Police suspect ‘crime of opportunity’ in case of stolen car that had two children aged under two in backseat
The police describes the stolen of a car with two children under two years of age in the back seat in Boulder on Thursday night as a “opportunity crime ında rather than an targeted incident.
Goldfields-Eşanza Police Insp. Mick Kelly said that on Friday, children with a boy and a girl were 21 months and 11 months old respectively, and when Richardson was taken from the Street housing, the yellow Kia Picanto Hatchback was fixed in the car seats behind it.
Insp. Kelly said that the time when the vehicle was stolen, but the switches were in ignite and the engine was working.
He said that the police were warned at 10.15 on Thursday night and found engines and switches that run a “short distance” away at around 11.05 o’clock in the corner of the streets of Ivanhoe and Piesse.
The children were in the vehicle, but there was no symptom of the person who had stolen the vehicle.
“When it was harmless, the children were visibly shaken and crying,” he said.
Insp. Kelly said that the situation left the mother “miserable ..
“Kalgoorelie detectives carry this investigation, and any potential customer, any Dashcam image, CCTV images, I urge any one to contact Crimestoppers from 1800 333 000,” he said.
He said that the detectives would conduct an “comprehensive yatıl investigation.
“We believe that this is more of an opportunity crime, we do not believe that this is a targeted event of the mother of two children.”
Insp. Kelly also reminded that the incident was not a “excuse de in time to leave children unattended in any vehicle.
He said that the parents were obliged to spare extra time to remove them from a vehicle, even if they were asleep, and to put them in and fix the vehicle.
“Here is an example that a person or people see a tool and receive that vehicle,” he said.
The main focus of the investigation is to identify the person or people who commit this crime or to find it ”.
“At the end of this investigation – the priority is to find the intermediary fields, that is, our main focus is our main focus – (However), it is a matter for Kalgoorlie detectives at a certain point where the mother is spoken about it.”
