Ventura and Laurel-nanny & girl

While out walking this morning about 11 AM, I saw a child, a girl about
3 years old in a stroller at the bus stop at Ventura and Laurel
Canyon. She had a lunchbox with the name "Holland" on it.
The nanny was screaming at her and hitting her on the top of the head.
If anyone know who this child might be, please contact her parents.

Nanny Warning- IMPORTANT

I don't even know where to begin on this one. And I feel so stupid writing this email. But I

feel that it is IMPERATIVE that I do and that I warn any of you out there looking for a nanny

or who have a nanny now.

5 months ago, when our twins were 2 months old, we found a woman who we thought was

a godsend. The most wonderful nanny. She was so loving with our kids, experienced with

twins, she was legal, she spoke English, she drove, she took them to such great places. I

checked all of her many references & no one had one bad thing to say about her.

Yesterday we found out that for the last 4 months she has been dropping our beautiful,

precious children off at some random, unliscenced "daycare" & going off for the whole day

to work either at other families' homes or at the farmer's market (or run errands or

whatever). We had to call the police to get our children out of this place because the

woman wouldn't open the door for us. It was a nightmare experience.

It turns out, as I said, they had been there for 4 months. The twins she watched prior to

coming to work for us had been droped off there for FIVE YEARS! She was dropping off

many other children over the years. But according to the woman who ran the place, our

nanny was "such a good person" because she only made $60 a day (TOTALLY UNTRUE) &

she was paying this woman $30 a day to watch these kids! OH MY GOD!

Anyway, this is way more detailed than I had intended but I almost can't stop myself. I am

so afraid for any of you out there that may come in contact with her because she is a

MASTER manipulator as far as I am concerned. A total sociopath. I never ONCE suspected

anything & we are NOT stupid people (despite what you may be thinking) & we ADORE our

children. I am crying just writing this email.

ANyway, I have a lot of information about this woman but don't think I should necessarily

post it all here. PLEASE, if you, anyone you know, has a nanny named Patricia from El

Salvador or you ever interview a nanny named Patricia....stay FAR AWAY. We live near The

Grove so she seems to work mostly East of the Beverly Center but I have no idea. Please

pass this on to anyone you know. I do not want anyone to suffer what we are suffering.

Our kids seem to be OK, but I can't sleep or eat thinking about what could have happened

to them.

Sorry this is so long. If anyone thinks they might know this woman or she might be

working for you, please email me off line.

Thank you for reading