The bank card belonging to a Philadelphia woman abducted from a Germantown, Pa. street was used Tuesday morning in Maryland, police said Tuesday afternoon, as relatives tearfully pleaded for her return.
Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was kidnapped when she was walking on a street around 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, when a man grabbed and dragged her to a gray four-door Ford. The chilling kidnapping was caught on surveillance video.
Other security images show a man using the missing 22 year old’s ATM card around 6 a.m. off a highway exit in Aberdeen, Md., approximately 75 miles from Philadelphia.
Authorities discovered shattered glass, a cellphone, and a pair of glasses at the scene where Freeland-Gaither struggled with her abductor. The suspect is described as a black male, with a medium brown complexion, 5 foot 10, with a medium build. Reward for her safe return has increased from $15,000 to $45,000.
Ana Mulero, the victim’s grandmother, said there was a person, whom she only identified as “Branden,” who was obsessed with her granddaughter. They met at high school.
Although the description of the abductor and the male on the ATM surveillance look similar, police cannot confirm if they are the same person.