SUV, baby left inside it vanish as parents work
By Li Qian |
March 5, 2013, Tuesday
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A DESPERATE mother called for the return of her infant son after he was abducted yesterday in Jilin Province along with a sport utility vehicle that was left unlocked and alone for a few minutes as the infant slept inside.
Tens of thousands of people in the northeastern province responded by spreading the news of the missing two-month old as they learned of the case. Thousands of police joined the hunt and taxi drivers kept their eyes peeled.
The theft of the Toyota RAV4 occurred at about 7:20am when Xu Haobo was left alone while his parents went into their roadside grocery store in the provincial capital Changchun, local media reported.
Neither the husband nor wife grabbed the vehicle's key as they stepped into their little store to serve customers, leaving the boy there because they didn't want to disturb his sleep, she said.
The young mother sobbed during an interview with Jilin Traffic Radio. "Please give back my child! I want nothing but my child! I won't press charges against you! I kneel down to you," she cried.
3,500 police in search
The woman said they never expected their newly purchased SUV, together with their son, would disappear about a dozen minutes after they stepped away, she said.
A province-wide hunt for the boy was launched and police said yesterday they had some clues that might help them locate the suspect.
More than 3,500 traffic officers and armed police in Changchun were mobilized to check major roads, highway exits and gas stations. The father said the car should run out of gas soon.
Every Toyota RAV4 on the highway in the province was being stopped for inspection, Jilin Traffic Radio reported.
Several local radio channels suspended regular programing to follow the case. Jilin Traffic Radio offered a reward of up to 50,000 yuan (US$8,026) for information leading to the boy's recovery.
The silver colored SUV is a little dirty, with tiny scrapes on the left rear.
The car plate number is prefixed with Ji, the abbreviation for Jilin, followed by AMM102, and the vehicle code is 0063337, police said.
The anxious parents also posted their son's picture and detailed information. The boy wore a yellow sweater and white cotton-padded jacket, and was wrapped in a pink blanket.
He has a birthmark on his left shoulder.
Suspect may be addict
A local police officer surnamed Wang told the radio audience the suspect might be an addict who needed money for drugs because of the impulsive and abnormal crime.
Young parents are sometimes said to be lacking in concern for their children amidst society's fast pace and job pressures.
On February 11, a couple who were busy making phone calls and tidying luggage mistakenly took the wrong baby basket, with a different infant inside, at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.
Thanks to immigration officials, who carefully checked the baby's ID, the parents reclaimed their own child.
On January 30, a pair of Shanghai parents left their five-month-old baby in a car and forgot to take the key. The baby pressed the door lock and shut himself inside. Firefighters arrived and smashed a window to rescue the baby.
Tens of thousands of people in the northeastern province responded by spreading the news of the missing two-month old as they learned of the case. Thousands of police joined the hunt and taxi drivers kept their eyes peeled.
The theft of the Toyota RAV4 occurred at about 7:20am when Xu Haobo was left alone while his parents went into their roadside grocery store in the provincial capital Changchun, local media reported.
Neither the husband nor wife grabbed the vehicle's key as they stepped into their little store to serve customers, leaving the boy there because they didn't want to disturb his sleep, she said.
The young mother sobbed during an interview with Jilin Traffic Radio. "Please give back my child! I want nothing but my child! I won't press charges against you! I kneel down to you," she cried.
3,500 police in search
The woman said they never expected their newly purchased SUV, together with their son, would disappear about a dozen minutes after they stepped away, she said.
A province-wide hunt for the boy was launched and police said yesterday they had some clues that might help them locate the suspect.
More than 3,500 traffic officers and armed police in Changchun were mobilized to check major roads, highway exits and gas stations. The father said the car should run out of gas soon.
Every Toyota RAV4 on the highway in the province was being stopped for inspection, Jilin Traffic Radio reported.
Several local radio channels suspended regular programing to follow the case. Jilin Traffic Radio offered a reward of up to 50,000 yuan (US$8,026) for information leading to the boy's recovery.
The silver colored SUV is a little dirty, with tiny scrapes on the left rear.
The car plate number is prefixed with Ji, the abbreviation for Jilin, followed by AMM102, and the vehicle code is 0063337, police said.
The anxious parents also posted their son's picture and detailed information. The boy wore a yellow sweater and white cotton-padded jacket, and was wrapped in a pink blanket.
He has a birthmark on his left shoulder.
Suspect may be addict
A local police officer surnamed Wang told the radio audience the suspect might be an addict who needed money for drugs because of the impulsive and abnormal crime.
Young parents are sometimes said to be lacking in concern for their children amidst society's fast pace and job pressures.
On February 11, a couple who were busy making phone calls and tidying luggage mistakenly took the wrong baby basket, with a different infant inside, at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.
Thanks to immigration officials, who carefully checked the baby's ID, the parents reclaimed their own child.
On January 30, a pair of Shanghai parents left their five-month-old baby in a car and forgot to take the key. The baby pressed the door lock and shut himself inside. Firefighters arrived and smashed a window to rescue the baby.
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