Search For Missing 2-Year-Old Nalani Johnson Continues
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Two-year-old Nalani Johnson remains missing after an abduction on Saturday evening.
Allegheny County Police and FBI asked for the public’s help to locate Nalani Tuesday during a news update.
In addition, the police continued to ask for help in locating a black and gray Evenflo Maestro Sport Harness Booster Seat that Nalani was in.
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Nalani was reported missing from Penn Hills Saturday around 5 p.m.
25-year-old Sharena Islam Nancy of Penn Hills is in jail, charged in the kidnapping. Investigators say she drove east on route 22 through the Blairsville area after the abduction in a black 2017 Toyota Yaris with Lyft and Uber stickers.
Police say Nancy and Nalani’s father, Paul Johnson, was also in the car shortly before the adduction, along with another friend, was intermittently romantically involved with Nancy and that an argument broke out shortly before the abduction.
Johnson says he got out of the car and expected to get Nalani out but that is when Nancy drove away.
Anyone with information about Nancy, Nalani, or the vehicle described should call police immediately at 1-833-ALL-TIPS (1-833-255-8477).
Nalani’s grandmother Taji Walsh made the following plea during the news conference, “If anyone has any information, it doesn’t matter how big or how small, please . . . call into the tip line, local law enforcement, get that information out to somebody.”
Nancy says she was transporting the girl after Nalani's father sold her for $10,000. Investigators would not confirm that allegation.
Police are hoping now that the Labor Day weekend is over, business on Route 22 that have reopened can review any surveillance video that may not have been available over the weekend.
Authorizes ask that any businesses or private residents with cameras review their footage from 5:23 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. on Saturday evening.
Nancy was captured on video at the Sheetz store located at 4701 Penn Highway, Murrysville, PA.
