Houston police say 18-month-old Evan Montgomery Lamar Miller was still strapped in the backseat when the 1996 Jeep Cherokee was discovered Friday morning behind a strip mall about a block from the Walmart parking lot in Houston where the car was stolen.
A police statement says Evan "appears to be fine."
Evan's mother left the car's engine idling Thursday evening when she ran into the store to withdraw some money from an ATM. His 7-year-old cousin fled the SUV as a man climbed into the car and drove it away.