The shocking moment of rescuing a kidnapped girl while riding a bicycle | the Chronicle

The video shocked everyone United States. A 6-year-old girl was saved from an abduction and the scene was recorded on the body camera of the police, who managed to get her out of the criminal’s car. The little girl was riding a bicycle and playing in the street when she was stopped by the kidnapper. Witnesses said the man parked nearby in a Dodge Charger red, took the baby by the neck and put him in his vehicle.

Reports say the incident occurred in Valley Station, Ky., Around 5:40 p.m. A witness neighbor, identified as Prentiss Weatherford, is the one who saw the scene, contacted the girl’s father, and the two got into their own car to chase the suspect away. They wrote down the license plate number and called 911. Fortunately, the police had already been alerted by another witness.

The scene of the rescue was recorded on the officers’ body camera. The detainee, who is not related to the minor, was forced to explain the facts to the police. There he said he saw her “playing outside, near the street, he walked around the block and then took it out”.

The kidnapper was identified as Robby Wildt (40 years old) and he assured the officers that before the baby’s cries he had been forced to take her back for fear of harming her. Camera footage released by the police department shows Sgt. Joe Keeling, which locates the vehicle of Wildt and manages to stop him until the arrival of reinforcements.

In the video, he is seen opening the passenger door of the suspect’s car to find the minor, who, visibly frightened, hugs the officer and says in tears: “I want my father”.

The rescue was spectacular and moving, and users around the world have spoken about it. The identity of the little girl has not been revealed, but that of the kidnapper has been. The incident lasted about 30 minutes and Wildt was arrested for kidnapping a minor. Today he remains in custody on $ 1 million bail.

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