Never Trust a Babysitter Without a Background Check

Renesha Griner may be only 17, but she is known to be responsible and trustworthy. She has been babysitting nine-month-old Saniya Purcell almost since birth, and the two really loved each other. Saniya's mother has known Renesha and her family well - they were all from the small town of Raeford, North Carolina - and trusted her completely. She'd thought the teenager acted far too grown up for her age and spent all her free time babysitting. When Renesha asked the baby's mother if she could take Saniya home with her for two weeks, the mother told her she didn't feel the girl could handle that much responsibility.

Saniya's mom never dreamed that just days later, over the Memorial Day weekend, Griner would leave town with her little daughter. She'd last seen them together on May 22nd, 2009, when the babysitter picked up the little girl from her house, to babysit at her own home nearby. Instead, she and Saniya got on a Greyhound bus to Columbus, Georgia and no one has seen them since. On May 24th, Saniya's mother reported her missing to the police. She did receive a phone call from Griner, but it came from a blocked number, and she hung up refusing to tell the woman where her daughter is. Police are frantically searching for the little girl, hoping for the best outcome.

The above account is based on a true story. Background checks protect peaceful citizens from being deceived and/or harmed by a cunning criminal.