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Aardvarkinthepark t1_j1la86e wrote

"Helped" find? They did 100% of the work and should both be getting medals!

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Themlethem t1_j1m9hj9 wrote

Damn, you weren't kidding. That was some top tier detective work.

And some frustrating incompetence by the police, as usual.

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dingosongo t1_j1koo66 wrote

This was an absolutely wild read. These women are wonderful and possibly crazy to do this. It seems like the cops did... basically nothing besides posing holding the baby.

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tams182 t1_j1lcgd2 wrote

> It seems like the cops did... basically nothing besides posing holding the baby.

And taking full credit for the rescue while leaving these women completely out of their narrative

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/us/missing-twins-columbus-ohio-saturday/index.html

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SalsaAddict t1_j1lnd7f wrote

That is… so shitty of the cops 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy t1_j1n442e wrote

Columbus PD is GARBAGE. They were so nasty during the 2020 protests. They are terrible about extrajudicial killings. Fuck the whole department, throw them all the fuck out.

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DirtyDirtyRudy t1_j1ku5sa wrote

I wasn’t expecting that kind of read. Those two ladies went way above and beyond, and it felt like some kind of wild private investigator story. We’ll done finding the kid!!

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boogasaurus-lefts t1_j1l6e7n wrote

Neither gg ladies should have a movie/tv episode about this

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Penguin_Joy t1_j1lmj57 wrote

I would watch that. Great teamwork and a child found and saved from freezing. That's a great story!

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sloinmo t1_j1ktoyt wrote

They saved that baby’s life

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RonnieHasThePliers t1_j1lnemo wrote

These women didn't "help" find that baby. These women found that baby! How is this the first I'm hearing of them?

Also the cops just hung up on them multiple times...???

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lady_laughs_too_much t1_j1nbsvy wrote

Apparently the police department didn't understand that they had found the suspected kidnapper, but instead of trying to understand what they were saying, they hung up on them. Gives me a lot of faith in calling the police when you have a big problem /s

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JoyfulExmo t1_j1lajd0 wrote

Those ladies are amazing. I want to know how long the baby was alone in a car covered in snow. Wtf!? Thank goodness he didn’t freeze.

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Wolfram_And_Hart t1_j1liy2e wrote

Honestly? The insulation of the snow probably is the only reason the baby didn’t freeze.

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JoyfulExmo t1_j1n25qa wrote

Ah, makes sense. As kidnapping victims go, both he and his brother were extremely lucky!

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tweedyone t1_j1oe3ry wrote

I went down a rabbit hole.

Timeline: Babies stolen in car at around 9:45 pm on Monday 12/19 in Columbus, OH.

First baby found between to cars in a car seat by a passerby at fucking Dayton International Airport at 4:15 AM on Tuesday 12/20. (About 2 hr drive away)

Suspect arrested Thursday 12/23 at 2PM by Indianapolis police (2.5 ish hrs away from where the first baby was left)

Second baby found in a car in a parking lot at 6:45PM on Thursday. 175 miles from where the initial abduction took place, but in another pizza place, which is an odd coincidence.

The police say that the car was parked there for 2 days.

I don’t know why Papa John’s didn’t report a car left in their parking lot for 2 days, that’s seems bananas

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Jgee414 t1_j1yr3hz wrote

That’s a lot of miles those girls must of searched amazing heroes so lucky to find him

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tweedyone t1_j1zgdgm wrote

Amazing heroes that got virtually no credit from the police department for literally doing their jobs too

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Pater_Aletheias t1_j1lv2bc wrote

Shyann notices “Mae” acting erratically and films her. When she shows the video to Mecka, they realize it could be the kidnapping suspect. They make a plan to reconnect with her, then (after several attempts to get the cops to pay attention) eventually get Mae arrested. Then, based on one clue left in the car, methodically search likely locations for the stolen car and kidnapped baby, until they find him and rescue him. And how is this feat of observation, persistence, and deduction framed by the story? “Mother’s intuition.” Ain’t nothing intuitive about it, just straight-up detective work, but when it’s women who figure it out, we say it was “intuition”—not her observational skills and brainpower, but some supernatural sixth sense women receive when they have a baby. And that’s how subconscious bias in reporting works.

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UnprofessionalGhosts t1_j1lvmjk wrote

The mother’s intuition part is from a direct quote from the cousins. They claimed that’s what it was. The reporter is just reporting that lol

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Pater_Aletheias t1_j1lvrbv wrote

Yes, because even the women involved have been socialized to label their own deductive skills as “intuition.”

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DarthVerona t1_j1lcgrw wrote

What an amazing story. They saved that baby’s life. My due date group has a lot of children exactly the same age as the twins, so we were very invested. I remember when they announced they found the first baby at the airport, we all feared the worst. I hope no charges are brought against the single mother who was just doing the best she could in an impossible situation, and all the blame for the entire situation is put on the car thief/kidnapper.

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TykoBrahe t1_j1m1h68 wrote

Those women are amazing. And as usual, the cops were absolutely useless. Worse than useless- they didn't believe the women when they said they had the suspect with them.

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Riiyan t1_j1lfymr wrote

Hire them as detectives, they are good!

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10111011110101 t1_j1mgi94 wrote

They need to be hired by the FBI. Their skills are needed by more than one city.

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aliasgraciousme t1_j1m2pr4 wrote

Wow the multiple times police just said ‘call someone else’ while a baby could have been freezing to death in a call is disappointing yet expected

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lurkintowarddisaster t1_j1mfgpu wrote

Depite lack of interest and being ignored by the police, Shyann Delmar and Mecka Curry found the suspected kidnapper and then found the missing twin.

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gwhh t1_j1mp2y9 wrote

The cops get no credit here.

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8976r7 t1_j1nks94 wrote

This story should be on every station--these women are AMAZING and the only reason that baby didn't die of cold or dehydration. And the fact that they had to do it all while trying to convince cops to arrest the suspect, and then do all the actual sleuthing to find the baby. Were the cops even looking for the baby at all??? Makes you wonder how different things would have been if it were the child of a rich white couple.

These women need to be invited to the White House, celebrated on tv, etc. They are an inspiration, doing all of this to save a baby they didn't know. Shyann Delmar and Mecka Curry--two amazing heroes who worked their asses of and never gave up and ended up bringing a baby home to his family. Even though this story is frustrating because the cops were so terrible, it's inspiring because of Shyann and Mecka. Brilliant job, ladies.

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xdeiz t1_j1loojm wrote

What is indy?

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FinestFoetus t1_j1lpcgi wrote

I assume someone from Indiana based off the article

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INDYscribable t1_j1mja5c wrote

People from Indiana are called Hoosiers

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FinestFoetus t1_j1mys2z wrote

Interesting. I'm not from America so didn't know that. Given the news site is Indy Star and it happened in Indianapolis, it made sense to me that Indy would mean a person from Indiana

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lady_laughs_too_much t1_j1nc00h wrote

Makes more sense than Hoosier. Sincerely, someone who lived in Indiana for almost 20 years.

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jsmoo68 t1_j1m9szi wrote

I’d watch the heck out of this movie. I hope these sheroes know how amazing they are.

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bRandom81 t1_j1neod3 wrote

Those ladies saved that kid and the cops were all but helpful, no wonder they made no comment

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digitalgirlie t1_j1nw9rf wrote

Yet another story of people helping themselves. Police did nothing. As usual.

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Head_Bid8273 t1_j1nyvqx wrote

Remember when the cop took credit for this?

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Djinn313 t1_j1n1eml wrote

I don't think this is as uplifting as you think it is.

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