A 13-month-old boy lost his life on January 27 when he was kidnapped by an “acquaintance” of his mother.

His mother, Mikayla Tweedie, had left him in the car with another woman, with the motor running, as she ran into the house to quickly drop off her cousin’s cat. 

The woman, Antwineesha Burse, 31, found later to be driving without a license, jumped into the driver’s seat and sped away. The child was not secured in his car seat.

The Milwaukee Police Department said Burse was driving a white Pontiac, which got into a road accident with a green Dodge Caravan on Friday, January 27, at around 11:30 pm, resulting in the death of the little boy, Zarion Robinson, who was inside the car.

Authorities said the other car’s occupants fled the accident scene.

The baby boy was seated in his car seat in the vehicle’s rear passenger side. According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, the car seat was unsecured. He was pronounced dead at around 1:10 am, two hours after the crash.

The mom, Tweedie, told the police that she had only been in the house for a few moments when Burse drove off with her son. 

Tweedie said she called Burse and begged her to return the boy, and that she did not care about the car. She was shocked that Burse took her car and could not understand why she did it. She said she knew the suspect well enough not to imagine she would do such a thing.

Not long after she stole the car, Burse ended up in the car crash that destroyed it.

First responders found the baby awake and crying. He was still in his car seat, facing face down on the floor.

They brought the baby and the driver to a nearby hospital, but the boy was pronounced dead a couple of hours after the crash. Burse sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken into custody.

Zarion’s father, Eddie Anthony, told a local news outlet that he wants justice for his son’s death. He said the baby did not deserve to die, and that the family was heartbroken.

The family organized a vigil for Zarion on Tuesday night at the crash site, where loved ones and locals mourned the boy.

If convicted, Burse could get locked up for up to six years and pay a fine of up to $10,000.