
North Charleston, SC (WLTX, AP) - Police in South Carolina have found a 1-month-old boy who was taken from a vehicle in North Charleston earlier this week.
A statement by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said Angel Miguel Perez, born October 17, was found safe at a home in Summerville about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect is 19-year-old Andrea Walker. Pryor says officers from North Charleston and Summerville went to the home after getting a tip. He says the boy was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for an evaluation and was reunited with his parents. North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor says Walker followed the infant's mother for more than two hours before taking the baby after she left it in her vehicle when she went into a North Charleston post office Monday. Pryor says investigators haven't figured out if Walker knew the family or why she decided to take the baby. Walker is charged with kidnapping and is awaiting a bond hearing at the Charleston County jail. A woman who answered the phone at her home refused to comment Wednesday. The child was abducted just before 5 p.m. Monday at a post office on 6401 Rivers Avenue.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that Angel's mother left the boy in her idling vehicle as she went to drop off mail. When she returned, the child was gone.
The circumstances leading up to the abduction, and the suspect's connection to the child, is unknown.

Created: 11/23/2009 8:12:29 PM










