PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork) — A woman who was kidnapped on the streets of Philadelphia has been found alive in Maryland, and a man with her has been taken into custody, sources told CBS Philadelphia Wednesday.
Sources told KYW-TV, CBS3 in Philadelphia that Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was talking with investigators Wednesday. She had suffered a minor injury, sources said.
Detectives were on the phone with family members giving them the good news that Freeland-Gaither had been found, CBS Philadelphia reported.
Police in Philadelphia were set to hold a news conference at 7 p.m.
Surveillance video showed a knife-wielding man abducting Freeland-Gaither on West Coulter Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The woman kicks and screams, but cannot get away as he wrests her into his car.
An eyewitness who did not want to show his face called 911, police said. He had been walking on the opposite side of the street when he heard her scream.
“(She said) ‘Help, help me,’ and I turned around. I just started running up,” he said. “I called the cops as I’m like, ‘Yo,’ screaming, ‘Stop! Stop! Stop!’ He’s dragging her to the car.”
He said her abductor had a large knife. Investigators said as she was forced into the car, her glasses and cellphone were dropped onto the road.
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