Detention Center, according to jail records reviewed by The Independent.
uncertain
Davis → remain → Independent
“As a mom, it broke me down; I did cry a lot,” Mayes told Fox 5.
asserted
Mayes → break → Fox
“I was just a mom looking out for another kid.
asserted
I → look → kid
“I just couldn’t let that baby go like that.
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baby → let → that
The Independent has reached out to the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services and Jiffy Lube for comment.
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Independent → reach → comment
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