(Duluth, Ga., Feb. 28, 2024) – An arrest has been made following a social media video showing a child in the trunk of a grey passenger car.

On Sunday, February 25, an officer assigned to the West Precinct took a report from a woman who wanted to report a video she had recently seen on social media. In the video, a child is seen in the trunk of a Dodge passenger car as it is being driven on a roadway. The video referenced “Gwinnett County,” but it was unclear exactly where it was filmed or when the incident occurred. There was a large object in the trunk along with the child. An out-of-state license plate was displayed on the back of the vehicle.

On Monday, February 26, a detective assigned to the Special Victims Unit was tasked with following up on the incident. Utilizing FLOCK, the same vehicle was seen in the area of Pleasant Hill Road and Shackleford Road in unincorporated Duluth on February 25. In the images, the child could be seen in the vehicle's trunk.

The detective identified the registered owner and met with her on February 27 at her home in Duluth. The item in the trunk was a baby bassinet recently purchased through an online marketplace advertisement, and the child (boy, age 12) was sitting in the trunk to help hold the item in place.

Diana Denise Shaffer (age 36, Duluth) was placed under arrest and charged with Reckless Conduct and a Seat Belt Violation. She was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail on February 27 at 6:38 p.m. Her son was temporarily placed in the custody of a family member until Diana bonded out of jail earlier this morning.