Saturday, February 14, 2015

Mother's car repossessed with 9-month-old baby still inside

A vehicle with a child inside was repossessed in Florida on Tuesday. The Orlando Police Department helped the mother track down the vehicle and find the 9-month-old baby girl. "I thought somebody kidnapped her because my oldest daughter said, 'It was two white males [who] got in the car and they just left,'" Antoinette Jordan said.



Jordan went inside an Orlando day care to pick up her other two children, and when she went back outside, the car was gone. "I was just very, very scared," Jordan said. "I would never think nobody would take my baby. I didn't care about the car. They could have got their possession, I just want my baby back."



Orlando police tracked the baby and the car to Xpress Finance and General Auto on John Young Parkway, about four miles from the day care. Jordan said she owes the company $199, which was due on February 7. Typically vehicles are not repossessed three days after a missed payment. "Check the car before you take it, that's really it. Just don't take nobody's baby," Jordan said.


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"I didn't care about the car. I make my payment and get my car back but don't take my baby and have me worried. She's just 9 months old." Wanda Barkley, the day care director, said the situation was terrifying. Barkley kept the other children while the mother worked with police to find the car. "We went on lockdown," Barkley said. The day care quickly came off of lockdown when officials realised the car had not been stolen. It is unclear if any charges will be filed.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whenever I read a story like this, it'll be Florida 45% of the time, Texas 45% of the time, any place else the rest of the time.

I don't know what they're doing in Florida. Maybe instead of adding fluoride to the water, they're adding lead.

Lurker111

Barbwire said...

I would hope charges would be filed! Take the baby with the car, and the payment's only a few days late? She should sue for damages, pain and suffering, and anything else her lawyer can think of!

Anonymous said...

She should also be charged with Child Endangerment for leaving her children unattended in the car.