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Toddler Found Safe After Missouri Amber Alert as Police Hunt Suspect

Police say Jacob Robert Putman pretended to need a jumpstart before driving off in the mother’s car with the child inside.

Overview

  • The 2-year-old girl was located unharmed, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
  • The abduction occurred Sunday evening in Sunset Hills in the St. Louis area.
  • Police identified the suspect as 30-year-old Jacob Robert Putman, who remains at large.
  • Investigators say the girl was in the back seat when Putman drove away in her mother’s vehicle.
  • Putman is described as white, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 160 pounds, with blue eyes and multiple tattoos on his face and neck.