Video: US police rescue 6-month-old baby kidnapped in car theft

Officers found the child in a car seat in a ravine.

The Fort Worth Police Department of the United States has released a video showing that on May 15, police officers located a child who had been kidnapped along with a stolen car.

The video shows officers saying, “We’ve got the child,” as they retrieved the child, who was lying in an abandoned area.

Video Shareef Fort Worth Police Department on Facebook wrote that “Patrol officers responded to a kidnapping call in the 3300 block of N. Pecan St. The complainant told officers that an unknown male had jumped into her car and her six- Month-old baby in car. Several additional officers responded to the vehicle search, including narcotics, gang and directed response units.

“Just over an hour after the initial call, officers located the stolen car on Deen St and took the suspect into custody, however, the child was missing from the car.”

“Officers gathered information from the suspect and began investigating the area. About five minutes later, officers found the child and car seat lying in a nearby ditch.
The child appeared to be healthy and has been reunited with the parents,” the police department said.

Police also wrote that the suspect was charged with kidnapping, abandoning or endangering a child and auto theft.

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