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2year old girl missing from stolen car?

26 replies

Tiredemma · 06/01/2019 18:40

news.sky.com/story/girl-2-taken-as-car-stolen-in-east-london-11600668

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2cats2many · 06/01/2019 18:41

God, that's awful 🙁

Hezz · 06/01/2019 18:42

Oh no that's horrifying

BarbaraRoyale · 06/01/2019 18:42

that's awful , I hope she is found soon

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 06/01/2019 18:44

Terrible. Though sounds a very unusual story. The car has been found and girl missing. Very rare.

silkpyjamasallday · 06/01/2019 18:44

Horrific. I hope she is found safe soon

LightFire · 06/01/2019 18:45

Just awful. I keep checking the news hoping she has been found.

Crunchymum · 06/01/2019 18:49

Very, very worrying. Glad it's become national news so quickly (I believe it happened about 16:30?). Hoping the father has enough details for the police to find the man who was meant to be buying the car.

Also hoping it's just a case of someone panicking and dumping car and child separately???

BlancheM · 06/01/2019 18:54
Sad
FoxFoxSierra · 06/01/2019 19:09

So awful! I'm really hoping there is good news soon

Cherries101 · 06/01/2019 19:09

I really hope the girl wasn’t taken out of the car after it was abandoned

Pinkprincess1978 · 06/01/2019 19:13

My gut tells me there is more to this story. Like a custody battle maybe and mother trying to get child back? Seems weird to steal a car with a child in front then abandon the car. If the plan was to steal a child from the start this would be an odd way to go about it. To steal a car yes but not steal a child.

Really hope she is found sage and well very soon.

Hezz · 06/01/2019 19:16

I think there's probably more to it too but we have no idea really.

I hope she's found quickly. The police are on Facebook asking Londoners to check outside to look for her.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 06/01/2019 19:18

I hope she is found safe and well quickly! However this story is just so odd and confusing. If the person wanted to steal car then why was the car dumped and surely he couldn't know the father would bring the little girl with him so it cannot have been about taking the child?

HollyBollyBooBoo · 06/01/2019 19:31

Horrific. Every parents nightmare.

Rtmhwales · 06/01/2019 19:43

We had a similar case in Canada years ago, except it turned out there never was a potential buyer and the father had accidentally killed his son and concocted the story to cover it up. Dearly hope that's not the case here and they find her.

NerrSnerr · 06/01/2019 20:02

The met police have just tweeted to say she's been found thank goodness

2year old girl missing from stolen car?
Hezz · 06/01/2019 20:04

Thank god

BlancheM · 06/01/2019 20:09

I'm so, so pleased to read that!

TruckLoadOfSubtleGlitter · 06/01/2019 20:13

I agree.

There's more to this story.

Rtmhwales · 06/01/2019 20:26

So happy she's safe and sound. Poor kid, poor parents.

parrotonthesofa · 06/01/2019 20:30

Hmmm yes definitely more to this I reckon.
Glad she's been found

IceRebel · 06/01/2019 20:39

Very glad she has been found, but the story is indeed a strange one.

LarkDescending · 06/01/2019 20:51

She was found “wandering in the street” according to The Guardian.

FoxFoxSierra · 06/01/2019 21:07

Thank God!

Clawdy · 06/01/2019 23:00

I think there was another thread about this, but can't find it now.

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