Eight-year-old Salem Sabatka, who was kidnapped in Fort Worth early Saturday evening, has been found safe, and a suspect is also in custody, police said.
An Amber Alert was issued for the 8-year-old girl after police said a suspect in a vehicle kidnapped her while she was walking with her mother.
The child was apparently walking with her mother when a man in a vehicle approached them and grabbed the 8-year-old at around 6:40 p.m. in the 2900 block of 6th Avenue.
According to police, the mother tried to jump into the vehicle to get her daughter, but she was pushed out. The vehicle then drove off.
Police were able to find and release surveillance video and images of the suspect vehicle from a nearby home.
At around 2:20 a.m., police said that after receiving a tip about the location of the missing girl they were able to find her safe at the WoodSpring Suites in Forest Hill. The suspect vehicle was also found at the location.
According to police, they received the tip from two local church members who were looking for the girl.
The identity of the 51-year-old suspect has not yet been released. He faces an aggravated kidnapping charge.
Texas police find 8-year-old girl safe after she was kidnapped walking down the street with her mother
The girl was pulled into a car on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities have found an 8-year-old girl following a desperate overnight search after she was ripped away from her mother and pulled into a stranger’s car on Saturday afternoon.
The girl was safely recovered by Fort Worth, Texas, police just after 2 a.m. local time Sunday, according to police. She was found safe and a suspect in the kidnapping has been taken into custody.
Police thanked the media for publicizing the incident and concerned citizens for directing them to the location of the suspect’s vehicle.
Fort Worth Police Department Officer Buddy Calzada said at a press conference early Sunday that two citizens spotted the car at a local hotel and called police. Officers responded, found out what room he was staying in and breached the door.
The victim was found in good condition, but was taken to a local hospital to be checked out.
Late Sunday morning, police identified the suspect as Michael Webb, who is 51 years old. He was charged with aggravated kidnapping, which is a first-degree felony.

Police said Webb was not related to the mother or her daughter.
An Amber Alert was issued for the 8-year-old after she was kidnapped on Saturday afternoon, police said.
The girl and her mother were walking in their neighborhood at 6:38 p.m. local time when Webb allegedly man drove up and dragged her into his car, according to Fort Worth police.
Surveillance video from a nearby house shows her mother tumbling to the ground after trying to pull her daughter free from the vehicle. The car drove off and she immediately called 911 while running back to her house.

Her mother can be heard screaming, “Help me please, someone call the police, my daughter just got kidnapped.”

Police released a photo of the vehicle taken from a nearby camera. It is a gray, four-door sedan with alloy wheels and a paper tag.
Calzada said members of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Public Safety helped in the search.
