Footage has emerged this week showing the moment a violent felon abducted an innocent child at a mall in Northern Virginia earlier this month.
As WUSA 9 reported, a Virginia family made the mistake of losing sight of their little girl for a moment at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax back on July 18.
Fairfax County Police revealed the girl wandered away from a play area on the first floor of the mall near JCPenney. Then, a man snuck up from behind and snatched up the child.
NBC 4 Washington on Wednesday shared video from the Fairfax Police Department showing the man abducting a terrified child with the parents nowhere in sight.
He then walks into an another store with the girl in his arms, out of the camera’s view.
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According to NBC 4 Washington, the girl’s father was in the play area with her sibling and did not realize she had wandered off.
Thankfully, the mother noticed the predator holding her child and confronted him. He later dropped the little girl and fled the scene.
He was later arrested at a hotel in Chantilly.
Fairfax County Police identified 26-year-old Andres Caceres Jaldin as the perp responsible and said he had no fixed address.
Police refused to say whether he was in America legally.
Officers also revealed Jaldin stole a car earlier that morning.
“A vehicle was reported stolen from an auto repair shop in the Chantilly area,” said Chambers. “Working again with the Real Time Crime Center with that information, was able to locate that vehicle and track that vehicle to a hotel in the Chantilly area.” said Fairfax County Deputy Chief Frederick Chambers.
Chambers also reminded parents to always stay alert in public areas when it concerns their children.
“Pay close attention to your child because you could see how quickly this child wandered off and was able to be picked up,” he stated.
According to NBC 4 Washington, Jardin had been previously charged with with assaulting his mother, father and brother
Jaldin has been charged with abduction of a minor and grand larceny auto theft. He is currently being held at Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.
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