North Charleston, SC - A one month old baby taken from his mother's car in North Charleston is now safe. Lydia Juarez and Miguel Perez-Palma saw their one month old, Angel Miguel Perez for the first time since Monday outside MUSC early Wednesday morning. Earlier on Tuesday, the parents had joined police to plead to the public in helping find Angel Perez who had gone missing Monday.

During a press conference Wednesday morning, Spencer Pryor of the North Charleston Police Department said that they have a suspect, Andrea Samone Walker, 19, of Goose Creek in custody and have charged her with kidnapping. 

According to authorities, the suspect was watching the mother and child for sometime on Monday and then saw an opportunity to take the child at the post office on Rivers Avenue. Investigators haven't figured out if Walker knew the family or why she decided to take the baby.

Investigators say they received numerous calls but two calls provided authorities with solid leads with police finding the suspect and the infant at an apartment at Grove Apartments in Summerville around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Mayor Summey said, "It was truly a team effort to make this happen. Thank you to the media, and the general public who are the life link."

Police retraced Juarez steps on Monday when her child went missing. Juarez and the one month old were recorded on surveillance video at a North Charleston store. Her next stop was the post office.    

“She says that she arrived at the post office assuming she was just going to run in just a moment. She left the vehicle running with the child inside the car seat, exited the post office a very short time later,” Pryor said.

Hours after the family and police make their public plea, authorities tell us a tip came in that led them to Angel Perez at a home in Summerville at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

According to police the one month old was found unharmed. As a precaution he was checked out by doctors at MUSC where he was then reunited with his parents.



Chief Jon Zumalt said, "This is a fine example how local, state and federal law enforcement agencies work together to solve crime."

Zumalt praised the work of the FBI (web) and the resources they were able to lend to the effort. North Charleston investigators were also assisted by SLED, Charleston and Dorchester County Sheriff Departments and Summerville Police.

 

 

SUSPECT: Andrea Samone Walker

AGE: 19

HOME: North Charleston

According to court documents, Walker was convicted on grand larceny and unlawful possession of a weapon for an earlier incident.

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