SUNSET HILLS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -Police are looking for a man who stole a car with a child inside, causing an AMBER Alert to be issued on Monday.

The alert had been issued after Jacob Putman, 30, stole a car with a 2-year-old inside in Sunset Hills on Monday afternoon, police say.

Authorities are looking for Putman, who was not found after the car was found abandoned with Xailyn Scholl, 2, safe inside.

The AMBER Alert was cancelled after Scholl was found.

According to police, Putman was last seen in the 8400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. If seen, police ask the public to call 911.

The initial incident happened around 4:45 p.m. Police say Putman approached Scholl’s mother, asking for help jumpstarting his car. He then took her car with Scholl in the back seat and drove east on Gravoi

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