Good Samaritan speaks out after helping to find missing 2-year-old
A Good Samaritan is opening up about helping to find a missing toddler in Arizona.
Ralph Vollmert, a foreman with Camelback Moving, was starting his Sunday with colleagues at a QuikTrip convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona, when they noticed a young girl who looked like a 2-year-old child pictured in an Amber Alert notification that Avondale Police had released on Feb. 21.
"I pulled up the Amber Alert because [my colleague Robert Hernandez was] like, 'That little girl just ran right past me,'" Vollmert recalled to ABC News.
According to Vollmert, the moving crew heard a security guard for the convenience store took a photo of the girl, who was visiting the shop with a woman, and notified police.
In video shared by Camelback Moving, Vollmert and his colleagues can be heard discussing the situation and deciding what to do next.
"Oh my god, that's her," Hernandez can be heard saying.
"Yeah?" Vollmert asks in reply.
"Is it really?" a third colleague asks.
"Yup, that's her. It looks like her," Hernandez repeats.
Vollmert told ABC News they were trying to be careful and decided to move their vehicle to block the truck of the alleged kidnappers before police arrived on scene.
"We decided we're going to block them in. We're gonna make sure this child gets home," Vollmert said, adding, "We weren't trying to make it known that we were sitting there blocking them. We didn't want them to try to, you know, leave the scene."
Avondale Police confirmed in a Feb. 22 Facebook post that detectives acted on tips from community members and located the missing child, Kehlani Rogers, who was found safely and was allegedly found with a 23-year-old woman.
"We can officially confirm that Kehlani Rogers has been found safe and in good health," the police department said in part, noting that the woman was subsequently "taken into custody" and would be "booked into the Maricopa County Jail system on charges related to this incident."
Phoenix Police Lt. Matt Hanson praised the quick thinking and efforts of the Camelback Moving crew and everyone at the QuickTrip convenience store that morning.
"I also have not seen [a] resolution to an Amber Alert myself. It's a very cool feeling," Hanson told ABC News' Phoenix station KNXV.
Camelback Moving also shared a Facebook post Sunday, saying it "couldn't be more proud of" its employees' actions.
"Their awareness, teamwork and willingness to take initiative helped bring her home safely, for which was are immensely grateful," the company said in part. "Camelback Moving is unspeakably proud of our community heroes: Robert Hernandez, Ralph Vollmert, Christopher Dixon, Kevin Place, Kevin Kimes, Gerardo Galacia, Kobe Brown and Michael Macallum!"
