BREAKING NEWS: Canadian sports TV host reveals his one-month-old daughter Oakland has been kidnapped
- Dan O’Toole said on Instagram Thursday that his baby girl has been abducted
- The ‘broken’ father said he believes the little girl is still alive
- He begged whoever has taken her to let her ‘come back into my arms’
- ‘My baby Oakland. I’m praying that whoever has you, is holding you. That whoever has taken you from me, is protecting you,’ he wrote on Instagram
- No Amber Alert has been issued for the missing child, according to ET Canada
- No further details on the abduction are known at this time
- Oakland Eleanor Sandra Newman-O’Toole was born at the end of May
- O’Toole is co-host of TV show SportsCentre with Jay and Dan on TSN
Canadian sports TV host Dan O’Toole has said that his one-month-old daughter Oakland has been kidnapped.
O’Toole, the co-host of TV show SportsCentre with Jay and Dan on TSN, made the shocking revelation in a heartbreaking Instagram post Thursday where he said he believes the little girl is alive but that he does not ‘know where she is’.
The ‘broken’ father begged whoever has abducted his one-month-old baby to let her ‘come back into my arms’.
Canadian sports TV host Dan O’Toole said that his one-month-old daughter Oakland has been kidnapped in an Instagram post Thursday (above)
‘My baby Oakland. I’m praying that whoever has you, is holding you. That whoever has taken you from me, is protecting you,’ the father-of-three wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of the missing infant.
‘That however has you, let’s you come back into my arms. I love you Oakland. I can’t wait to one day hold you again. My heart is broken. I am broken.
‘To be clear, Oakland is alive, we think. But we don’t know. I have a one month old child, and I don’t know where she is.’
Oakland, the third daughter of O’Toole and his wife Corrie, was born at the end of May.
No Amber Alert has been issued for the missing child, according to ET Canada, and no further details of the abduction are known at this time.
Several stars and colleagues have shared O’Toole’s Instagram post and sent their wishes that they hope Oakland is found safe.
Canadian sports TV host Dan O’Toole (pictured) made the shocking revelation where he said he believes the little girl is alive but that he does not ‘know where she is’
Several stars and colleagues have shared O’Toole’s Instagram post and sent their wishes that they hope Oakland is found safe
Talk show host Craig Needles tweeted that he was ‘crying’ on hearing the ‘nightmare’ news that Oakland is missing.
‘I’m currently sitting on the couch, holding my daughter and cryign thinking about Dan O’Toole and his baby,’ he wrote.
‘I hope this nightmare is over for him soon.’
Ian McLaren, host of Locked on Boston Bruins, also sent his support to O’Toole and his family.
‘Dan O’Toole is a national treasure and I can’t handle anything happening to him and his family,’ he tweeted.
‘Pray for Dan O’Toole and baby… from his Instagram account,’ tweeted Kevin McGran.
O’Toole last posted on Instagram three days ago when he shared a picture of himself sporting long hair and a beard and wrote: ‘I think I need a makeover.’
The TV host first introduced his baby daughter to the world in an Instagram post on May 26.
‘When you self isolate long enough, you get one of these as a door prize!!’ the proud dad wrote on social media.
‘Meet Oakland Eleanor Sandra Newman-O’Toole. My brand new lil girl who has a million names, and all of my heart.
‘In case it was ever in doubt, now officially NEVER forgetting 2020,’ he added alongside a snap of the newborn.
O’Toole had introduced his baby daughter to the world in an Instagram post on May 26
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