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Philadelphia police say they have surveillance footage of a man who on Tuesday used the bank card of a woman whose weekend kidnapping was caught on video, according to ABC News.

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither’s mother broke down Tuesday and pleaded, “Please give me my child back. Please give her back, please give her back, please give her back.”

Carlesha Freeland-GaitherPhiladelphia Police DepartmentCarlesha Freeland-GaitherPhiladelphia Police Department

The 22-year-old woman’s card was used early Tuesday at a bank in Aberdeen, Maryland, about 70 miles from Philadelphia, where she was abducted at 9:40 p.m. Sunday while walking in the Germantown neighborhood, the report said.

Freeland-Gaither was seen in the video being wrestled down on a sidewalk and being forced into her kidnapper’s car, a 2000-2002 gray Ford Taurus.

Witnesses said they heard breaking glass, which police believe was the woman kicking out the rear window. Her glasses and cellphone were found at the scene.

It is unknown whether Freeland-Gaither knew her abductor, police said.

Authorities have interviewed a driver who witnessed the kidnapping. The driver’s car was seen in the video pulling up with the headlights pointed at the kidnapper trying to force the woman into his car. The driver then backs away.

A $42,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest.

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