Apparently, they realized she was kidnapped, not just missing.
From the link:
"The officers, M. Wollmershauser Jr. and S. Blann found Berry and the little girl, both partially clothed, in the truck, just as other officers were broadcasting the kidnapping call."
Someone want to tell me why a 2 yo was out in the front yard alone in order to be taken in the first place?! GRRRR! Why wasn't someone watching her like a hawk? She is 2 years old!! Not to mention it was almost 9:00pm!
Investigators believe Berry took the girl from her North Tulsa home around
8:45pm Wednesday.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local/stor...-lewd-molestation/sxe2Q8mucUeMEhnFbJLZBA.cspx
I am grateful she is at home safe with her family tonight instead of becoming another horrific statistic. There is no way I believe that man would have returned her when he would know he was facing the probability of a life term. No doubt in my mind these two officers did save her life. Bravo, TPD's finest!! They are heros.
Here is a great story of how they found them.:
Police: Divine Intervention Led To Sex Offender's Capture
Posted: Aug 13, 2009 8:32 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 13, 2009 9:56 PM CDT
TULSA, OK -- The two Tulsa Police officers who discovered Marcus Berry, Senior, with the two-year-old girl say it's pretty incredible they even found her. The officers discovered Berry and the little girl before the call even went out that she was missing. If it weren't for a glance out of the corner of an eye, they might have driven right on by.
The officers weren't searching for an abducted child. They weren't trying to match a suspect description. They were just patrolling an unfamiliar road.
"A lot of what we do is good cop instinct. And, a lot of it is luck. Last night had nothing to do with both. It was divine intervention, completely," said Tulsa Police Officer Mark Wollmershauser, Junior.
Officer Mark Wollmershauser, Junior says a divine hand steered him and his partner Officer Stephanie Blann to a deserted gravel road.
Officers say along the far off the road, they barely saw Marcus Berry's pickup truck. They say 30 minutes later it would have been dark. With all of the tall grass in the area, they never would have seen it.
But, Officer Wollmershauser caught sight of a tail light out of the corner of his eye. The two officers approached the truck and said they knew immediately something wasn't right.
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=10928418 << Has a photo of the truck when they found it and it was definitely hard to spot.