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Missing nine-month-old baby girl is found safe as cops say she was NOT kidnapped in her father’s Lexus – which was likely not in park and was found in deep vegetation across the road
- Harlow Darby Freeman, the 9-month-old thought to have been kidnapped in rural Alabama on Monday night, has been found alive-and-well
- Officials said that it’s likely she was not kidnapped but rather the car she was in the back seat of rolled away from where she was left and landed in a ditch
- Freeman is being examined at a children’s hospital in Birmingham where she is thought to be doing well
The missing nine-month-old Harlow Darby Freeman has been found alive-and-well inside of the car she was last seen in on Monday evening in the Alabama town of Parrish.
Freeman’s desperate mom, Bethany Smith, earlier made a frantic plea to the thief to return her baby girl who was sitting in the back of her dad’s Lexus when she was last seen.
AL.com reports it’s ‘likely’ that the tot was never kidnapped and that the car she was in merely traveled hundreds of yards because it was not put in park by her father.
According to reports, Freeman is being examined at the Children’s of Alabama hospital in Birmingham and is said to be doing well. ‘Daylight was our friend on this one,’ Parrish police Chief Danny Woodard said. The chief confirmed that Freeman was found on the same street where she was last seen, Crest Avenue.
While the little girl’s aunt, Melinda Hutchison, thanked the public for their support and confirmed that Freeman was found.
Cops have launched a frantic search for nine-month-old baby girl Harlow Darby Freeman (pictured)
Cops said they are on the lookout for a 2009 Lexus RX350 with Alabama tag number 3880AR8
Harlow’s desperate mom pleaded last night: ‘I’m begging you to please bring by baby to me.’
Cops had been urgently searching for Freeman after she was snatched in the area of Crest Avenue in Parrish around 6.50pm. Her dad had briefly run into a friend’s house when she vanished.
Chief Woodard said that during an early morning search of the area, police noticed the bumper of the Lexus in a patch of vines known as the kudzu.
‘This is not something that happens in a small town like Parrish. This is a strange turn of events. Luckily, the child was found safe and we’re going to continue to investigate,’ the chief said.
The Parrish Police Department issued an amber alert as cops and made pleas to the public for any information that may help them find the baby who they said is in ‘extreme danger’.
Harlow’s devastated mom pleaded to the kidnapper last night on Facebook: ‘I’m begging you to please bring by baby to me.’
Harlow, who is white with brown hair and blue eyes, was wearing a tie-dye onesie and light pink shorts when she was last seen.
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, local news site AL.com reports. He said he was only gone for a minute or so but the car was taken.
Harlow’s mom Bethany Smith posted on her Facebook: ‘If you know where my baby is or how I can get to her. I will meet you with no questions asked.
‘Please just give me back my baby… I’m begging you to please bring my baby to me.’
She added in a second post: ‘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.’
Thousands of comments from well-wishers have flooded in underneath the police appeal – which has amassed 27,000 shares.
One user said: ‘Praying praying and praying for this sweet baby girl to be back safe in her mothers arms before the night is over.
‘Thank you law enforcement officers for what you do. Praying she’s safe, not scared, and surrounded by angels protecting her.’
A second posted: ‘God please wrap your arms around this baby and protect her. Prayers that she is found safe.’
A third added: ‘Praying so hard for your safe return Harlow.’
The vehicle has damage on the rear passenger side which appears to be taped up with clear tape, the Parrish PD said
The baby girl was snatched in the area of Crest Avenue (pictured) in Parrish, Alabama, at around 6.50pm
Cops issued an amber alert to the public which is when they believe the child is in ‘imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death’
And a fourth said: ‘Praying this baby is found safe. Please bring her home.’
The family was understood to be offering a $5,000 reward for her safe return.
