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'They told me they were being molested,' says the mother, who let the 14-year-old and 16-year-old stay at her home

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Two teenaged girls, 14 and 16, have been arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after they allegedly told a mother they were victims of human trafficking and then later abducted her baby.

The babys mother, Schatina Cureton, said the girls approached her at a store saying they needed help, Fox6 reported.

They told me they were being molested and that they were being human trafficked, and their mom was making them do things with her boyfriend, she told WISN 12 News.

She allowed them to stay at her place on Tuesday evening.

Cureton fell asleep. When she woke up, the girls were gone and her three-month-old son, Anthony L. Crudup Jr., was missing. Around 2 a.m., she called police. An Amber Alert was issued by 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday.

On Wednesday afternoon, following a lead, investigators found the baby unharmed in a Milwaukee home.

Two girls were arrested in connection with the Amber Alert. They are being held in juvenile detention.

Three men from the same home were arrested, although those charges were unrelated. The identities of the girls are protected because they are minors.

Although a motive was not made clear, a source told WISN 12 News that the 16-year-old girl thought her claims of sexual abuse would be taken seriously if she showed up with a baby.

It was just crazy. Why would you take my baby while I was sleeping? Cureton told Fox6. They couldve took my cellphone, they couldve took the games, the computer tablets anything but yall took my baby, like why?

Police have not confirmed a motive. Cureton said the teens should be held accountable.

I am so tired. I was just going crazy wondering I was just so worried about my baby, she told WISN 12 News. I didnt know what happened to him and what they did with him.

The charges of the teens are being referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorneys Office.

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