Technology has definitely proven to be a boon for a mother in the US, as she managed to find her kidnapped son thanks to Apple's Find My iPhone feature.
According to reports, a Georgia woman used the tracker app to find her son after the family's car was stolen with the 9-year-old still inside. The mother, Jerrica Moore parked her four-wheeler on April 4, and walked away without removing the keys, the Atlanta Police Department said.?
A man got into the car, and drove off with the child still inside.?
¡°Officers immediately responded to the scene and began their preliminary investigation,¡± police said in a Facebook post.?
¡°Ms Moore was able to track her son¡¯s iPhone using ¡®my location¡¯ and relay real time tracking information to officers. Atlanta Police with the assistance of Georgia State Patrol (GSP), Fulton County PD and the Fulton County Sheriff¡¯s responded and used the tracking information to work at locating the vehicle.¡±?
¡°An Atlanta officer was able to spot the vehicle being closely pursued by GSP. The suspect attempted to flee from officers, but GSP was able to successfully execute a precision immobilization technique (PIT) to render the vehicle immobile,¡± Atlanta Police added.
The suspect was arrested without incident, and the child was reported to be uninjured - but was taken to?Children¡¯s Healthcare of Atlanta-Hughes Spalding Hospital for evaluation.
¡°We are happy to report the child and his mother have been reunited. We again remind the community to lock their cars, and remove all valuables, including their children, when exiting their vehicles,¡± police said.?
Kids and Car Safety Director Amber Rollins told Fox News Digital that car thefts are ¡°happening in safe, nice neighbourhoods, convenience stores, daycares, in the driveways of people¡¯s homes¡±.?
¡°It¡¯s a crime of opportunity, thieves know when people are going to leave their car running while they just run in somewhere. No amount of time is safe,¡± she added.
¡°Bad guys are going to take advantage of the opportunity, and they don¡¯t see the child in the back seat until they¡¯ve already taken the car,¡± she said.?
¡°Most of the time they realize very quickly and they panic and ditch the car, or dump the kid off the side of the road.¡±?
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 40 children were abducted in car thefts between the start of the pandemic and 21 May last year.?
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