FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA – A stranger was caught on camera abducting a three-year-old girl while inside a shopping mall.
The incident unfolded inside Fair Oaks Shopping Center, Virginia, on July 18 when the little girl wandered away from an indoor play area and was grabbed.
Disturbing footage released by police showed the moment the toddler was snatched while making her way from the play area to the entrance of a JC Penney.
A man followed her from the play area while on his phone. He bent down to pick up the toddler before he quickly made his way into the store.
The girl’s father realized his daughter was missing and called his wife, who was inside the department store browsing.
Court records seen by NBC say the woman then spotted the man carrying her daughter and confronted him, they managed to get their daughter back unscathed.
Fairfax County Police later identified the man as Andres Caceres Jaldin, 26, and charged him with abduction of a minor and grand larceny.
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Fairfax police could not say if he is in the US legally or illegally.