Police say they used OnStar to track down a teen girl who allegedly stole her uncle's car and abducted her baby cousin Wednesday.
The 14-year-old girl went into her uncle's home on the 1800 block of East Clementine Street in the Kensington section of the city around 2:30 p.m., police said.
Once inside, the girl allegedly grabbed her 1-year-old cousin and then stole her uncle's 2005 Grey Nissan Altima that was parked outside. The teen then drove off with the child inside, police said.
For the next three hours, police tracked the girl driving all around the city by using OnStar GPS, according to investigators.
The girl finally stopped on the 3700 block of North Sydenham Street in North Philadelphia around 5:30 p.m., officials said. The teen girl as well as an 18-year-old man who she had picked up along the way then got out of the vehicle and ran away while carrying the baby, according to police.
The suspects allegedly ran through an alley as police chased after them.
The suspects then spotted a woman standing on her front porch at a home on North 16th Street. Investigators say they handed the woman the baby and then ran inside her home, locked the door and ripped off their clothes in an attempt to disguise themselves.
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Responding police officers saw the woman holding the child. The woman told police the teen and 18-year-old were hiding inside her home. Police then went inside and arrested the two suspects.
"This 14-year-old covered almost half the geographical distance of the city with this 1-year-old baby boy in the car," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
The baby boy was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for an evaluation. He was not injured during the ordeal and was reunited with his mother.
Both the teen girl and the man were taken into police custody and they are still being questioned by detectives. Charges have not yet been filed.
