Police: ATM Card Of Woman Abducted In Philadelphia Was Used In Maryland
PHILADELPHIA (WJZ) -- There's a new lead in a woman's violent abduction from a Philadelphia street. Authorities say the 22-year-old victim was spotted yelling for help while being forced into a car. Now police believe she could be in the Maryland area.
Rick Ritter has more.
Police say the victim's debit card was used at a bank in Aberdeen early Tuesday morning. Philadelphia police, the FBI and now Maryland State Police are searching desperately to bring her home.
The chilling video has rattled the entire country. The investigation into a woman's violent abduction in Philadelphia now trickles all the way down to Maryland.
"Please give me my baby. Please give me my child," said the woman's mother.
Sunday night in Germantown (Pennsylvania), 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither came face to face with a kidnapper. Dramatic video shows the abductor yanking her down the block to his parked Ford Taurus. The victim struggled to break free but couldn't get away. Witnesses say they watched the woman break out the rear windows of the suspect's car to try and escape.
"They discovered a pile of glass on the highway, auto glass, a cell phone and a pair of eyeglasses," said Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Dennis Wilson.
Philadelphia police have released a new video of the suspect via their YouTube Channel.
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Now her family is begging for help.
"Just give her back, please," her mother said. "Please give her back."
Investigators say the victim's debit card was used at a local bank in Aberdeen just off 95 Tuesday morning, leading them to believe she may be in the area. The ATM withdrawal was caught on camera.
"It shows a male using an ATM card, her ATM card," Wilson said.
The family says she grew up in Maryland and graduated from Leonardtown High School before moving back to Philadelphia. They believe the 22-year-old may know her attacker because of lingering issues with an ex-boyfriend and friends.
"There was some gray people in her past, one in particular," said her grandmother, Ana Mulero.
But for now, police are calling the abduction random.
Police are working with the FBI to try and enhance surveillance video and photos to get a better identification of the abductor.
Authorities say the total reward is now up to $42,000 for anyone with information leading to the kidnappers' arrest.
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