Police in Northern California are continuing their search for a 3-month-old baby who was allegedly kidnapped from his family’s apartment Monday as his grandmother was unloading groceries from her car.
“We are actively working to locate baby Brandon. This continues to be priority number one today,” the San Jose Police Department said in a tweet Tuesday.
Police said they are “working leads” on the case but did not provide further details.
“The number one unwavering goal is to get baby Brandon home,” the department said.
Brandon Cuellar was allegedly snatched from a home on Elm Street just north of San Jose shortly after 1 p.m. Video released Monday showed what authorities said was a man walking down a street with a baby carrier.
The boy’s grandmother was watching the infant while his mother was at work, San Jose police spokesman, Sgt. Christian Camarillo, told reporters. The grandmother had returned home from a trip to the grocery store with Brandon and taken him into the apartment, Camarillo said.
She left the boy for about two minutes to get groceries from the car, Camarillo said.
“In that short amount of time, someone entered the apartment” and left with the child, Camarillo said.
“Today, someone is walking around with a 3-month-old baby they did not have yesterday,” he added.
The boy’s family didn’t recognize the man, who was captured on a security camera carrying what authorities described as a baby carrier with a white blanket over it.
Camarillo said it wasn’t clear whether the man brought the carrier or whether it belonged to the family.
The baby carrier is black in color with a white blanket.
Brandon was wearing a white long-sleeve onesie with dinosaurs on it, the police department said.
Camarillo said members of an FBI child abduction team are assisting in the search for the boy.
In an update posted to Twitter, San Jose police said officers and FBI agents were going door-to-door in the area in an effort to track down witnesses or any other information related to the case.
“All available resources are assisting with this investigation,” it said, adding: “We need the community’s help, please keep the Retweets going.”
The department also shared multiple hotline numbers for any potential tips. It said a cash reward would be offered for any information “that leads to us finding this baby.”
An Amber Alert was not immediately issued in the case.
San Jose police said in a statement that they did not yet have a vehicle description or license plate. “When we have that info an Amber alert will be activated,” the department said.