Criminal hijacks car with baby inside: Mother tells story of her nightmare
There is a happy ending to this story. Read it below.
"I just started screaming," said a mother from Cape Town about the incident that happened a few days ago in which her car was hijacked in Observatory with her seven-month-old baby still in the car.
A Monday turned into a nightmare and the 25-year-old Alicia Lamprecht is strong enough to tell her story on Jacaranda FM's Breakfast with Martin Bester.
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"My baby was just gone."
Lamprecht owns her own business and traveled from Brackenfell to deliver parcels in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town. She explained to Martin Bester that she stopped at her friend's house.
The next moment a man jumped in her car and drove off… with her child!
They tracked down the abandoned car, without her son, Henco. His car seat and baby bag with his necessities were still in the car.
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Fortunately, there was a happy ending!
Listen to the moment with Martin Bester here and tune in to 'Breakfast with Martin Bester', weekdays from 06:00 - 09:00. Stream the show live here or download our mobile app here.
Image credit: Facebook/Alicia Lamprecht