COLUMBUS, Ohio — 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.
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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.
Police said that before stealing the SUV, the suspects had been seen walking around nearby apartment complexes and condominiums. The complexes include: White Oak Park Condominiums, The Green, The Residences at James Place, Brynwood Reserve and The Residences at Akita Lane.
Detectives are particularly interested in any video captured after the theft of Stakely's Honda north of Brynwood Green Drive. They ask that residents of The Residences at James Place and The Residences at Akita Lane check for any video they may have from that morning.
Police are asking anyone who may have video of the incident or anyone loitering in the area to send it to them here or scan the QR code below.
Stakely was a speech-language pathologist in the preschool program at Winchester Trail Elementary School. She had been doing the job for five years and was fondly known by her students as “Ms. Alexa.”
Police said Stakely was a single mother and also worked a second job as a waitress to help support her son.