COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Indianapolis on Thursday positioned the second of two missing infant brothers who were allegedly taken when their mother’s automobile was stolen in Columbus, Ohio, three days earlier.
Police said the boy was present in the missing automobile, which had been abandoned within the parking zone of a Papa John’s restaurant in Indianapolis. A girl who saw the kid within the automobile alerted officers who were eating at one other nearby restaurant, WCMH-TV reported.
“The 5-month-old boy is in good health & being transported to a hospital to be checked out,” the Columbus Police Department said in a Twitter post Thursday evening.
An Amber Alert, used to publicize a toddler’s disappearance, was issued early Tuesday morning after the idling automobile was taken Monday around 9:45 p.m. because the mother picked up an order at a pizza restaurant in Columbus.
One in all the dual brothers was found hours later in a parking zone near Dayton International Airport in Ohio, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) west of Columbus.
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Nalah Tamiko Jackson, 24, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of kidnapping after individuals who had learned of the missing children saw her in Indianapolis, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said.
Columbus police had named Jackson as a suspect based on information provided by the pizza restaurant’s employees, WCMH-TV reported.
Bryant said the FBI had offered a $10,000 reward for information used to locate the second boy.
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