Teen Spots A Shirt On Her Car Windshield, Quick Thinking Saves Her Life

Ashley Hardacre narrowly avoided the tragic outcome of a life in human trafficking and her warning should be read by all.

A recent trend is being viewed across America and the outcome is undesirable to say the least. Criminals has are luring woman out of their cars by placing an item of clothing on their windshield. Fortunately for Ashley Hardacre her parents had already informed her of this ruse which may have ultimately saved their daughters life.

Via AWM:

Flint Township Police Detective Sgt. Brad Wangler has warned residents to always go with their gut instinct and if something doesn’t feel right, seek help or get out of the area immediately. And of course, tell the police about the situation because it’s helpful to know so they can warn others and be on high alert.

Unfortunately, human trafficking and kidnapping is a very real issue and happens more than we think.

When Ashley Hardacre was heading to her car in the mall parking lot where she worked, she didn’t think a whole lot about it when she saw a blue flannel shirt on her windshield. She simply thought that maybe someone just misplaced it or thought it fell out of her car.

When she got inside her car, she locked the doors, like she normally did. And instead of touching the shirt and removing it, she decided to put her windshield wipers on to try and brush it off. The Michigan native did this because she had recently heard stories about how men would place things on women’s windshields in an attempt to lure them out of their cars to kidnap or assault them. There had been several of these cases reported in Flint, where Ashley worked.

“I got to my car and locked the doors behind me immediately as I always do and noticed that there was a blue flannel shirt on my windshield. There were two cars near me and one was running so I immediately felt uneasy and knew I couldn’t get out to get it off. At first, I thought maybe someone had just thrown it on my car for some odd reason.”

Ashley is grateful that her parents had told her about this tactic that criminals have been using, and she’s quite frightened that it happened to her. It turns out that Ashley was right and Human Traffickers have recently been found to leave “gifts” on victims’ windshields. When the person gets out of the car to remove the items, they kidnap them before they even know what is going on.