Tequila Caroline Matekohi-Samuels tragically lost her baby during pregnancy. So instead, the 18-year-old kidnapped someone else's baby.
Leading up to the October 31, 2014 kidnapping, the South Auckland beneficiary carried on a ruse to family and friends that she was still in fact pregnant.
The day before, she drove her brother and the brother of Kimberly Jamieson - mother of 8-week-old Konan Boyte - down to Hamilton for a catch-up. They stayed the night at the parents' Killarney Rd, Frankton unit.
But Harley Boyte, Konan's father, told the Herald yesterday that Matekohi-Samuels behaved strangely the whole time and kept insisting on seeing Konan.
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