DES MOINES, IA (KCCI/CNN) - Two teenagers stole a car abandon it after spotting 3-year-old Jamyia Doby in the back seat.
"I still don't know what to think," said the girl's mother, Rosella Taylor. Still shaken up, she is holding her daughter a little tighter.
"We just pulled up from running some errands, was just needing to grab something," Taylor said.
Just before noon Wednesday, Taylor left her car running with girl in the back seat. She said she was gone for just seconds when two teenagers took off with her car and Jamyia.
"It's one thing to walk out and see your car is gone. That makes you mad. It's another thing to walk out and realize your child is in it because that's just terrifying," Sgt. Paul Parizek said.
"I was out here with another cousin. She started chasing the car, and my first reaction was to get the keys to her car so we could have another car to chase the car," Taylor said.
Once realizing a child was in the back, the suspects ditched the car just down the street.
"Pulled up here, and there was just this blue car ended up in our driveway," Saleena Lovan said.
Lovan said the car landed out front of her grandparent's house, the suspects immediately running off.
The mom is just relieved to get her child back.
"I couldn't imagine how she felt. It was pretty scary," Lovan said.
"I explained to the police of what they were wearing, but all I was concerned about, I screamed, 'My baby!'" Taylor said.
Parizek said they are following several leads thanks to witness participation. stepping up to help a mom and her daughter.
"That's the most precious cargo we have. We want to make sure we do everything we can to keep them safe," he said.
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