Vehicle stolen with 1-year-old inside in Miami-Dade County

Car, baby found 40 minutes later

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ Police are investigating after a vehicle was stolen Monday night with a 1-year-old boy inside.

Miami-Dade police Detective Marjorie Eloi said the mother stopped at a friend's home just before 8 p.m. at 26980 SW 143rd Place and left the child in the running vehicle.

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When she walked out of the home, her vehicle was gone and there was a bicycle there, Eloi said. The mother then called police.

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At about 8:40 p.m., police found the car abandoned at Southwest 140th Avenue and Southwest 272nd Street with the baby inside, Eloi said.

Police are now searching for the car thief.

The baby was not injured and has been reunited with his mother.

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