Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was abducted Sunday night on her way home and it was all caught on surveillance video. NBC10's Rosemary Connors spent the entire day with Freeland-Gaither's family. She has the latest. (Published Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014) 
 
 The cry for help barely escaped Keisha Gaither’s throat as she begged for her daughter’s safe return. 
 
 “Please give me back my child. Please give me my baby,” she hoarsely uttered, as tears ran down her face, before a crush of local and national reporters on Tuesday. 
 
 Her baby is Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. 
 
 Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was abducted off a Germantown street on Nov. 2. 
 
 Photo credit: Family Photo/Philadelphia Police 
 
 The 22-year-old woman was abducted by an unidentified man while walking home from a visit to her godson’s house in Germantown Sunday night. No one has heard from her since she screamed for help while being pushed into a dark gray metallic Ford Taurus that night. 
 
 “She’s a young female. She doesn’t have to go through this,” her father, Carl Freeland, said. They’re the same comments he’s been trying to get out to the kidnapper for two days. 
 
 “Whatever you’re asking for, just get in contact with me and my family. Again, not pressing no charges or nothing like that. All we want back is our daughter,” he said. 
 
 Carlesha is a loving person who is always there for others, according to her family. 
 
 "Carlesha was really a sweethart, and if you all look at that picture, you all can tell that she loved she loved animals," her sister, Brettany Gaither, said referencing the photo family members have used to tell people about her dissapearance. "She's just a free person." 
 
 Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was forced into a car on Nov. 2, 2014, according to Philadelphia Police. 
 
 Photo credit: Philadelphia Police 
 
 She spent most of her life, from 4 years old until she was 19, living with her grandmother, Ana Mulero, in California, Maryland, which is in the southern part of the state. The woman attended grade and high school there and moved back to Philadelphia two years ago to start a career, the family said. 
 
 Once here, she lived with her grandfather. Carlesha moved out two months ago and has been working as a nurses’ aide in Penn Presbyterian Hospital’s cancer center. 
 
 “Not only did she enjoy what she was doing, the people there loved her,” said the woman’s grandmother, Ana Mulero. 
 
 Philadelphia Police are looking into a few leads in the case, but have yet to find a link to her whereabouts. They are investigating a man’s use of Carlesha’s ATM card at a bank in Aberdeen, Maryland at 6 a.m. Monday, some 10 hours after the abduction. Investigators released a series of photos of the man inside the bank and are calling him a person of interest. 
 
 Police released these surveillance photos from an ATM in Aberdeen, Maryland of a person of interest in the abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. 
 
 Photo credit: Philadelphia Police 
 
 Officials also asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect’s car seen in widely distributed surveillance video. 
 
 As the search draws into its third day Tuesday night, Carlesha's family is not worried if the young woman will be returned. They believe it will be a matter of when. 
 
 “She’s a very strong person and I have a lot of faith in her and a lot of faith in God so I know she’s going to make it through,” Mulero said. 
 
 “‘I love you,’” her mother, Keisha Gaither said, speaking to her missing daughter. “All you got to do is just get out. Just come home.” 
 
 Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter. ||||| As the search continues for the woman forcibly abducted in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood, her family is talking about a former boyfriend who, they say, was "obsessed" with her.Carlesha Freeland-Gaither has been missing since being snatched off the street Sunday night.Surveillance video not only showed Carlesha's abduction, it also showed the vehicle involved.Police say that car had a front license tag which indicates it could be from Maryland.Carlesha was raised in Maryland and returned to Philadelphia two years ago.The family says a former boyfriend from Maryland was obsessed with her and tracked her down."It scared her so she backed off from him, but he found her. When she came up here he found her," one family member said.Meanwhile, Carlesha's ATM card was used at an ATM just off I-95 in Aberdeen, Maryland at 6:01 a.m. Monday morning. A surveillance image of the person who used the card was shown to the family."I did not recognize the person in the picture, but I know (the boyfriend) has a light complexion. The picture was not very clear, but - if I had to say - it's a possibility," said Carlesha's grandmother, Ana Mulero.Carlesha's family is pleading for her safe return."Please give me back my child. Please give me give my baby. I just want my daughter. Please let her go," said her mother, Keisha Gaither."Just release her, we're not asking for anything else. If you want somebody, come get me," her father, Carl Freeland, said. "Whatever you're asking for, just get into contact with me and my family. All we want back is my daughter."Her sister spoke directly to Carlesha, saying "If you see me or hear me out there, just know that I love you and we want you to come home."A $47,000 reward is being offered in this case. Some of the money is being offered for both an arrest and conviction, some for an arrest only.Authorities hope the reward and the dramatic surveillance video of the kidnapping released Monday will lead to a break in the case."We need to find this young lady," said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. "We need to find the person responsible and get him in custody and get her home safely."The surveillance video released by police on Monday shows Freeland-Gaither's violent abduction in chilling detail.It happened at 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Coulter Street.You can see someone park a 2000-2002 dark gray metallic 4-door Ford Taurus with Pennsylvania plates by the street.A man in a hooded sweatshirt gets out of the car and goes out of view, but then comes back dragging Carlesha.She is seen struggling against her abductor while being dragged down the street. Police say she kicked out both rear windows just before the car sped away.Police found Carlesha's glasses and mobile phone lying on the road where the abduction occurred.On Monday they also picked up a glove at the scene as possible evidence.Carlesha's family says she worked as a nurse and had spent the evening visiting with her godson before heading home.They say she was just blocks from her home when she was abducted.The suspect is described as a black male, 5'10, medium-heavy build, 25-30 years-of-age, medium brown complexion, wearing a dark colored jacket with a dark colored hood possibly a hooded sweatshirt underneath, dark colored hat, and dark colored pants.The vehicle is described as a 2000-2002 dark gray metallic 4-door Ford Taurus with an unknown PA license number, an unknown plate on the front bumper, rear spoiler, and both driver and passenger side rear windows broken out. The vehicle is missing inspection stickers and has an unknown item in the center bottom of the front windshield.Anyone with information about the incident or Carlesha's whereabouts is being asked to call Philadelphia Police Northwest Detectives at 215-686-3353. ||||| PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A bank card belonging to a woman abducted from a Philadelphia street was used the next morning in Maryland by a man whose grainy image was caught on bank cameras, police said Tuesday as relatives tearfully pleaded for her return. 
 
 Family members surround Keisha Gaither, center, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. A bank card belonging to Carlesha... (Associated Press) 
 
 Keisha Gaither, center, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is overcome by emotion during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for... (Associated Press) 
 
 Dereck Alston, center, grandfather of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is overcome by emotion during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000... (Associated Press) 
 
 Keisha Gaither, third from left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, answers questions during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000... (Associated Press) 
 
 Family members surround Keisha Gaither, seated at center, mother of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, as she speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000... (Associated Press) 
 
 Family members surround Keisha Gaither, third from left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to... (Associated Press) 
 
 Brettany Gaither, right, sister of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, receives a hug prior to the start of a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000... (Associated Press) 
 
 Keisha Gaither, left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is comforted during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for information... (Associated Press) 
 
 This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. A bank card belonging to Freeland-Gaither, a woman abducted Sunday night from a Philadelphia street,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Chief Inspector Dennis Wilson and family members of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither address the news media during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for... (Associated Press) 
 
 Dereck Alston, right, grandfather of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, is comforted by a family member during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to... (Associated Press) 
 
 Dereck Alston, grandfather of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for information leading... (Associated Press) 
 
 Detectives said the security images show a man using Carlesha Freeland-Gaither's card at 6 a.m. Monday at an ATM just off a highway exit for Aberdeen, about 75 miles from Philadelphia. The transaction occurred less than nine hours after the reported abduction Sunday night. 
 
 Philadelphia police released a series of the images late Tuesday. The man in the pictures is wearing a hoodie, and the pictures that reveal his face are dark and blurry. 
 
 The girl's grandmother, Ana Mulero, told The Associated Press she did not recognize the man in the pictures. The missing woman had lived with her in Maryland for several years, and still has acquaintances there, she said. 
 
 Chief Inspector Dennis Wilson said Philadelphia police were working with Maryland authorities and the FBI to search the area. 
 
 It was a fresh lead in a case that quickly gained attention after police released black-and-white surveillance video showing the 22-year-old woman flailing in vain as a man rushed her along a sidewalk to a parked car. 
 
 The FBI said Tuesday it was also working to enhance the video and was offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect. Local officials previously pledged $17,000 in rewards. 
 
 "Our goal is the safe return of Carlesha to her family and friends," Christian Zajac, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Philadelphia office, said at a news conference. 
 
 Several of Freeland-Gaither's relatives also spoke. 
 
 "Just return her to us, to her family," Mulero said. "We need her." 
 
 Freeland-Gaither's mother, Keisha Gaither, said: "I just want her home. She got family. She's loved. Just let her come home." 
 
 To her daughter, Gaither said: "Just fight. Don't give up. Just fight." 
 
 Freeland-Gaither, a nursing assistant at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, had graduated from high school in Maryland and lived with her grandfather in Philadelphia until a couple of months ago, when she moved in with her boyfriend, relatives said. 
 
 Freeland-Gaither worked with cancer patients and was pursuing a career in nursing, Mulero said. 
 
 "I'm very proud of her," her father, Carl Freeland, said. "She was always there for anybody and everybody no matter what." 
 
 Police said they were unsure if Freeland-Gaither might have known her abductor or whether there was more than one person involved. 
 
 A witness called 911 at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday and reported seeing a woman identified as Freeland-Gaither screaming for help as she was forced into a dark gray four-door vehicle. 
 
 Police said Freeland-Gaither's glasses and cellphone were dropped on the street, near piles of broken auto glass. 
 
 The witness said Freeland-Gaither — described by her parents as easy going until she's threatened — broke the car's rear side windows before the vehicle sped off. 
 
 Police said the suspect is in his 20s and about 5-foot-10 with a medium to heavy build. They said he is likely driving a gray, four-door Ford sedan — the vehicle in the surveillance video — likely built between 2000 and 2002. 
 
 Freeland-Gaither's parents circulated fliers in Germantown, the neighborhood where she lived and was last seen. Facebook groups sprung up with prayers for her safe return. 
 
 Mayor Michael Nutter approved a $10,000 city reward Monday for information on Freeland-Gaither's disappearance. 
 
 John McNesby, the President of the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Tuesday the union would offer an additional $5,000 reward. The Citizens Crime Commission added $2,000.
– A big lead in the search for a woman snatched from a Philadelphia street: Bank cameras captured an unknown man using an ATM card belonging to Carlesha Freeland-Gaither less than nine hours after she was kidnapped. Police say the card was used early on Monday about 75 miles from Philadelphia near a highway exit for Aberdeen, Md., the AP reports. The missing 22-year-old's family says an ex-boyfriend from Maryland was obsessed with her and managed to track her down after she moved to Philadelphia from the state two years ago, reports ABC 7. Her grandmother says she doesn't recognize the person in the grainy security camera images, but there is a possibility it could be the ex-boyfriend. Her parents have pleaded for her safe return, NBC reports. "Please give me back my child. Please give me my baby," her mother begged, while her father urged the kidnapper to "just get in contact with me and my family. Again, not pressing no charges or nothing like that. All we want back is our daughter." Police have described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a heavy build. They say he is probably driving a 2000-2002 dark gray metallic four-door Ford Taurus—the vehicle Freeland-Gaither was forced into—with an unknown Pennsylvania license number, an unknown plate on the front bumper, and both driver- and passenger-side rear windows broken out.