Houston toddler found unharmed in abandoned SUV


January 13, 2012 at 1:00p.m.

Houston toddler found unharmed in abandoned SUV

HOUSTON (AP) — Police say a Houston toddler who was missing for 15 hours after a stranger stole his mother’s SUV with the child inside has been found unharmed.

Houston police say 18-month-old Evan Montgomery Lamar Miller was still strapped in the backseat when the 1996 Jeep Cherokee was discovered this morning behind a strip mall about a block from the Walmart parking lot in Houston where the car was stolen.

A police statement says Evan “appears to be fine.”

Evan’s mother left the car’s engine idling Thursday evening when she ran into the store to withdraw some money from an ATM. His 7-year-old cousin fled the SUV as a man climbed into the car and drove it away.