ST. LOUIS — A four-year-old boy was reunited with his family after the car he was in was stolen early Monday morning.
The child's father, 35, parked his car at the Moto Mart gas station near Riverview and I-270 around 12:30 a.m. on Monday, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said. The father left his keys in the ignition and went into the store. While was inside, a group of people jumped into the Pontiac G8 and drove off.
A witness tried to chase the car on the interstate but lost track of it.
Around 3:38 a.m., officers found the car with the boy inside in the 9700 block of Duke Drive -- about five miles away from the gas station. The child was not hurt, police said.
Police have not made any arrests in this case, which is being investigated as first-degree kidnapping and auto theft.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information is released.
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