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Indiana mother who feared her seven-day-old baby girl was being kidnapped when a stranger sped off with her car is reunited with the newborn

3 months ago 14
  • Sabriya Miles saw a stranger drive off with her car as her baby sat inside
  • Police say a repo man reclaimed the vehicle not noticing the newborn inside 

By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com

Published: 07:09 BST, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 14 June 2024

An Indiana mother was left shocked and scared when she thought her seven-day-old baby was kidnapped outside of a daycare.

Sabriya Miles was just dropping her four-year-old son off at the daycare in Evansville and left newborn Adrian in the backseat of her gold Chevy when she noticed a stranger get into her vehicle and speed away.

'It am a good mom,' Miles insisted to WFIE. 'It was two seconds.'

But in a stunning twist, the car was actually being repossessed - and police say the repo man was unaware there was an infant inside the car when he took it.

Sabriya Miles watched in horror on June 6 as a repo man took her car with her seven-day-old baby inside

Miles, who has two other children, said she watched in horror as the stranger drove off with her car on June 6 - worried that her newborn was being kidnapped. 

She and another mother then chased the car down the street, but to no avail, leaving the new mother in a panic as she reported a possible kidnapping to the local police.

For several minutes, Miles said she was at a loss of words as she and another mother tried to chase down the vehicle.

'I couldn't talk, I was just too frustrated and I was crying,' Miles recounted to WFIE

'I carried my baby for nine months and now I lost her?'

She claims she had no warning that her car was going to be repossessed before the repo man sped off with her newborn daughter.

Miles was dropping her 4 year old off at daycare when her car was repossessed

Miles said she was given no warning that her gold Chevy would be repossessed

Fortunately, after driving just a few miles, the unidentified driver pulled over and noticed the newborn. 

He then called police to retrieve the child, according to a GoFundMe created to raise money for a new vehicle for Miles.

It had raised more than $8,000 to purchase Miles a new car, and to get new car seats - as the ones she had for her children were left inside the vehicle - as of early Friday morning.

'With the right resources, with the right community support, we have the ability to completely change the trajectory of a family's life,' said local lawyer and daycare owner Tanisha Carothers, who set up the campaign.

She said she felt compelled to help after hearing Miles' story.

'To think about the humanity of repossessing the car at a daycare - I would have been livid had a dealer done that in my parking lot to a family,' Carothers explained. 

Miles was left in a panic for several minutes as she reported a possible kidnapping to the police

Evansville police say no charges will be filed against either the repo man or Miles, explaining to the local news station there was no kidnapping and Miles did not act negligently in leaving the newborn in the vehicle.

Still, Miles says she learned a lesson from the shocking ordeal.

'I've been a mom since I was 15 years old, and this is the first time that anything like this has ever happened to me,' she told WFIE between tears.

'I won't let it happen again.' 

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