We’ve all heard the stranger danger horror stories. Each one literally makes me consider whether or not it’s safe to go anywhere these days—even our own backyards.
A father from La Porte County, Indiana, is warning parents this week after a split-second away from his son nearly changed the future of his family.
Ron Kraus had been outside with his almost-year-old son when a man emerged from a vehicle that had been parked at the end of his driveway. The stranger had been parked across the street for about 10 minutes before parking his car at the end of Ron’s drive, then walking up to the house.
He explained that his car was having radiator issues, and asked Ron if he could spare him a drink of water.
Setting his son in a red wagon, just feet away from the glass door where he had a case of bottled water, Ron turned his back for hardly a second. That’s when the suspect swooped up baby Ryker and took off running, stuffing the child into a duffel bag in the process.