ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOX/AP) – St. Charles police are looking for the man who stole a car, only to find out there was an infant in the back seat.
The crime happened Sunday night. Police in the St. Louis suburb say the woman stopped at a QuikTrip store and left the child in the vehicle.
Surveillance video showed the suspect looking through the passenger window, then walking around to the driver’s side, getting into the car and driving off.
The photos of the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle are below. The suspect was described by police as a black male wearing a gray hoodie, black pants and blue shoes. The suspect’s vehicle is the red Chevy car next to the gas pump, and driving away in front of the white vehicle. The white vehicle is the victim’s car:
St. Charles Police
St. Charles Police
St. Charles Police
A police report from the St. Charles public information officer reads in part:
Information was given that the stolen vehicle contained a small child, whose mother had just ran into the convenience store to grab a bag of chips. The vehicle was not left running however the keys were left in the ignition.
A responding officer observed a vehicle matching the description of the stolen vehicle on the shoulder of northbound Missouri Highway 94 near Burning Tree, less than a ½ mile away from the Quik-Trip. Upon arrival to the vehicle the Officer found the child still in his car seat, unharmed. The suspect was no longer in the vehicle.
Officers and a K9 unit searched the surrounding area with no results.
Police say the suspect probably panicked when he saw the child in the back seat. The child was unharmed.
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