Thieves Steal Woman's Purse and SUV

Police are searching for two men who held a woman at gunpoint in a south Springfield parking lot taking her purse and vehicle.

The robbery happened about 3:15 Monday morning at the Steak n Shake on south Campbell.  Officers say one of the men approached the woman, pointed a shotgun at her face and demanded her purse and the keys to her Cadillac Escalade.  The woman gave up both and was not hurt.

The man without the gun got into the Escalade and drove away.  Police say the other suspect with the gun got away in a different vehicle.

Investigators say the Escalade was located several hours later off two Greene County farm roads.  It had been stripped and burned.  The suspects are still on the loose.