AURORA, Ill. (CBS) — A west suburban couple was frantic this week as they desperately searched for their 7-year-old daughter—who was put in a stranger’s car after school.
What’s more, this was not the little girl’s first safety scare.
Jerry Davidson and Amiah Oliver got in the car to pick up their daughter Ly’leah, at an afterschool program at Steck Elementary in Aurora on Tuesday, Oct. 29—on time, like any other day. Oliver said she was told by someone at the school that Ly’leah was with her father—which obviously not the case, as Ly’leah’s father and mother were right there together coming to get their daughter.
“And she just froze on the phone,” Oliver said of the school representative. “She just froze, so then that’s when we knew the worst had happened.”
It turned out that Ly’leah had mistakenly been told to get into a stranger’s car—with no idea where it was headed.
“It was very concerning and worrisome,” said Davidson, “just standing there waiting for answers that were never going to come.”