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FL Mom Reunited With Kidnapped Child During TV Interview: Watch
A woman was arrested after authorities said she stole a Jeep from an Escambia County home with the 5-year-old girl still inside.

PENSACOLA, FL — An emotional reunion between a Pensacola family and a kidnapped little girl was unexpectedly captured on camera Monday after Escambia County authorities located the child following an extensive search.
Five-year-old Isobel Battese was sitting in her mother's Jeep outside a home on Oakland Drive when the SUV was stolen around 4 p.m., the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities scoured the area for more than an hour, trying to locate the gold Jeep and the little girl, police said. Authorities issued an Amber Alert and spread the word on social media before eventually locating the Jeep near Woodsies Bar on Mobile Highway, police said.
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Isobel was found safe inside the SUV, police said.
During the search, Isobel's stepmother, Mika King, pleaded for the girl's safe return during an on-camera interview with WEAR-TV.
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"I will give you whatever you want. I will give you all the money you want. Just give her back," King told the station.
Moments later, her request was granted when someone off-camera shouted, "They found her!"
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons arrived at the scene, carrying Isobel in his arms before delivering her safely to her family, according to WEAR's video.
"I can tell you, on the way over here, she was very happy," Simmons told the station. "She was talking a lot about going to kindergarten, she was worried about her mother's Jeep. She's quite the little girl."
On Tuesday, authorities arrested 23-year-old Miracle Armstrong in connection with the kidnapping. She was booked into Escambia County Jail, where she is being held on a $218,000 bond, according to a separate WEAR report.
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