A jogger in Houston, Texas happened upon a crying baby who had been kidnapped and dumped by the side of a busy road. The baby, Genesis Hailey was discovered in fine health, but had been stolen six hours previously along with her mother's car from a petrol station.

The baby's mother told Houston police that she had left the child sleeping with the car engine running while she went to pay quickly.

The car was abandoned separately to the baby, who was found lying in her car seat among bushes on a Houston roadside. The police are still searching for a suspect, believed to be a man in his late teens or early 20's.