Toddler Helps Cops Find Him - A 3-year-old boy who was trapped at the back of his mother's stolen car is being hailed for his bravery after he helped police officers find him.
According to Ogden, Utah police reports, the incident happened on Tuesday around 7.am. after distress calls were received about a child at the backseat of a stolen car.
Authorities say the toddler's mother left the child at the backseat of her Mazda while dropping off another child at a daycare. However, to the mother's shock, when she came out from the daycare facility she saw her car speeding away with her son and bag at the backseat.
Police immediately mounted a search for the car thief and more importantly the child. They called the mother's cellphone hoping that the thief would answer and negotiate the release of the toddler. However, to their surprise the 3-year-old answered the phone.
"He was just telling me, 'The guy's going through your purse, he's getting your purse,' and I was like,' It's OK, stay calm. Just sit in your seat. Everything will be OK,' He just sat in his seat until the guy left," the child's mother, Elizabeth Barrios said. "And the officer then instructed me to tell him to get into the front seat, lock the doors and start honking the horn until somebody finds him."
The plan worked to everyone's relief, police in the area heard the incessant honking and found the toddler alone in the vehicle parked in Ogden, Utah.
"One of the officers who remained in the area was alerted to the sound of a honking horn that ended up bringing his attention to the vehicle and they found the vehicle parked curbside," said Ogden Police Department Officer Tim Scott.
Reports indicate that the child is safe and is with his mother Barrios, who was naturally worried sick about the entire incident.
"It just scared me so much because I mean at the moment he could have hit him. He could have told him to stop telling him where we were or what he was doing. It was just scary--a million thoughts running through my head. I'm glad he's safe and he was brave enough to do what he did,"Barrios said.
