What to Know
- Officials released video from the September 5th incident, where a woman could be seen talking to a child for several seconds.
- Several witnesses told investigators that the woman asked the 5-year-old girl where her mother was before asking the child to get off.
Miami Police are searching for a woman caught on camera allegedly attempting to abduct a child from a city bus.
Officials released video from the September 5th incident, where a woman could be seen talking to a child for several seconds before eventually getting up and leaving the bus while it was located near NW 12th Avenue and 35th Street shortly after 5:30 p.m.
Several witnesses told investigators that the woman – described as a black female between 40 and 50 years of age – asked the 5-year-old girl where her mother was before asking the child to get off the bus. The child refused the request as well as a second one before the suspect got up and left the bus.
The child told her mother, who was sitting at the front of the bus, what happened and the mother notified the bus driver – who called police.
According to investigators, the suspect is 5’3” and 160 lbs. with black curly hair, gold teeth and was last seen wearing a white hoodie sweater, black pants and glasses.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami Police or Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers.
