Harrowing moment cops find six-year-old boy in stolen car just moments after his mom was killed trying to shield him from carjackers

Police released assemblage camera footage revealing a young boy discovered unharmed wrong his mother's stolen SUV. 

The tragic incident unfolded moments aft nan Ohio mother Alexa Stakely, 29, a reside connection pathologist, threw herself onto nan hood of nan conveyance arsenic nan thief sped distant earlier falling off, leaving her pinch fatal caput injuries.

In doing so, she died trying to prevention her six-year-old son's life aft nan fishy tried to bargain nan conveyance nan six-year-old was sleeping in.

When constabulary arrived, they recovered nan parked conveyance pinch nan kid still sleeping and unharmed wrong nan vehicle. 

An officer's sound tin beryllium heard speaking mildly to nan child, who slept done nan full incident, asking if he was safe and whether aliases not he knew who took nan car.

'What's your name, buddy? nan officers says.

'Do you cognize who took nan car? Who was driving?'

Police said nan mother had loaded her sleeping boy into her Honda CR-V but ran backmost to nan babysitter's flat to prime thing up. 

That's erstwhile nan carjacker jumped into her car, which was turned on, and drove away, reports WSYX. 

The fishy fled connected ft from nan segment and has yet to beryllium taken into custody.

Columbus Division of Police officers responded to nan White Oak Park Condominiums northbound of Canal Winchester successful southeast Columbus astatine astir 1:30 americium connected Thursday.

When officers arrived, they recovered Stakely was critically injured. She transported her to Mount Carmel East Hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead.

Canal Winchester Schools posted a heartfelt tribute connected Facebook to Stakely, a dedicated speech-language therapist who worked pinch nan preschoolers astatine Winchester Trail Elementary.

'Ms. Alexa,' arsenic she was called by her students, had been pinch nan territory for 5 years.

'Ms. Stakely's family shared that she died heroically while trying to prevention her 6-year-old boy during a carjacking. Thankfully, her boy was not injured and is now pinch family. Please support Alexa's son, family, and friends successful your prayers during this difficult time,' nan territory wrote successful nan Facebook post.

'Alexa was passionate astir children and speech-language therapy,' nan station read. 'She was smart and compassionate, and she cared truthful overmuch astir helping children create their expertise to communicate. 

'She was a awesome mom who was incredibly dedicated to her son. Ms. Stakely made a quality successful nan lives of nan students and families she worked pinch and will beryllium missed by truthful galore successful our organization and beyond.'

An outpouring of emotion filled nan comments conception of nan post, arsenic parents recounted nan ways Stakely had made a quality successful their children's lives.

'She poured into each 3 of my younger boys and is simply a immense logic for my youngest 2 having specified clear reside today. She will beryllium profoundly missed,' 1 mom wrote successful a comment.

'This is perfectly devastating and heartbreaking,' 1 mom said. 'My boy adored her nan past 2 years, seeing her almost mundane astatine school. 

'She was an astonishing speech-pathologist and personification and helped my boy truthful much. Sending prayers upon prayers for her boy and family.'

Police impulse anyone pinch accusation aliases surveillance footage to travel guardant arsenic they proceed to way down nan suspect.

A GoFundMe has been made Stakley's grant to support her family.