Dog stolen from Miami-Dade family's yard returned

Home security camera captured woman taking 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier

Matthew, a 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier stolen from the front yard of a southwest Miami-Dade County home, has been reunited with his family.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A dog that was stolen from a southwest Miami-Dade County family's front yard has been returned.

Masiel Moreira told Local 10 News that Matthew, her family's 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier, showed up on their doorstep Tuesday morning, about 24 hours after the dog was stolen.

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Moreira's security cameras captured the dognapping about 8 a.m. Monday in the 4200 block of Southwest 109th Court.

In the video, a woman approaches the home and takes Mathew from behind a fence. She then runs to a white car, possibly a 2004 Mitsubishi.

Moreira reviewed surveillance video from before the theft and found that the car had passed the house several times.

Matthew was recently adopted by Moreira as a Christmas gift for her 8-year-old daughter.