A mum-of-three has revealed her scary ordeal after finding a tracking device on her pram – and is now warning other parents.
When Diamond Williams heard something fall from her baby’s stroller, she was shocked to see an Apple Airtag on the ground – with her son’s initials etched on.
The 30-year-old claims neither she, nor her husband, had purchased the device and that the pram was empty when they left home that day.
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Now, she’s taken to TikTok, with the video racking up 2.7m views and over 86,000 likes, to warn other parents to check their children and their belongings while out in public.
“I felt crazy for a really long time but now I know this is happening to other people everywhere,” Diamond, a stay-at-home mum, told Need To Know.
“My first reaction was to ask my son: ‘Who got you an Airtag?’ even though he doesn’t know what this is.
“I tried to brush it off as nothing and called my husband, all our close friends and family to check if they had gotten him this – but none of them knew what I was talking about.
“He has a popular name, Jaxton, so the initials engraved on ‘JAX’ isn’t something that’s uncommon.
“I thought maybe it was someone else’s which I had accidentally picked up, but then I thought about it more and realised it was most likely placed on my stroller.”
Diamond, from Fortworth, US, says the occurrence happened in summer 2023 when taking her children to the zoo.
In the video, she details the full situation.
She reveals the Airtag in question, before saying that she asked her neighbour, who is a police officer, when arriving home for some advice.
Diamond, who is mum to Jaxton, now 10, Carson, four and Juliette, one, says: “He suggested that’s too coincidental to be a coincidence and that I report it to the police.”
She was advised to reset and dispense of the Airtag, but decided to keep hold of it in case it was needed for evidence – but didn’t go through with filing a report.
Now, she aims to be more cautious when leaving home, especially with her children – and had forgotten about the incident until recently.
Diamond adds: “Someone sent me a video that someone else had [gone] through a very similar situation.
“I saw some police officers in Canada and places in the United States talking about how they’re finding Airtags on people’s items that are specific names or initials.”
She claims that there’s been reports of people buying tracking devices in bulk, getting them engraved for free and then proceeding to “stalk” those with names that match.
The 30-year-old ends with a warning: “Trust your gut, trust your intuition – if you find an Airtag on you, don’t assume you bought it and forgot – because no one does that.”
Users have flocked to the comments to share their reactions, with people revealing their own similar experiences.
“Weird just had my daughters birthday at the same zoo this past weekend and last night got an AirTag notification but I can’t find it,” said Kendra.
Someone else commented: “I found one on my jeep after I was alerted by my phone I was being tracked by an AirTag. I stopped found it and drove to police station right away.”
“And people think I’m overreacting when I say I don’t feel comfortable leaving alone with my kids when I don’t have to,” Aliciana added.
Another user said: “Tip call your child by multiple names my kids have various way for me to call them without people knowing they’re actual name cause I’ll call them by more than one name.”
“You say Jaxton is a very popular name, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it,” one person commented.
Diamond added: “Looking back, I probably could’ve done things differently – but in the moment, I did what I felt I was capable of.
“Luckily, nothing came of it.
“It’s a really odd situation and could have been much more serious that I took it.
“I want to warn people to open up their minds to the idea that just because it doesn’t make sense, doesn’t mean it wasn’t a thought out plan by someone with ill intent.
“Hopefully sharing my experience, will, at the very least, make people more alert and aware of their surroundings.
“Especially parents of young children who are easy targets.”
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