Posted on 02/07/2008 5:21:18 PM PST by traumer
Austin, TX -- The search is on for four suspects accused of snatching a 5-year-old boy out of his family's car while his mother and sister sat inches away in Northeast Austin about 7:45 a.m. Thursday.
Adrian Jaimes has black hair and brown eyes. He is about 4 feet tall and weighs 50 pounds. He was kidnapped from the driveway of his home in the 11800 block of Shropshire Blvd.
Adrian was sitting in the car with his mom and his sister, ready to head off to school when he was abducted.
Police said two Hispanic men, possibly in their late teens, ran up to the vehicle, pulled Adrian out of the car, put him in their gray or silver Volkswagen Jetta with two other men of the same description, and sped away.
Adrian's mother jumped from her vehicle to try to chase them on foot. She saw one of the suspects holding her son down on the front floorboard of the passenger seat in the Jetta.
An Amber Alert is in effect for Adrian, who was last seen wearing a green jacket, black T-shirt and dark blue pants.
Police said the suspects were strangers, but they do not think the act was random.
The three suspects were last seen wearing white-hooded sweatshirts with orange flames and driving a four-door Jetta with dark-tinted windows.
Adrian is in kindergarten at Copperfield Elementary in the Pflugerville Independent School District. Two police cars are on campus, and officers said they are interviewing students and teachers.
"Teachers are cooperating with police's efforts to gather whatever information the students might have," said Amanda Brim, community relations coordinator with PISD.
The police department is on ground and in the air, looking for the vehicle and the suspects. Police said they are following every lead after receiving at least 30 calls with tips on the vehicle's location and the men's identities.
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety said road signs between Austin and the border have been activated with information about the kidnapping, including a description of the car. See the Amber Alert issued by DPS, which has descriptions of Adrian and the suspects.
If you have seen a child matching Adrian's description, call the Austin Police Department at (512) 974-5210.
School Notified APD, Parents Of Suspicious Behavior PISD has confirmed school officials contacted APD on Jan. 23 in efforts to keep Adrian and his sister, Zuleina, safe.
Copperfield Elementary School principal Sandra Bell was notified that Zuleina and Adrian were harassed on the way home from school by a group of men on Jan. 22.
The children came to school the next day and notified staff, who called police to report the incident and spoke with the Jaimes family.
Bell said she recommended the family start driving their children to school. The children previously walked to and from the campus, which is about a mile away from their house.
Zuleina told KXAN Austin News one of the men that harassed her on her way home from school on Jan. 22 was her brother's abductor.
Bell said she believed her staff took the proper procedures to notify police and the family.
Prayer for the little boy. I heard about this on the radio this afternoon in Brownsville. I like how our highway signs can be used. I do wish that we had a different heads up notice on the radio though for these kids. Maybe it’s my age, living thur nuke threats but whenever I hear the national ER alarm I get tense until I hear this was a drill. Today, when I knew it wasn’t a drill, I didn’t know what had happened for a few seconds.
Prayers for this little innocent and his family
she jumped out of her car to chase the other car on foot? did I read that correct? wtf?
Do you find it a bit strange these children were allowed to walk to the school alone? Prayers for Adrian & his family. I hope he is found asap.
“Do you find it a bit strange these children were allowed to walk to the school alone?”
Probably a common occurance. I see kids like this all the time.
I remember walking to school when I was a child but it was a different time back then. I wouldn’t allow a 5 yr old with a sibling to walk a mile to school. I walk my 8 yr old to the bus stop. All the moms where I live take their children to the bus & are there when they get off.
We are living in dangerous times.............
“All the moms where I live take their children to the bus & are there when they get off.”
That’s wonderful but not everyone has the option of riding the bus and have to walk. Not everyone has the option of walking with them.
As the child ended up being abducted from the car with mom and sis right with him, I find it completely irrelevant.
I wonder where dad is. Who else might have reason to single out this kid?
Yes it is wonderful! That's the way it HAS to be, today. If you have children, you do whatever you can to guarantee their safety. If you don't have a car, you walk to the bus-stop with your child, and wait until they are safely on board. If you are home-bound, you call the church and have somebody escort your child.
Today, it's down to protecting your child against predators who want to hurt/molest/rape/kidnap/torture/bully or torment a child. A parent who loves his/her child will do ANYTHING to make sure his/her child is safe from these creeps. Where there is a will, there is a way. There is no love stronger than the love a parent has for his child.
Besides, I feel that something just 'ain't right' with this story.
APD just found the boy. He’s safe, unharmed. News conference at 10:00. God Bless. This happened about 3 miles from my home. I’ve been super pissed off since this happened this morning. Whatever king of scumbag that would do this to a child should pay dearly. Again, thank The Lord that this child is OK.
Ooops, I meant kind, not king.
Thank the Lord! Thank you for the update!
Prayers of Gratitude!!! Thank you for the update!!!
“Yes it is wonderful! That’s the way it HAS to be, today.”
You’re preaching to the choir hon but that’s ok. I merely point out that there are circumstances that prevent folks from accomplishing some of this.
I think the APD was really on the ball today. The radio stations around here were running the amber alert all day, very often. The “first report” I heard tonight was the kidnappers just dropped the boy off not far from where he lives. I think they got scared as police cars and the helicopter got going fast in the area. Prayers answered!!
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