Charges filed against woman as police keep looking for 5-month-old twin who was inside a stolen vehicle | CNN

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Police in Columbus, Ohio, have filed kidnapping charges against a woman suspected of stealing a car that had 5-month-old twins inside, but so far they haven’t found one of the children, the woman or the car, police said Wednesday.

The mother of the children, Kason and Kyair Thomass, was picking up a restaurant order while working as a DoorDash driver and left a black 2010 Honda Accord running outside a pizzeria on High Street in Columbus on Monday night, CNN previously reported.

When she came out, the car was gone. Kyair was later found abandoned near the Dayton International Airport around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Kason is still missing, along with suspect Nalah Jackson, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said during a press conference. Jackson was charged with two felony counts of kidnapping. The vehicle has not been located.

The last confirmed sighting of Jackson, 24, was at the airport, police Deputy Chief Smith Weir said. There have been no confirmed sightings of Kason so far.

A warrant for Jackson’s arrest was filed through the Franklin County Court, according to an online docket. An Amber Alert went out for the twins at 1:37 a.m. Tuesday, officials said.

Restaurant employees told police that a homeless woman exited the restaurant after the twins’ mother entered the restaurant.

The individual was later caught on camera at a gas station where she asked an employee for money.

Earlier Wednesday, family members and community leaders gathered to pray for the safe return of the child.

During the vigil, the twins’ grandmother, LaFonda Thomass, begged for the return of Kason.

“If you look at him and you see anything, see a precious child who’s longing for his mother,” she said. “We beg you, please, please, please do the right thing and just bring my baby home.”

First Assistant Chief of Police LaShanna Potts said during the vigil, “We are committed to finding baby Kason. We want Nalah to do the right thing. … We know she’s capable of doing it because she did release one baby.”

Officials are asking people to be on the lookout for a black Accord with a torn Ohio registration sticker on the rear bumper and a white bumper sticker that says, “Westside City Toys.”

The vehicle was recently purchased and did not have a license plate, which made it harder to track, Weir said.

“I plead to you, please return Kason Thomass. We thank you for returning Kyair. You’ve already shown us you can do the right thing. You can return him to any safe location,” Bryant said during a news conference Tuesday.

Officials do not believe there’s a connection between the twins’ family and the suspect.

Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled the twins’ last name. Police have since updated the spelling to Thomass.