Friday 6 August 2021

Colorado mother, 33, is arrested after shocking footage 'shows her forcing her five-year-old son into the trunk of her car'

 This is the shocking moment a homeless mother forced her five-year-old son into the trunk of a car. 

Chelsea-Rae Trujillo was filmed pushing the youngster into the back of the mid-2000s blue Chevy Malibu in Pueblo, Colorado on Wednesday afternoon. 

Witnesses said Trujillo screamed at the child: 'Get in there before I f*** you up.' 

Police arrested the mother on Thursday after a major manhunt and appeal for information. They said the boy was found unhurt. 

Chelsea-Rae Trujillo, 33, pictured, was arrested by Pueblo Police Department in Colorado after she was filmed on August 4 shoving her five-year-old son into the trunk of her car

Chelsea-Rae Trujillo, 33, pictured, was arrested by Pueblo Police Department in Colorado after she was filmed on August 4 shoving her five-year-old son into the trunk of her car

Chelsea-Rae Trujillo was filmed forcing her the boy into the trunk of her car in Pueblo

Chelsea-Rae Trujillo was filmed forcing her the boy into the trunk of her car in Pueblo

A bystander filmed Trujillo threatening her son as she shoved him into the trunk of the car

A bystander filmed Trujillo threatening her son as she shoved him into the trunk of the car

Pueblo Police confirmed they arrested Trujillo on suspicion of child abuse and breaching a restraining order

A member of the public confronted Trujillo as they filming the shocking moment. 

The concerned citizen then handed the footage over to the police who launched a major manhunt.  

Pueblo Police tracked down Trujillo on Thursday night and rescued her son who was unharmed. 

She was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and for breaching the terms of a restraining order.


According to the local police department: 'On August 4, 2021 at approximately 2:20 pm, Pueblo police responded to the 1900 block of N. Norwood Avenue regarding a possible child abuse. 

'Police received information that a woman, later identified as 33-year-old Chelsea Trujillo, was forcefully placing her 5-year-old male child in the trunk of her vehicle.'

Police discovered that Tujillo and her son were homeless and were living in the car.


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