Missing Baby's Mom: 'Black Muslim Women' Took My Child

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has released details of comments the mother of made to investigators about her child's whereabouts, in hopes that it will help them locate him.

Baby Dwight's disappearance grabbed headlines earlier this week after Elk Grove police arrested his mother, Tanisha Edwards, at a home in Elk Grove. Investigators with the sheriff's department say Edwards told them conflicting stories about the child, who would be 22 months old today, and other family members reported they last saw him in April 2011.

Edwards at various times said Dwight was "taken by unknown males dressed in black" and "died due to an illness at an unknown hospital," according to a sheriff's department press release.

The mother also said her son was with relatives or a group of black Muslim women, sheriff's deputies said.

Sheriff's spokesperson Deputy Jason Ramos said in an email to media that the purpose of releasing the stories was "twofold: 1) To advise you of just what some of the conflicting accounts by Edwards has been, and 2) To IMPLORE the public to contact us with any knowledge about this baby’s whereabouts. Although it is possible that Edwards has successfully kept this baby hidden from law enforcement authorities, surely she has NOT kept Baby Dwight hidden from the entire community."

Investigators have said it's possible the boy is now deceased or living under another name.

Anyone who may have spotted Dwight Stallings recently can call the sheriff's department at 916-874-5115.