Mother Acts Quickly to Rescue Kidnapped Child  

A woman is happy that she was able to act swiftly to save her child from what would have likely been a traumatic experience on Thursday. Shandy Pech told News Five today that she was just about to take a shower when another child alerted her that a man had just taken her five-year-old daughter from off a trampoline in their yard. Pech said that she quickly wrapped a towel around herself and bolted up the street in the direction that the little boy pointed where the man went with her daughter. With the help of some neighbours, she said they detained the man, who police took away. While Pech said that she did not know the man, after he identified himself to the officers, she realized that he has been convicted in the past of an unnatural crime upon a child with special needs. Pech decided to make a Facebook post using the man’s name and picture to alert other parents and guardians to be wary of strangers who are passing through their neighbourhood.

 

Shandy Pech, Mother of Kidnapped Child

“I was about to take a bath when another child that she was playing with in the yard came and  he told me, he said that someone is taking your child. So I was like, what? And I jumped up in my lone towel and I came out and then I saw him already down the street going with my child. And that’s when I ran him down and three other neighbors assisted me to get her back.”

 

Marion Ali

“So he was carrying her in his hands or just walking with her?”

 

Shandy Pech

“In his hands.”

 

Marion Ali

“And she was screaming?”

 

Shandy Pech

“No, she wasn’t screaming and when I talked to her, she said she didn’t scream because she was afraid he would hurt her.”

 

Marion Ali

“This person, is it the first time you’ve seen him? Do you know him?”

 

Shandy Pech

“This is the first time, honestly, I’ve seen him. I’ve never seen him before.”

 

Marion Ali

“So what went through you when you saw that?”

 

Shandy Pech

“When I saw that, all I did was go into mommy mode and I ran him down. I didn’t even care if my towel dropped. I didn’t care about anything. I was just trying to get her.”

 

Marion Ali

“Did you have any kind of an exchange with him? What did he say?”

 

Shandy Pech

“Yes, I had an exchange. When I saw him, I grabbed my daughter from him and I asked him, who are you? He said, oh, this is my niece. I’m her uncle. I’m like, but if this is your niece here, her uncle, I’m her mother. So how come I don’t know you? And that’s when he put the child down and then other neighbors came and assisted me. I’ve looked him up and I’ve seen that he’s a repeated offender. He has done it before. I’ve got messages from several people stating that he did it to someone they know. I want court action because this isn’t the first time that he actually did something like this and I just want parents to be more vigilant and look for their children more.”