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dingosongo t1_j1koo66 wrote

This was an absolutely wild read. These women are wonderful and possibly crazy to do this. It seems like the cops did... basically nothing besides posing holding the baby.

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sloinmo t1_j1ktoyt wrote

They saved that baby’s life

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DirtyDirtyRudy t1_j1ku5sa wrote

I wasn’t expecting that kind of read. Those two ladies went way above and beyond, and it felt like some kind of wild private investigator story. We’ll done finding the kid!!

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Aardvarkinthepark t1_j1la86e wrote

"Helped" find? They did 100% of the work and should both be getting medals!

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JoyfulExmo t1_j1lajd0 wrote

Those ladies are amazing. I want to know how long the baby was alone in a car covered in snow. Wtf!? Thank goodness he didn’t freeze.

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DarthVerona t1_j1lcgrw wrote

What an amazing story. They saved that baby’s life. My due date group has a lot of children exactly the same age as the twins, so we were very invested. I remember when they announced they found the first baby at the airport, we all feared the worst. I hope no charges are brought against the single mother who was just doing the best she could in an impossible situation, and all the blame for the entire situation is put on the car thief/kidnapper.

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Riiyan t1_j1lfymr wrote

Hire them as detectives, they are good!

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RonnieHasThePliers t1_j1lnemo wrote

These women didn't "help" find that baby. These women found that baby! How is this the first I'm hearing of them?

Also the cops just hung up on them multiple times...???

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Pater_Aletheias t1_j1lv2bc wrote

Shyann notices “Mae” acting erratically and films her. When she shows the video to Mecka, they realize it could be the kidnapping suspect. They make a plan to reconnect with her, then (after several attempts to get the cops to pay attention) eventually get Mae arrested. Then, based on one clue left in the car, methodically search likely locations for the stolen car and kidnapped baby, until they find him and rescue him. And how is this feat of observation, persistence, and deduction framed by the story? “Mother’s intuition.” Ain’t nothing intuitive about it, just straight-up detective work, but when it’s women who figure it out, we say it was “intuition”—not her observational skills and brainpower, but some supernatural sixth sense women receive when they have a baby. And that’s how subconscious bias in reporting works.

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TykoBrahe t1_j1m1h68 wrote

Those women are amazing. And as usual, the cops were absolutely useless. Worse than useless- they didn't believe the women when they said they had the suspect with them.

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aliasgraciousme t1_j1m2pr4 wrote

Wow the multiple times police just said ‘call someone else’ while a baby could have been freezing to death in a call is disappointing yet expected

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jsmoo68 t1_j1m9szi wrote

I’d watch the heck out of this movie. I hope these sheroes know how amazing they are.

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lurkintowarddisaster t1_j1mfgpu wrote

Depite lack of interest and being ignored by the police, Shyann Delmar and Mecka Curry found the suspected kidnapper and then found the missing twin.

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gwhh t1_j1mp2y9 wrote

The cops get no credit here.

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Djinn313 t1_j1n1eml wrote

I don't think this is as uplifting as you think it is.

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lady_laughs_too_much t1_j1nbsvy wrote

Replying to RonnieHasThePliers (#1,053,037)

Apparently the police department didn't understand that they had found the suspected kidnapper, but instead of trying to understand what they were saying, they hung up on them. Gives me a lot of faith in calling the police when you have a big problem /s

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bRandom81 t1_j1neod3 wrote

Those ladies saved that kid and the cops were all but helpful, no wonder they made no comment

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8976r7 t1_j1nks94 wrote

This story should be on every station--these women are AMAZING and the only reason that baby didn't die of cold or dehydration. And the fact that they had to do it all while trying to convince cops to arrest the suspect, and then do all the actual sleuthing to find the baby. Were the cops even looking for the baby at all??? Makes you wonder how different things would have been if it were the child of a rich white couple.

These women need to be invited to the White House, celebrated on tv, etc. They are an inspiration, doing all of this to save a baby they didn't know. Shyann Delmar and Mecka Curry--two amazing heroes who worked their asses of and never gave up and ended up bringing a baby home to his family. Even though this story is frustrating because the cops were so terrible, it's inspiring because of Shyann and Mecka. Brilliant job, ladies.

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digitalgirlie t1_j1nw9rf wrote

Yet another story of people helping themselves. Police did nothing. As usual.

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Head_Bid8273 t1_j1nyvqx wrote

Remember when the cop took credit for this?

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tweedyone t1_j1oe3ry wrote

Replying to JoyfulExmo (#1,051,859)

I went down a rabbit hole.

Timeline: Babies stolen in car at around 9:45 pm on Monday 12/19 in Columbus, OH.

First baby found between to cars in a car seat by a passerby at fucking Dayton International Airport at 4:15 AM on Tuesday 12/20. (About 2 hr drive away)

Suspect arrested Thursday 12/23 at 2PM by Indianapolis police (2.5 ish hrs away from where the first baby was left)

Second baby found in a car in a parking lot at 6:45PM on Thursday. 175 miles from where the initial abduction took place, but in another pizza place, which is an odd coincidence.

The police say that the car was parked there for 2 days.

I don’t know why Papa John’s didn’t report a car left in their parking lot for 2 days, that’s seems bananas

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