A 10-year-old boy was released by his kidnapper after he annoyed him by constantly singing a gospel song.

Willie Myrick’s three hour ordeal ended when the driver of the car he had been forced into allowed him to go because he wouldn’t stop singing Every Praise.

He had been enticed to the vehicle with the promise of cash after the kidnapper spotted him outside his house in Atlanta, Georgia.

He was then grabbed by the man and bundled into the vehicle.


This is a sketch of the alleged kidnapper (Picture: Atlanta Police)

‘He opened the door and threw me out,’ the youngster told WXIA-TV. ‘He told me not to tell anyone.’



Willie has since been visited by the track’s singer, Hezekiah Walker, who said he ‘just wanted to hug him’.

Police have released a sketch of the alleged kidnapper.

The incident happened on March 31.