Car stolen while parents take baby into Wash. hospital

When their two-month old son got a stomach virus, a Washington couple drove him to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., for overnight treatment. When the father, Steven Smith, decided to drive back home for a change of clothes, their car was nowhere to be found, according to a local news report from KIRO 7.

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Hospital security told Mr. Smith his car was parked out of sight of cameras in the garage, so the heist was not caught on tape, according to the report.

Police told KIRO 7 it is not aware of other car thefts from the hospital garage, but a hospital employee told the news station there have been reports among staff of recent car break-ins in the garage.

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