Friday, March 10, 2000
3-year-old unharmed after carjacking
Girl found in nearby complex
BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A mother's nightmare — her young daughter kidnapped by the thief who stole the family car — had a happy ending Thursday night when the child was found unharmed nearby.
Three-year-old Molly Meyer was in a car seat in a car outside her parents' Vi enna Woods Drive apartment about 8:20 p.m. when someone jumped in the car and drove away, Cincinnati Police Sgt. Joe Richardson said.
Kelly Meyer, of the 3200 block of Vienna Woods Drive, had momentarily left the child in the car with the motor running, Sgt. Richardson said.
Less than a half hour later, the 3-year-old was found unharmed in the parking lot of nearby apartment complex in the 2600 block of Montana Avenue, Sgt. Richardson said.
The car thief had set the child, still strapped in her car seat, on the curb and fled.
Donna Rozell, 54, who lives in the apartment complex, had stopped her car to check her mail box when she noticed the little girl sitting by the curb.
“She wasn't crying,” Mrs. Rozell. “She was just sitting there in the car seat. I said "What's your name? She said "Molly.'
I said where do you live? She said "I live in Cincinnati.' I was just amazed at her calmness.”
Mrs. Rozell took the 3-year-old inside her apartment and called police.
“I put a blanket around her. She was very, very, cold.”
Shortly afterward Mrs. Meyer came by to retrieve her daughter.
“"You're a lifesaver,'” Mrs. Rozell recounted the relieved mother telling her. Mrs. Meyer, holding her daughter in her arms in her apartment Thursday night, declined comment on the incident.
“I feel pretty good,” Mrs. Rozell said of her role in finding Molly, after learning the details of the car theft and kidnapping.
Sgt. Richardson said the stolen car was found abandoned about a mile away in an apartment parking lot at the dead end of Yearling Drive. The car's lights were still on.
Two juveniles were arrested overnight.
Said Sgt. Richardson of the incident that ended on a good note: “This is one of the reasons we encourage people to lock their car and take the keys with them.”
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