Police say Deangelo Fountain, 18, a student at Metro Prep in Arlington Heights, is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated kidnapping and possessing a stolen vehicle after the February 20 incident.
The boy's step father, Tony Riley, says the five-year-old boy, Drake Whitaker, is doing very well and managed to sleep through the most traumatic parts of the ordeal. He also says both he and his wife have discussed what happened with the five-year-old.
Last week, 18-year-old Deangelo Fountain stole a running car out of the driveway with the boy asleep in the back seat. Riley credits police and citizens who helped track him down in just two hours in Skokie. The incident began more ominously when the mother called 911.
Listen to the Park Ridge mother's 911 call
In the 911 call, the boy's mother screams, "My baby!" repeatedly while apparently running down the street after the stolen car as she tries to give the dispatcher details, telling the operator the car was headed toward Northwest Highway with a black man behind the wheel. She eventually finds a neighbor who takes the phone and tries to give the dispatcher more details as the mother can still be heard yelling in the background. The mother tells the neighbor she does not know her license plate number.
The 5-year-old's mother, who is eight weeks pregnant, was scheduled to have an ultrasound the day her son was kidnapped. Doctors were concerned about her health in the wake of the incident.
Riley says he and his wife have not listened to the tapes. At this point they are just trying to get past it.
''That was easily the most terrifying moment in my wife's life, it's painful,'' he said.
Police were able to find suspect Deangelo Fountain 10 hours after the kidnapping. The 18-year-old is a high school student and is being held without bond.
Fountain is charged with aggravated kidnapping and carjacking. Police say he has given a signed confession.
