Philadelphia Police used a mother’s AirPods to locate to her child inside a stolen vehicle Monday.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. when a 2020 Nisan Rogue was reportedly stolen from the mother’s home, CBS Philadelphia reported. (RELATED: REPORT: Car Reported Stolen More Than A Year Ago Involved In Fatal Crash)
#BREAKING @PhillyPolice say this car was stolen around 3am from a driveway in Fox Chase with a 6 month old baby in the back seat. Officers tracked down the car and baby in Rhawnhurst using the mother’s AirPods, which were still in the vehicle… @CBSPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/y1Ku4HBgSB
— Ross DiMattei CBS-3 (@RossDiMattei) September 12, 2022
Eyewitness news cameras captured the moment when the baby and her mom were reunited, safe and sound. See that powerful moment get the latest on the search for the suspect, who’s still at large, on @CBSPhiladelphia at 530 and 630am pic.twitter.com/tOPCIGhOV3
— Ross DiMattei CBS-3 (@RossDiMattei) September 12, 2022
Police were able to locate the child and the stolen vehicle by tracking the AirPod earbuds the woman had left in the vehicle, which police found abandoned, according to Fox 29 Philadelphia.
The baby was reportedly unharmed and was reunited with its mother. The suspect remains at large.
GPS integration through Apple devices such as AirPods has been been a helpful tool to aid law enforcement in recovering stolen vehicles, according to Autoevolution.