Amber Alert issued for Harlow Darby Freeman, Parrish, Alabama 9 month old missing girl who was sitting in back seat of stolen vehicle found safe following Amber Alert.
Update: Alabama authorities have momentarily confirmed that the nine-month-old taken while sitting in the back of a stolen vehicle was found alive this morning in Walker County.
The Alabama girl reported kidnapped from outside a Walker County home was found inside her father’s SUV deep in the kudzu across the street from where the vehicle was reported stolen.
Police on Tuesday said it was likely the SUV was not stolen, nor was the child abducted.
Harlow Darby Freeman, 9 months old, was found just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday by law enforcement officers conducting their fourth search of that area.
Car with baby girl may have rolled hundreds of yards down embankment
‘Daylight was our friend on this one,’ said Parrish police Chief Danny Woodward.
Harlow was in good condition, and family said she has been taken to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham to be checked out.
Woodard said the investigation is ongoing, but they now believe that the SUV was likely not stolen.
It’s possible, he said, that the vehicle was not put into park and rolled hundreds of yards down a large embankment and into the thick kudzu. Or, he said, somebody else could have done it.
Dad was only gone for a minute
### Previous story: A mother has pleaded for the safe return of her 9 month old baby girl after a thief stole a vehicle as her daughter was sitting in the back of her dad’s Lexus when an unknown assailant drove off with the automobile.
Cops are urgently searching for nine month old infant, Harlow Darby Freeman after she was snatched in the area of Crest Avenue in Parrish, Alabama, at around 6.50pm. At the time of the car theft, the dad had briefly run into a friend’s house when the child was taken.
The Parrish Police Department has issued an amber alert as cops desperately call on the public for any information that may help them find the baby who they fear may be in ‘extreme danger’.
Harlow’s mother Bethany Smith pleaded to the kidnapper last night on Facebook: ‘I’m begging you to please bring by baby to me.’
Posted the mother, ‘You can drop the baby off wherever you want just call me or message me and let me know where she is. No questions asked I swear.
Harlow, who is white with brown hair and blue eyes, was wearing a tie-dye onesie and light pink shorts when she was taken.
Appealing to the public with a picture of Harlow wearing a giant red bow, cops said they are on the lookout for a 2009 Lexus RX350 with Alabama tag number 3880AR8.
The vehicle has damage on the rear passenger side which appears to be taped up with clear tape, the Parrish PD said.
Harlow’s aunt, Melinda Hutchison told reporters the little girl was in the vehicle with her father when he ran inside to a friend’s house, AL.com reported. He said he was only gone for a minute or so but the car was taken.
Anyone who has any information has been urged to call the Parrish Police Department at 205-686-9991 or 911.
The family is understood to be offering a $5,000 reward for her safe return.
