Baby girl found safe after vehicle stolen in Regina with infant inside

Regina police have confirmed a one-year-old girl has been found safe after being taken during a car theft in the Cathedral neighbourhood.

At around 11:35 a.m., Regina police said a white 2013 Mitsubishi RVR was stolen from the 3200 block of 13th Avenue.

Police said staff from a business at 3206 13th Avenue, the Groovy Mama baby store, called to report that a woman’s vehicle parked in front of the business had been stolen. The woman’s one-year-old child was inside.

“The one-year-old was in her car seat at the time, in the backseat asleep,” Insp. Trevor Ewart with the Regina police said.

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“It was reported to us that the vehicle was running.”

Ewart said the woman had the keys with her and had locked the vehicle.

“I don’t want to blame anyone but in general, we try to discourage that,” Ewart said.

“In this instance, it didn’t take very long for this vehicle to be taken. It doesn’t take very long to take a child with you wherever you are. We do have cases documented throughout the year and past years having to deal with these types of situations.”

Approximately one hour later, police said both the infant and the car had been found near Regency Crescent.

Police were in the process of trying to issue an Amber Alert, Ewart said, but officers were available in the area to search immediately.

Ewart said a call to 911 was placed from a payphone at 12:17 p.m. at a strip mall on 3823 Sherwood Drive from an unknown man.

He added that the man reported that the white vehicle with the baby inside was parked by a business on 3rd Avenue north.

Ewart said the man sounded like he was in his early 20s but provided no other information.

The baby was checked over by EMS and deemed fine.

“At the end of the day, we have reunited the one-year-old with her mother and everybody is safe and there’s no harm done to anybody,” Ewart said.

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Police said there was no broken glass found at the scene and officers are still investigating how the suspect got into the vehicle.

Regina police are still looking for the suspect but Ewart said at this point, they do not know if the man who made the call is the suspect.

Anyone with information is asked to call Regina police at 306-777-6500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.