Story highlights The children were cold when they were found, but unharmed, authorities said

Police: Car stolen after babysitter left engine running when he went inside his house

(CNN) Two toddlers who were apparently abducted when the car they were in was stolen have been found safe, the Riverside County Sheriff's office in California tweeted Friday.

"We got the outcome we were hoping for," Travis Walker, deputy police chief with the Cathedral City Police Department, told CNN.

Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for the children after they were found at 2:40 a.m. inside the stolen car in Desert Hot Springs, California, the sheriff's office said.

"The children were medically cleared for reunion, though they were cold," Walker said. "We had a wonderful reunion with their mother and father."

The suspect is still at large.

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