BALTIMORE. A 19-year-old Baltimore woman apparently disappeared from her hospital bed Tuesday morning, only hours after giving birth.

According to officials at Twinbrook Hospital, a nurse entering the private room of Lee Archer, 2134 Eutaw Pl., found her bed empty and no sign of her in the bathroom or on the maternity ward. After finding her clothes in the closet, officials then called police, but there were no signs of foul play, police said yesterday.

The woman’s husband was said to be in a state of shock. Hospital officials said Ms. Archer had given birth Tuesday to a healthy daughter after an easy delivery. Nurses said the couple seemed tired but happy.

“We’ve never had anything like this happen here before,” said one hospital official who asked not to be named. “I haven’t any idea what happened. I just hope she’s okay, wherever she is.”

—Baltimore Daily Press, July 6, 1988