Found Safe GA - Blaise Barnett, 1, sitting in car when stolen, later found abandoned, Clarkston, 10 Nov 2021

[Allabouttrial]

The article I posted earlier has been updated....

UPDATE: Cops find stolen SUV, but Clarkston 1-year-old still missing

......The Explorer with paper tags was obscured by bushes at the vacant Brannon Hills Condominiums complex along Memorial College Avenue, police said. Footage from NewsChopper2 showed it being towed from the scene by a wrecker. Clarkston police said the child’s car seat was still inside the SUV.

James Dent told Channel 2 Action News he first spotted a man walking in the area, which drew his attention to the stolen vehicle. Dent said he tried to approach the man, but he ran off shouting. Clarkston police found the man and questioned him, but released him a short time later............

ETA: The info. about the car seat still being in the car is incorrect, apparently.

 

[Allabouttrial]

Press conference.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=429314988589167

 

[whitelilac]

Following.

Is it possible that the baby was targeted, and not the vehicle?
Easier & less time-consuming to drive off with the baby than remove the baby from the car seat?

 

[LauraAnne]

Reporter from 11Alive spoke with LE a half hour ago - they have "zero leads" she reports:

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[Turkeytrot]

Reporter from 11Alive spoke with LE a half hour ago - they have "zero leads" she reports:

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Well.. that's not very encouraging.

 

[LauraAnne]

Interesting, from the press conference, there was no car seat in the van when it was located.

Current car seats are HARD to install and remove, and would take someone who actually knew what to do to remove it.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I hope there are security cameras that help solve this quickly.
Rooting for Blaise to be located safe.

 

[Knox]

Blaise and his car seat is missing

 

[alucardsdream]

I hope there are security cameras that help solve this quickly.
Rooting for Blaise to be located safe.

I was thinking the same thing. It seems there are security cameras everywhere these days, hopefully police can find footage showing what happened here. I really thought Blaise would be found with the vehicle.

 

[swanniee11]

Following.

Is it possible that the baby was targeted, and not the vehicle?
Easier & less time-consuming to drive off with the baby than remove the baby from the car seat?

Which to me would mean the person knew the keys would have been left in the car, meaning that person had to have known them pretty well. IMO
I'm not sure about this theory just adding my thoughts in case that's what is going on here. IMO

They released the person they picked up so he could have just ran out of fear. The car seat missing doesn't scream teen to me either. UGH!

 

[Knox]

Reporter from 11Alive spoke with LE a half hour ago - they have "zero leads" she reports:

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For everyone following - we just talked to police again - they say they have zero new leads or suspects this afternoon. They now have the GBI and the FBI working with then to find Blaise. It’s now been 14 hours since he went missing

 

[Allabouttrial]

Chopper46 is over the scene of the stolen car from which 1-year-old Clarkston boy was abducted. The child is still missing.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=6612787258761218

 

[Turkeytrot]

Car seat + kiddo missing makes me think of little Nalani Johnson from the Pittsburgh area I hope this has a better outcome for Blaise.

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/catsandtrees1

Blaise Barnett: 1-year-old still missing in Amber Alert

 

[swanniee11]

Would love to know what store they were in and if there was CCTV.

 

[alucardsdream]

Would love to know what store they were in and if there was CCTV.

So many stores have security cameras both inside and in the parking lot. Especially those that are open 24 hours.

 

[Mistree]

Has anyone found any info of foot searches going on where the vehicle was found? OR within the area of last known to be and found?

 

[Peppery]

Interesting, from the press conference, there was no car seat in the van when it was located.

Current car seats are HARD to install and remove, and would take someone who actually knew what to do to remove it.

TWO seats, if the other child was properly restrained. I can maybe see someone taking Blaise and his seat from the car if he was the target but it’s harder to imagine removing an empty seat that wasn’t being used. moo

 

[PigPong]

Is this man she's referencing Blaise's actual father? Having real doubts.

Same last name. ‍

Curious as why doubts?

 

[Knox]

So who was the guy the witness saw getting out of the car near the condos? Was that a false report?