Overview
- A Detroit detective launched the search after a missing-person report and learned the child's father's vehicle had been impounded Friday by Harper Woods police.
- Officers from Detroit and Harper Woods found the crying 13-month-old Saturday in a locked car at Woods Towing in Eastpointe.
- The child was hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to recover, and Child Protective Services has opened a case.
- Harper Woods police say the car was improperly parked on Damman Street and, because it was locked, could not be thoroughly inventoried before towing.
- The child's father is in custody as investigators seek neighborhood camera footage and the Wayne County Prosecutor reviews potential charges.