GREENSBORO, N.C. — The 5-month-old girl that was at the center of an Amber Alert overnight, has been found safe. She was inside an SUV that was stolen from a Greensboro gas station.
Police said she was found outside Colony Apartments in Winston-Salem.
Bill Mercer and his friend Ricky Pegese live in the apartment complex.
Pegese said he found the 5-month-old with no blanket or car seat, behind the dumpster of the Highland Avenue apartments.
"My heart sunk. It didn’t even look real because the baby was kicking her feet and hands up like tree limbs," Pegese said
Mercer called police around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
"I'm about to cry. I'm thinking about my great-granddaughter. That could have been her," Mercer said. "It doesn't make any sense. If you want to do something to yourself do it. Leave innocent kids along please."
Police said they are still looking for the thief.
The alert was issued just after 1 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators said 5-month-old Nora Grant was in the running vehicle when it was stolen just before 9:30 p.m. from the Marathon gas station on Randleman Road.
Greensboro police Chief Brian James said the baby's mother went inside the gas station convenience store with one child but left Nora in the Volkswagon sleeping while she asked for directions.
Police released a surveillance photo of the thief. Police also released the make and model of the car, a black 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan SUV with North Carolina plate HFK-2105. Police located the vehicle Saturday morning but have not found the suspect.
The person who stole the SUV and took the child was seen wearing a dark-colored jacket, blue jeans, white socks and black flip-flops.
If you know anything about this case, call police.