A 2-year-old girl was briefly abducted when a car thief drove off with her inside the vehicle Wednesday morning in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said.
The girl was found unharmed “within minutes” of the incident a short distance away, a Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson told Metro.
Officers responded to a report of an abduction just after 10:30 a.m. at the corner of Bustleton and Unruh avenues in the Castor Gardens neighborhood, investigators said. The suspect was able to steal the parent’s white Toyota Highlander, according to the PPD.
Authorities located the girl and the SUV a few blocks away, in a rear driveway on the 6600 block of Castor Avenue, officials said. Police added that the child was not injured.
No one was arrested in the immediate aftermath of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the PPD’s tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).
