The boyfriend supposedly had the child in the car when he dropped the Mom off at work (at the Northland Mall) around 2 pm. I would think the Mom could confirm whether that was true.
So... the BF had the girl at 2pm but "lost her" at the gas station around 9:30 pm (some news reports say 9:00 pm).
I strongly doubt the child was kidnapped at the gas station. I say something happened to that baby between 2pm and 9 pm ---- and the BF was responsible.
Actually, I do believe he killed her....
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/METRO01/810030421
A 27-year-old Hamtramck man said he left his girlfriend's daughter, Tangena Hussain, in the back seat of a red, 1997 four-door Geo Prizm while he went inside the Marathon gas station at 20500 Greenfield Road, near Eight Mile in Detroit, to buy gum, according to a Michigan State Police Amber alert.
When he returned, the girl was gone, Detroit police said. The man did not check the area for the girl, police said. The man told investigators his car was locked at the time the girl went missing.
The man and Tangena were on their way to pick up Tangena's 24-year-old mother, also a Hamtramck resident, from work at Northland Mall. The boyfriend had the child when he dropped his girlfriend off at work about 2 p.m., police said.
After discovering the girl was gone, the boyfriend drove to the mall and picked up Tangena's mother, police said. The authorities were not contacted until the mother's boss told her she should do so, police said.
Thanks,
Soulscape