A worried-sick mum has issued a desperate plea to her one-year-old son’s kidnapper, telling them: “Don’t get upset at the crying. He’s just a baby.”

Blaise Barnett was kidnapped from outside his home in the city of Clarkston in the US state of Georgia in the early hours of Wednesday, 10th November.

He was reportedly sleeping inside his parents’ SUV while they were taking the shopping in when the vehicle was allegedly stolen “in 30 seconds”, according to devastated mum Deonna Bray.

The Clarkston and Dekalb County Police Departments later located the vehicle at a nearby address around six minutes away by car. However, both Blaise and his car seat were missing from the Ford Explorer.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the vehicle.

Both the police and the FBI are currently searching for the missing youngster, who was reportedly wearing a dinosaur-print vest top and a nappy with no trousers at the time. He was also wrapped in a blanket.

A worried Bray has issued a heart-wrenching message to her son’s snatcher, reported in media outlets including Chattanooga Daily News as saying: “If he’s cold, just keep him warm. I know he’s crying right now. Don’t get upset at the crying. He’s just a baby. He doesn’t know what’s going on. He doesn’t know who you are. Don’t get irritated. I beg you.”

The youngster’s great aunt Shonetine Miller has said that the family will not press charges against the perpetrator of the alleged crime if the missing tot is delivered back to his home unharmed.

At the time of writing, little Blaise had not yet been found. Clarkston Police Chief Christine Hudson has revealed that the search for the missing youngster is now “nationwide”.