UPDATE: Fairfield police say woman made up baby abduction story to get rival woman in trouble

FAIRFIELD, Al.
The Fairfield woman arrested tonight and accused of making up a fake abduction story concerning her 5-week-old baby girl did so in an effort to get a rival in trouble with the law, Fairfield police said.
The woman, Breanna Giles, 23, first contacted Fairfield police about 1:30 p.m. today, reporting that her infant had been abducted between 9:30 and 10 a.m. by a woman posing as an Alabama Department of Human Resoures employee who had come to her house to investigate complaints of the infant being abused.
Police began searching for the child after DHR officials confirmed they had not sent a worker to the family's residence in the 100 block of 61st Street in Fairfield. An Amber Alert was issued later in the day, and surrounding agencies were advised to be on the lookout for a black woman in her mid-30s, driving a black SUV.
But police later learned that the baby, Courtlyn Anderson, was actually with an aunt the entire time the search was under way. The aunt was unaware the baby had been reported missing, police said.
Giles, police said, had made up the entire story in order to get back at a woman who in the past had been romantically involved with Courtlyn's father.
Fairfield police Chief Leon Davis Jr. said Giles had been having a dispute with the woman and wanted to see her get in trouble. "She was apparently trying to cast blame on this other girl, saying the other girl was responsible, " Davis said. "In hindsight, I don't think she expected it to blow up like this."
About 5:30 p.m., Giles said she received a call from a woman who told her the baby was at Wylam Park in Birmingham. She told police she was going to pick up her daughter. When Giles returned home, police brought her and Courtlyn to the Police Department, where family and friends had gathered to celebrate the reappearance of the baby.

Randy Anderson holds is 5-week-old daughter, Courtlyn

 

Randy Anderson, Courtlyn's father, said he was happy his daughter was back safely.
"It was the worst feeling I ever had in my life," Anderson said of being told his daughter was missing.
A short time later, police arrested Giles, saying she had filed a false police report. Courtlyn, ironically, was turned over to actual DHR employees.
Police and the FBI did question the other woman but released her after coming to the conclusion she was not involved in the baby's disappearance.
Giles' plotting apparently began some weeks ago. Courtlyn's grandmother, Elizabeth Giles, told reporters someone identifying themselves as a DHR worker had been calling the house for at least two weeks, saying they were coming to investigate complaints about the baby being abused. Giles told police the DHR poser came Thursday morning and, after doing an inspection, took the child, her car seat and teddy bear.
Barry Spears, a DHR spokesman, said DHR workers usually only take children into protective custody when a court order is issued.
Davis said detectives were suspicious of Giles' story from the start. However, they erred on the side of caution and released the baby's supposed abduction to the media.