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Tennessee Kidnapping Suspect Remains in Custody

Photo provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Yair Anthony Carillo of Nashville, Tenn.

Tammy Renee Silas, 39, will remain in federal custody according to a court ruling yesterday in the kidnapping case involving 4-day-old Yahir Anthony Carillo in Nashville.

Police found Silas with the baby three days later at her home in Ardmore, Alabama, a mere 80 miles from the site of the vicious attack on the baby’s mother.

The baby was then reunited with his parents briefly, but was taken from them again by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.  The baby and his three siblings were placed into foster care when the DCS became concerned that the parents were trying to sell the baby.  DCS is not revealing those safety concerns at this time.  Maris Gurrola is reported to have started crying and shaking uncontrollably when she was told the children would be taken into state custody.  She described that pain as a greater pain than being physically stabbed by her attacker.

Police determined that Marie Gurrola and the baby’s father, Jose Carillo, were not involved in the crime, and the baby was reunited with his parents for the second time on Tuesday.  Family members report that the children are happy to be back with their mother and father.

Silas is represented by attorney Isaiah Grant who described his client as a “rather docile person” who did not want to make a public statement.  “My sense is she’s very concerned about the charge,” Grant said.  Prosecutor Phil Wehby declined to comment.

Investigators are trying to put all the pieces of the puzzle together as they learn new details about Silas.  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that Silas has used other names, such as Tammy Hernandez, and that more than one Social Security number has been linked to her.  Police records from California reflect a drug possession charge from 1989, a check forgery conviction in Ohio in 2002.  There is also a 2004 arrest in Nashville on a probation violation charge from the forgery case.

Silas has not been charged in the knife attack that left Maria Gurrola with multiple stab wounds and a collapsed lung.  According to Kristin Helm, spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, no state charges are imminent in the attack or the kidnapping.  U.S. Magistrate John S. Bryant ordered Silas held until a bond hearing which was set for October 27.

The defense attorney has requested an interpreter for the case and informed the court that Silas needs an interpreter to fully understand the legal complexities even though she is reportedly bilingual.

A police sketch circulated after the attack described the attacker as a blonde white female who could speak Spanish.  Silas appeared in court with reddish brown hair pulled back into a bun.  A California warrant for Silas on a minor drug charge described her as brunette.  Investigators think she may have changed her appearance recently.

Gurrola has told investigators that after she was stabbed, her attacked made a phone call.  The attacker said in Spanish “the job is done” and that the mother was dying.  Rodriguez says he met Silas when they both lived in Nashville, but she was born in Tarrant County, Texas, where she has family.

         

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Kidnapped Baby Returned to Mom Second Time

Tennessee mother Maria Gurrola is celebrating the end of a nightmare which began September 29 at her home when she was attacked and stabbed, and her newborn son was abducted.

The baby was found Friday and returned briefly, but the nightmare continued when the infant was taken from her a second time.  The baby and his three siblings were taken into state custody after someone reported that a family member tried to sell the baby.

According to Nashville police, all four children were placed into foster care with the Department of Children’s Services, and then later returned because authorities did not believe the parents were involved in the kidnapping.

Maria Guroola is relieved to have her baby and children back.  She says she is physically recovering from the attack in which she was stabbed several times and had a collapsed lung.  The family is staying in Antioch, but she admits she wanted to return to Mexico to avoid going back to the home where the attack happened.

Police do not know why Gurrola and her baby were targeted.  The arrest warrant for Tammy Renee Silas, 39, of Ardmore, Alabama, indicated that Gurrola was targeted while she and a cousin were running errands and visiting a state food assistance office.  The break in the case came when a car that police said Silas rented was seen on a surveillance video following Gurrola before the attack.  Police obtained the car rental information which led them to her home where they found the baby unharmed.

Martin Rodriguez, Silas’ live-in boyfriend, reported to The Associated Press that Silas was unable to have children and had said she wanted to adopt.

An investigation has also been launched by The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation concerning the release of confidential juvenile court records to news media.  The illegal release of this information about the children’s placement in foster care could lead to official misconduct charges against recordkeepers.