UPDATE: Smyrna Woman with Baby in Vehicle Carjacked - Suspect Arrested and Baby Safe - Baby in Vehicle Jul 21, 2021 at 06:01 pm by WGNS
Left: Vehicle that was Stolen. Top Right: The baby that was safely recovered. Bottom Right: Suspect Cody Eakes
In Nashville, a carjacking and resulting kidnapping of a 10-month-old boy on Murfreesboro Pike this past Tuesday morning drew resources from a number of Metro Nashville Police Department components and ultimately led to the safe recovery of the child and the arrest of Cody Eakes, 28, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Eakes was driving a car stolen from Jonesboro, Arkansas, when he crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Murfreesboro Pike and Hamilton Church Road at 8:15 Tuesday morning.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, the incident began about 8:15 a.m.
According to a preliminary investigation, a man driving a stolen car from Jonesboro, Arkansas, crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Murfreesboro Pike and Hamilton Church Road.
When a Smyrna woman stopped to help after seeing the wreck, police reported, the suspect pushed her down, stole her keys and got inside her SUV.
A witness jumped into vehicle with the suspect to try and prevent him from fleeing the scene, but was unsuccessful, police said. The suspect then drove off in the vehicle with the child in the back seat.
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