The Springfield News-Leader reports that the father of the girl left the child and her brother in a car with the keys in it at a Save-a-Lot store.
Harmony Blue was returned unharmed to her family Saturday night.
SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) -- Authorities said a 13-month-old girl was found safe last night after an Amber Alert was issued for the infant who was in a car apparently stolen from a Springfield parking lot.
The Springfield News-Leader reports (http://sgfnow.co/YKuSlW ) the child, Harmony Blue, was in the car with an older child when the car was taken from a store parking lot Saturday afternoon. Police said the children's father left them and the keys in the car while he was in a store and briefly chased after the car on foot.
The older child was dropped off nearby and recovered by police.
Springfield police Lt. Brian Phillips said the young girl was reunited with her family Saturday evening and the car was recovered, but he declined to release details.
There was no arrest reported.
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