Security guard, Arizona moving company employees help recover 2-year-old allegedly taken by unrelated woman

A convenience store information defender and immoderate moving institution employees helped authorities successful Arizona find missing 2-year-old miss Kehlani Rogers and nab 23-year-old fishy Marina Noriega connected Sunday.

Noriega was "booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Intake, Transfer and Release (ITR) installation successful Phoenix for 1 number of custodial interference, a people 3 felony," the Avondale Police Department noted successful a property merchandise provided to Fox News Digital. "The narration betwixt Noriega and that of Kehlani's family, was that of a precocious met acquaintance."

KSAZ reported that the toddler's parents said Noriega was a transient they were allowing to walk the nighttime astatine their home, erstwhile she allegedly vanished with their daughter. 

Marina Noriega was taken into custody successful transportation with the little disappearance of Kehlani Rogers successful Arizona. (KSAZ)

The kid had past been seen precocious Friday night, according to a Saturday Facebook station astir her being missing. The toddler was recovered connected Sunday and reunited with her household aft immoderate bully Samaritans swooped into action. 

A Camelback Moving foreman told KSAZ that helium overheard the information defender astatine the QuikTrip saying connected the telephone that helium thought the kid was astatine the property. 

The foreman explained that erstwhile the information defender told him, helium "knew… we had to bash something" and "couldn't conscionable disregard it."

"QuikTrip information guard, C. Edmonds, archetypal noticed the young miss and an big pistillate matching the alert statement and enlisted the assistance of Camelback Moving unit members, who were astatine the location, to assistance place and corroborate the suspect’s vehicle," a Camelback Moving property merchandise noted. 

"In a rapidly coordinated initiative, the Camelback Moving employees positioned 1 of their trucks to artifact the suspect’s conveyance portion moving a 2nd motortruck to forestall immoderate flight from the parking lot," the merchandise continued.

The Avondale Police Department indicated that "Phoenix Police received a national extremity connected Kehlani’s determination aft employees of a moving institution observed Kehlani and Marina astatine a Phoenix country state station, astir 27th Ave. and Thomas Rd. Phoenix Police responded to the state station, wherever they retrieved Kehlani. Marina was taken into custody without incident."

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Marina Noriega was taken into custody successful transportation to the little disappearance of Kehlani Rogers successful Arizona. (KSAZ)

Camelback Moving president Chad Olsen celebrated the heroic actions of the company's employees.

"We are incredibly arrogant of our assemblage heroes: Robert Hernandez, Ralph Vollmert, Christopher Dixon, Kevin Place, Kevin Kimes, Gerardo Galacia, Kobe Brown and Michael Macallum for their courage, speedy reasoning and teamwork," Olsen noted successful a statement. "Their actions exemplify what it means to look retired for our assemblage and to instrumentality its information seriously. This is simply a almighty reminder that the Amber Alert strategy works. We besides privation to explicit our sincere gratitude that Kehlani was safely returned to her family."

In a connection provided to Fox News Digital, QuickTrip spokesperson Aisha Jefferson said, "On Sunday morning, a QT Guardian astatine 1 of our Phoenix locations recognized 2 customers connected to an progressive Amber Alert and instantly alerted Phoenix Police Department. Law enforcement arrived promptly, secured the child, and took the suspects into custody."

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Gastonia, North Carolina, QuickTrip state presumption and convenience store. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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"We’re grateful for our Guardian’s attentiveness and speedy thinking, and for the swift effect and professionalism from the Phoenix Police Department. The information of our employees, customers, and the communities we service is simply a apical priority," Jefferson added.

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