Found Safe GA - Royalty Grisby, 1; Stone Mountain, DeKalb County; Inside car when stolen; 18 Mar 2021

[imstilla.grandma]

DeKalb police Chief Mirtha Ramos said she believes suspect Malachi Richardson called in the food order as a setup and intended to rob the delivery driver.
NEW DETAILS: 14-year-old boy sought in abduction of 1-year-old DeKalb girl

 

[TGIRecovered]

The convoluted story makes wonder if a child was in the car, even as I don't want to wonder that.

jmo

You’re reading my mind, Inthedetails. We need last confirmed siting of the child before the car was stolen. Preferably surveillance video. I’m sure the police are talking to neighbors and family, just to confirm that the baby was alive and well that day.

 

[Leilei]

These 2 went missing recently

This isn't good.

 

[TGIRecovered]

The convoluted story makes wonder if a child was in the car, even as I don't want to wonder that.

jmo

You’re reading my mind, Inthedetails. We need last confirmed siting of the child before the car was stolen. Preferably surveillance video. I’m sure the police are talking to neighbors and family, just to confirm that the baby was alive and well that day.

 

[Limecat]

thats a bit of an out of the way location....who would be lurking down there at that time on the off chance?

A 14 yo apparently. Please let this have a happy ending. Why ditch the car and take the baby? mOO

 

[Limecat]

Oooh, didn’t think about that. Geez, there is so much going on here at WS lately with really sad and strange endings. I do so hope this isn’t one of them.

Yeah I didn’t think of it either. Lately it seems that should be an obvious thought unfortunately. MOO

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Poor baby girl and her mama. If you're already scheming to rob a delivery driver at age 14, and have harmed or kept a baby, something has gone very wrong in your life and soul.

 

[TGIRecovered]

From the 11Alive article:
“"Just bring her home," Grisby's mother said. "You can take her to the hospital, take her to a store, just bring her home. She didn't do anything," the mom pleaded during the conference.” (BBM-Bolded By Me)

My thoughts: What does that have to do with it? Do people steal vehicles because they think that the baby inside did something to them? Does mom think that the vehicle was stolen because the 14 year old child is mad at her, so she says the baby didn’t do anything - meaning it’s not the babies fault? I just don’t get it.

Maybe she just means that the baby doesn’t deserve whatever it is that happened to her. That would be true.

I wonder if someone coerced the 14-year-old into driving off in the car and leaving it close by. We know that gangs often use children to commit crimes. Something stinks! MOO

Replying to my own post because I found something very odd: The Atlanta Journal article carries the same quote from the mother that I highlighted in my previous post except they left out the one sentence that I bolded.

“I just want my baby home,” the mother told reporters through tears. “That’s it. I just want her. You can take her to the hospital. You can take her anywhere. You can take her to a store. Just bring her home.”

They left out “ She didn’t do anything”. I wonder if they also thought that last sentence should have nothing to do with a little girl being kidnapped.

 

[Inthedetails]

You’re reading my mind, Inthedetails. We need last confirmed siting of the child before the car was stolen. Preferably surveillance video. I’m sure the police are talking to neighbors and family, just to confirm that the baby was alive and well that day.

I'm soooo on the fence. Now we know the two young boys have been missing - so was this a scheme they came up to rob?

I really am seeing all sides and all of them are confusing.

jmo

 

[Bridger]

I’m unclear what all the suspicion is about. Do you think she had her car stolen and decided to use that as an explanation for a previously missing daughter or do you think she’s in cahoots with a 14yo? Both seem extremely unlikely to me.

 

[Rosegold68]

did the mom say a 'checkers' food place? theres a checkers 30 min drive away (buford highway). must be somewhere closer surely?

 

[Jo in Calif]

So they would have this 14 year olds fingerprints from when he went missing, correct?
Did they lift his prints off the steering wheel when they located the car?

 

[MoonShot]

‼AMBER ALERT UPDATE‼ DeKalb County police have arrested 14-year-old Malachi Richardson for the kidnapping of 1-year-old Royalty Grisby. Royalty is STILL missing.
https://twitter.com/wgxanews/status/1372605439746117634?s=21

 

[Jo in Calif]

‼AMBER ALERT UPDATE‼ DeKalb County police have arrested 14-year-old Malachi Richardson for the kidnapping of 1-year-old Royalty Grisby. Royalty is STILL missing.
https://twitter.com/wgxanews/status/1372605439746117634?s=21

Sigh!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

14-year-old DeKalb County kidnapping suspect in custody, 1-year-old girl still missing

 

[Inthedetails]

‼AMBER ALERT UPDATE‼ DeKalb County police have arrested 14-year-old Malachi Richardson for the kidnapping of 1-year-old Royalty Grisby. Royalty is STILL missing.
https://twitter.com/wgxanews/status/1372605439746117634?s=21

Great! Step one, done.

Now, where's the baby?

jmo

 

[MoonShot]

Great! Step one, done.

Now, where's the baby?

jmo

One way or another, answers are on the horizon. If he did have the child, then I think he’ll squeal. If he didn’t, then they’ll learn that too. Bad sign he wasn’t with her though.

 

[PommyMommy]

14-year-old DeKalb County kidnapping suspect in custody, 1-year-old girl still missing

Noting:

... The mother was making a Door Dash delivery at 1207 Harvest Dale Court in Stone Mountain around 2 a.m. when investigators say a 14-year-old jumped into the SUV and took off with Royalty inside.

Police identified the teen as Malachi Richardson, and as of 1:30 p.m., have him in custody.

 

[TGIRecovered]

We have several other cases on Websleuths in which parents reported child missing but investigation shows that the child was missing long before the report was made. Quite often it is a grown woman who is reported missing, only to find out that she has been gone days, weeks or months before. It’s a sad fact that this is just sometimes the case.

When looking at the facts and trying consider all possibilities this is just one of the possibilities that, in my opinion, should not be ruled out in any missing person case without firm confirmation that the person was alive and well before the disappearance.

Edited to add: Yay! I’m glad at the 14-year-old has been found and he’s in custody! Answers should be on the way!

 

[swanniee11]

Let's pray he talks quickly and we don't hear the words "there was no child in the car when he took it" IMO.