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4-month-old girl left on porch after being taken in Georgetown car theft

Mother left child in running car while shopping in perfume store

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A 4-month-old girl was found after being taken in a car theft in Georgetown, D.C. police confirmed.

The white Jeep SUV with a missing gas cap door was taken from the 3000 block of M Street NW about 6 p.m. on a bitter cold winter evening. The baby's mother left the car running while she went inside a Le Labo perfume store, witnesses said.

The baby was found in a car seat in the 1500 block of 28th Street SE about 7 p.m., police said. Residents of a home there said there was a knock at their door and they found the baby on the porch.

D.C. Fire and EMS evaluated the baby and found no injuries, police said. She was reunited with her mother.

The car is still missing.

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