Well-Dressed Hairless Cat Rescued After His (Owner’s) Maserati Was Carjacked

A girl’s terrifying ordeal when her Maserati Ghibli was carjacked in Manhattan got a complete heap scarier when she realized her cat was still within the Italian sports automotive. Cat-napping proved a step too far for the carjackers, nevertheless, and the hairless cat is back with its fearful owner.

Ronnette Riley, a Manhattan architect, was driving in Manhattan on Sunday March 16 when her Maserati Ghibli was rear-ended by a Mercedes SUV on the West Side Highway. Riley was out of the automotive and exchanging details with the motive force when someone leapt into her Maserati and drove off with it, reports CBS News.

The automotive wasn’t the one beloved item that was gone within the incident, nevertheless, as Riley’s hairless cat was within the automotive when it was taken.

The automotive was tracked by police to the Whitestone Bridge where it was found crashed, and an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old were taken into custody in relation to the heist. The hairless cat, called Eilee, was not recovered within the automotive, as CBS News adds:

“Then I used to be like, now what?” Riley said. “I used to be fearful they could have thrown her out of the automotive.”

The cat hadn’t been launched from the automotive, thankfully, but had been dumped “alone within the cold” adds CBS News. Riley didn’t know this, nevertheless, and set about putting up missing posters and checking with animal rescue centers on Monday morning.

It didn’t take long after Riley began posting about her missing cat for the calls to start out coming in, and “inside hours” Eilee the cat had been found, reports ABC News. The cat was found outside the Pa’Picar restaurant in Inwood, NY, as the positioning adds: .

“The cat had like a t-shirt, like a striped t-shirt. Was a hairless cat with two different color eyes. Was a really weird cat,” said restaurant owner Manuel Ortega, “So I’m going outside to ask the people, like you do not see no one with a hairless cat with t-shirt? And the people began talking to me like what are you talking about, a hairless cat with a t-shirt on?”

Ortega headed online to post concerning the cat he’d found, and shortly enough was connected with Riley to reunite her together with her favorite feline. In relation to her automotive, nevertheless, Riley was less fortunate and the Maserati was reportedly totaled following the crash.