> Columbus police release new video showing moments after vehicle theft that left 29-year-old dead
Columbus police release new video showing moments after vehicle theft that left 29-year-old dead
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The Columbus Division of Police released a new surveillance video Wednesday showing the moments after suspects stole a 29-year-old mother's SUV with her child in the back seat.
The new video comes just one day after police released two other surveillance videos showing three male suspects believed to be connected to the vehicle theft and Alexa Stakely's death last week.
Stakely was killed after trying to stop her vehicle from being stolen as her 6-year-old son was asleep in the backseat. The incident happened on July 11 at an apartment complex on the southeast side of Columbus.
Stakely arrived at the complex around 1:30 a.m. Thursday to pick up her son from her babysitter's apartment. Police said she initially brought the boy to her Honda CRV, which she had left running, then returned to the babysitter's unit to get the child's belongings.
As she returned to her vehicle, Stakely saw someone starting to back it out onto the roadway and she ran toward the SUV, screaming for her son and telling the driver to stop.
Stakely was struck by the vehicle and knocked to the pavement, suffering a head injury. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The suspects abandoned the car a short distance away from where Stakely was struck, police said.
New surveillance video released Wednesday shows two of the three suspects running behind Stakely's SUV just after it was stolen. Police say those two suspects met up with the driver once the car was abandoned and all three continued northbound.
The last place the suspects are captured on video is walking northbound at Brynwood Green Drive.