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A False Kidnapping Alert Is Launched for a Car Stolen in the United States

Summary by Auto Journal
A child abduction alert that appears on the telephones of an entire state, a 5-year-old girl presented as being in great danger, then a car found... but no child on board. This is the confusing scenario for the investigators of St. Louis County, Missouri, at the beginning of the week. The case, part of a simple vehicle theft in the small town of Affton, quickly turned into a vast police mobilization, before tipping into a completely different di…
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A child abduction alert that appears on the telephones of an entire state, a 5-year-old girl presented as being in great danger, then a car found... but no child on board. This is the confusing scenario for the investigators of St. Louis County, Missouri, at the beginning of the week. The case, part of a simple vehicle theft in the small town of Affton, quickly turned into a vast police mobilization, before tipping into a completely different di…

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Auto Journal broke the news in on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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