NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Police say a baby who found locked inside a Niagara Falls, Ont., hotel safe and freed by a maintenance worker this week have concluded the incident was an accident and there are no concerns for the child’s safety.
Niagara Region police say the parents contacted police from Markham, Ont., on Wednesday evening.
They say it was determined after an interview with the parents that the child is safe and there was no criminality involved.
Police say children were playing in the Howard Johnson hotel room on Tuesday when they decided the safe was a good spot to hide but an older sibling didn't know how to open it after the baby was inside.
They say the parents immediately sought out staff to help them get the child out, adding that the child never lost consciousness in the safe and was constantly calling for her parents.
Police say the family, from Brooklyn, N.Y., had travelled from Niagara Falls to a Markham hotel north of Toronto when the parents contacted authorities.
“They’ve been co-operative ever since we’ve gotten a hold of them,” Det. Const. Amanda Sanders told Global News.
“We were concerned of the welfare of the baby. There’s no criminality involved as it was an accident.”
