MIAMI-DADE, Fla. -- Police are searching for a man who stole a car with a 3-year-old girl inside on Monday morning.According to investigators, Joaquin Lassus was preparing to take his 3-year-old granddaughter, Kayla Lassus, to school. He put Kayla in the car and went back into his home to get a water bottle.
When Lassus came back outside, his car and Kayla were gone.
Police found Lassus' yellow Pontiac Aztek with Kayla inside two blocks away, near Northwest 100th Street and 31st Avenue. Investigators said they believe the car thief must have realized there was a child inside and abandoned the vehicle.
Kayla, who was not harmed, told police the thief was a man.
"I love her with all my heart, and the feeling of thinking that she's not going to be there, I wouldn't want anybody to go through that feeling again. So I really hope that they catch this person so that he gets off the streets and isn't able to do what he did to me this morning to anybody else," said Kayla's mother, Candice Suarez.
Police have not released a description of the car thief. Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).
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