MESSAGE TO OTHERS. SHE IS THE BEST BABY. ONE YEAR OLD CORA FRANZ LOVES MUSIC. SHE LIKES TO DANCE AND SING, AND SHE ALREADY KNOWS HER ABCS. SHE’S SMART AS A WHIP AND THE ORDEAL SHE AND HER FAMILY WENT THROUGH FRIDAY IS ONE THEY WON’T EVER FORGET. I DON’T THINK I FULLY, LIKE DIGESTED WHAT HAS HAPPENED. CORA IS HOME SAFE NOW WITH HER PARENTS AFTER BEING INSIDE THEIR CAR WHEN IT WAS STOLEN BY A MAN RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR HOME. I PULLED UP. I LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND THE HAZARDS ON HER MOM, BRIAN PARSONS, GOT BABY CORA STRAPPED INTO HER CAR SEAT AND PULLED UP NEXT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX PARKING WHERE SHE COULD SEE HER FRONT DOOR ON THE SECOND FLOOR. SHE DASHED UPSTAIRS TO TELL HER EIGHT YEAR OLD SON IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE STORE. I RAN UP THE STAIRS, POKED MY HEAD IN THE APARTMENT, TOLD HIM, COME ON, YOU GOT YOUR SHOES ON, LET’S GO. BUT IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, SOMEONE STOLE THEIR CAR WITH BABY CORA IN IT. MY CAR IS GONE. IT’S TOTALLY GONE. AND I FREAK OUT WITH HER PHONE IN THE STOLEN CAR. BRIAN WENT DOOR TO DOOR BEGGING FOR HELP. FINALLY, SOMEBODY ANSWERED THE DOOR AND I TOLD HIM TO CALL 911. THAT THAT SOMEBODY HAD STOLE MY CAR WITH MY BABY IN. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. IT WAS MY WORST NIGHTMARE, SHE SAYS THE RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS IMMEDIATE, AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, WORD CAME THAT CORA HAD BEEN DISCOVERED IN A SHOPPING CENTER. THIS IS WHERE THAT BABY WAS FOUND. THIS IS THE BACK LOADING DOCK AREA OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND LUCKILY, SOMEONE SAW THE BABY AND CALLED AUTHORITIES GRATEFUL. THE CAR THIEF DIDN’T KEEP THE BABY IN THE CAR, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. WHY WOULD HE DROP HER OFF BACK THERE WHERE SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING, STRAPPED IN HER CAR SEAT FOR HOURS? FINALLY, THE MOMENT CAME WHEN BRIAN WAS REUNITED WITH BABY CORA. SO BEING AND HOLDING HER BABY AGAIN, I JUST DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND WAS LIKE UNCONTROLLABLY SOBBING. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RELEASE OF RELIEF WAS JUST GLAD THAT EVERYTHING WAS INTACT AND SHE WAS SMILING. NOW SHE HAS A MESSAGE FOR OTHER PARENTS. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU THINK THIS WON’T HAPPEN TO YOU, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT HAPPENED TO ME. AND THAT’S SCARY BECAUSE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM WITH YOU TO GO INTO THE STORE. DO IT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THEY’RE ASLEEP. DON’T LEAVE THEM IN THE CAR UNATTENDED. JUST DON’T DO IT. THE FAMILY GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. THEY SAY THE SAFE RETURN OF THEIR BABY AFTER SUCH A TERRIFYING ORDEAL. I THINK SHE’S OKAY. AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS IN RANCHO CORDOVA MELANIE WINGO, KCRA THREE NEWS. OH, YOU CAN FEEL THAT RELIEF. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS 26 YEAR-OLD AARON LEMUS IS NOW UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH STEALING THE CAR. AND CORA’S PARENTS CREDIT THE QUICK WORK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR LITTLE GIRL WAS SAFELY RETURNED TO THEM. THEY’RE HOPING TO MEET UP WITH THE FIRST RESPONDER SOON TO