Police are on the hunt for an alleged car thief after a vehicle was stolen with a toddler in the backseat in Melbourne.
A father was left horrified after his vehicle was stolen with his sleeping son in the backseat.
The car was allegedly stolen from a Melbourne carpark before the child was abandoned on the side of the road wearing only a nappy in Melbourne’s south east.
The driver is believed to have then fled from Chelsea in the stolen grey 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan SUV at around 4:15PM on Sunday, January 8.
The father is believed to have pulled over to purchase ice cream on Nepean Highway when the car theft took place.
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