Sparks mom Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 :thumbs: Posted on Sun, Jun. 15, 2003 Poodle taken in carjacking reunited with family By CHRISTINE VENDEL The Kansas City Star Buddy is back. The 31/2-year-old poodle who was "dognapped" when the car he was in was carjacked Monday in Westport was reunited with his family Saturday, dirty but otherwise healthy, family members said. The dog was found near 61st Street and Leavenworth Road, not far from where police believe the carjacker dropped him off Monday afternoon. "He looks pretty good for being lost for five days," said the grandson of the 87-year-old woman who was one of the victims of the carjacking. The dog lived with the woman and her daughter. Buddy was taken at Westport Road and Broadway. His owner had parked her car in the shade, leaving her keys in the ignition. Her 87-year-old mother was in the passenger seat. While the owner was buying plants from a hardware store, a man jumped in the front seat and drove off. The 87-year-old woman fought with the man, and he pushed her out near 38th and Wyandotte streets. She broke her nose and suffered cuts that required 24 stitches. Buddy was still in the car, "barking his little heart out" as the carjacker drove off. Police on Wednesday arrested Nathaniel R. Phipps, 41, of Kansas City, who was driving the stolen car. Court records said he told police he didn't see a dog in the car. Robbery Detective Chad Rives said Saturday that Phipps eventually told officers the dog was let loose near 61st Street and Sloan Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. Five family members of Buddy's owner, including the 87-year-old victim, went to the Kansas City, Kan., neighborhood Saturday morning to look for Buddy. Police had received tips that the dog was seen in the neighborhood late last week, and investigators thought he was still alive. Neighbors directed family members to a ravine and wooded area where Buddy had been seen earlier Saturday morning. He would not come out of the wooded area when neighbors called, but he ran out when he heard voices he recognized. "He whimpered for about the first 10 minutes," said the grandson. "My mother and grandmother are elated. They have had a few sleepless nights over him being gone. It's really a thrill they got him back." :laola: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote
Angelboddy Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 YEAH, for buddy! :laola: :B-fly: :B-fly: :B-fly: :B-fly: :ylsuper: :ylsuper: :ylsuper: :multi: :multi: :banan: :banan: :thumbs: Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 It's nice to get a happy ending :smilecolros: Quote
abker17 Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 I love happy endings! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Quote
PamelaJ Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 wonder how this scenario might have been different if the dog had been a rottie or a pit bull? LOL :evilbat: Quote
courtnek Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 I'M with K!!! the bastard - assaulting an 87 year old woman!! Good for her - that she had the nerve to fight back!! And then to go out looking for the dog with the family!! These are people who truly love their dog, and after all she had been thru to just want the dog back is wonderful!! and Pamela, when I hear stories like this I wish it was a Rott or a Dobie in the car - a trained one, who wont take any Sh**..... :evil: Quote
sheltielover Posted June 15, 2003 Posted June 15, 2003 Wow, thank goodness for a happy ending..... Quote
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