Not in their best interest! Carjackers return vehicle with a tank full of gas and a note asking for forgiveness because they noticed there was a stroller for a special needs child
- Rosyneide Almeida was with her children about to park her car in her home’s garage when she was carjacked in Cariacica, Brazil, on Sunday
- The armed suspects spotted a stroller for Almeida’s special needs son and decided to abandon the car on a street
- The assailants filled up the car’s tank and also left a handwritten note asking for forgiveness
- Almeida was able to pick up the stroller, which costs about $3,000 and was donated to accommodate her son
- Authorities will release the vehicle to her as soon as the investigation is concluded
A pair of carjackers in Brazil apparently had a change of heart after they stole a mother’s car at gunpoint and returned it along with an apology note in which they claimed they had not noticed her special needs son’s stroller was inside.
Surveillance footage shows Rosyneide Almeida was about to park her car in the garage of her home in the southeastern city of Cariacica on Sunday when she was approached by one of the armed men.
‘He told me to get out because he wanted the car,’ Almeida told the Brazilian news outlet G1.
Rosyneide Almeida stands next to her vehicle before she was approached by armed carjackers in front of her home in Cariacica, Brazil, on Sunday. One of the suspects demanded she give up her car. She was able to get her two children out without any issues. The vehicle was left on a street with a full gas tank and an apology note after the carjackers discovered that a stroller that is specifically made for the woman’s son, who suffers from encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain
Rosyneide Almeida met with the police Tuesday and was able to pick up her son’s $3,000 stroller, which was previously donated to accommodate his needs because he suffers from rom encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain
Rosyneide Almeida’s daughter adjusts the stroller’s harness on her four-year-old brother
The mother-of-two told the carjacker that her four-year-old son, who suffers from encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, and nine-year-old daughter were still inside the vehicle.
‘I opened the door and pulled them out, took both of them out. I was desperate,’ she said.
Not only was Almeida worried about recovering her car, but she also had concerns about the $3,000 stroller that had been donated to the family to accommodate her son’s needs.
Friends and family helped Almeida with a social media drive to recover the car, which was eventually left on a street and found Tuesday by an acquaintance.
Authorities have yet to release the vehicle to Rosyneide Almeida because a car theft and robbery unit is investigating the carjacking
Rosyneide Almeida tried to stop the carjackers from escaping with her car after she was robbed at gunpoint outside her home Sunday
The stolen vehicle had a full tank of gas and a handwritten apologetic card.
The note, written in Portuguese, read: ‘Crime asks for forgiveness, at the time of the (robbery), it was not possible to see the child’s problem. The car is being returned. Tank is full!!!’
The Cariacica civil police’s vehicle theft and robbery unit returned the stroller to Almeida, but kept the car as it is awaiting to conclude parts of its initial investigation before releasing it to her.
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