Missing Baby Located, Mother Remains At-Large

IRVING, TX — According to the Irving PD, seven-month-old Serenity Berry was safely located on Monday afternoon.

According to KDFW, the girl’s mother, Jocelyn Nicole Bridges, remains at large.

According to police, Bridges has a history of mental health issues and was in the middle of an ongoing custody battle. Baby Serenity had been placed with her grandparents until the custody issue was resolved.

On Sunday night around 7:00 p.m. Bridges entered the Park Manor Retirement Homes in search of the baby. Once inside she pulled the fire alarm, banged on the grandparent's door, snatched the child, pushed the grandmother to the floor, and left with the baby.

Even though IPD did not have any previous interactions with Bridges, family members and CPS provided information that led them to believe the baby was in danger.

“We do feel that Serenity is in grave danger based on the mental health of Jocelyn,” said Irving Police Officer Robert Reeves. “She’s made comments and threats about hurting the child, suicide attempts in the past.

CPS’s safety plan in place for the child had expired last week on June 4, but the custody hearing had been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Earlier on Monday police located the blue 2011 Ford Focus they believed Bridges was traveling in. The vehicle was found with a flat tire and abandoned in Dallas.

“We last heard she was possibly headed towards Florida. The vehicle being found here in Dallas leads us to believe she may still be in the Dallas area,” Reeves said. “So we’re asking everybody to kind keep an eye out, but of course that’s just hoping she’s in the Dallas area. There’s 100 different possibilities of how she could’ve traveled or continued traveling to Florida.”

No information has been released regarding how Serenity was located, but authorities confirmed she is in CPS custody.