Kason Thomas has been found safe in Indianapolis in the same car he and his twin Ky’air were in when it was taken from Columbus on Monday night, the Columbus Police Division confirmed.
Police say the boy was found Thursday night hours after Nalah Jackson, suspected of kidnapping the 5-month-old twins, was apprehended in Indianapolis.
An Amber Alert was issued after the idling car was stolen as the mother picked up an order at a Columbus pizza restaurant Ky’air was found hours later in a parking lot near Dayton International Airport in Ohio.
A tip led Indianapolis Metro Police Department officers to the 900 block of Indiana Avenue, outside a Papa Johns, Columbus police Sgt. Jeff Mooney said in an email to News Center 7. “Kason was found safe in the stolen Honda,” the sergeant said, noting that the child has been taken to a hospital in Indianapolis as a precaution.
Minutes after the news was confirmed with Indianapolis police, the Columbus Police Division issued the following tweet:
CHILD FOUND SAFE & ALIVE
Kason Thomass was found alive & safe in Indianapolis near a Papa John’s pizza location. The 5-month-old boy is in good health & being transported to a hospital to be checked out. Kason was found in the stolen Honda Accord & wearing the same clothes. pic.twitter.com/hUNd9Gnk3T
— Columbus Ohio Police (@ColumbusPolice) December 23, 2022
