{"id":339281,"date":"2026-09-06T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:35:43","slug":"girl-6-nearly-kidnapped-by-stranger-inside-manhattan-subway-station-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339281\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 6, nearly kidnapped by stranger inside Manhattan subway station"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 A 6-year-old girl was nearly kidnapped by a stranger<\/a> at an Upper Manhattan subway station \u2014 and police are asking the public’s help finding the woman who tried to snatch the child.<\/p>\n

The victim was approaching the turnstiles in the mezzanine of the Inwood-207th Street subway station<\/a> when she was confronted about 12:30 p.m. July 29, cops said.<\/p>\n

The girl’s father told ABC 7 New York his daughter was headed to a therapy appointment<\/a> with her 36-year-old mother and younger brother.<\/p>\n

His wife was holding their young son while their daughter stood nearby and was preparing to swipe her OMNY card at the turnstile when the would-be kidnapper grabbed her.<\/p>\n

“Once she took my daughter, she held her like that, tight,” the victim’s father, Ramiro Heras, told the station. “My daughter starts screaming. She was like, ‘Mom, Mom, Mom!'”<\/p>\n

As the stranger attempted to go through the turnstile and into the subway with the girl, the mother yelled, “Let go,” police said.<\/p>\n

But the kidnapper had trouble swiping her own card though to get through the turnstile. “The toll didn’t go through,” Heras said. “Otherwise, she was taking my daughter with her.”<\/p>\n

The suspect gave up, leaving the girl, and then managed to flee onto a downtown A train, cops said.<\/p>\n

“Why did she do what she did?” Heras said. “That’s what I want to ask her.”<\/p>\n

Over a month later, the woman has not been caught. Meanwhile, the young girl remains traumatized and no longer wants to ride the trains, her father told ABC 7 New York.<\/p>\n

Surveillance photos released this week by the NYPD show the suspect at the turnstiles sporting a light blue wide-rimmed hat, large black sunglasses and a patterned black-and-white shirt.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers<\/a> (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n

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