Quebec breathed a sigh of relief today as the one-year-old child and mother sought under an Amber Alert were found safe.
The 18-year-old woman and her baby were found by the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) at an unknown location in the Saint-Laurent district at around 2:5 a.m. last night.
Police on Tuesday conducted searches near the Lachine residence where a one-year-old baby was allegedly abducted from his mother. Photo agency QMI, Mario Beauregard
The child was reported missing at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday morning when his grandparents, with whom he was staying, discovered that he was no longer in his room and that a window was open.
The SPVM then issued an Amber Alert around 1:30 p.m.
Quebec then held its breath while a major search operation began in the Montreal region.
The mother suspected of kidnapping her daughter, over whom she no longer had custody, appeared at the Montreal courthouse this afternoon.
According to The Canadian Press, she was accused of breaking into a residential home to commit a kidnapping.
The missing child in the Montreal area has been found safe and sound.
Thank you everyone for your help.
— Montreal Police (@SPVM) January 3, 2024
In the mosque
A few hours before the Amber Alert was triggered, around 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, she was with the child at the Al-Rawdah Mosque in Saint-Laurent.
She told officers she had nowhere else to go.
“She was with her baby and said she was waiting for her husband,” a mosque worker told TVA Nouvelles.
When the Amber Alert sounded on the phones, another officer noticed that they were the ones the police were looking for.
“I went to see […] Our administrative assistant and she called the police. When I returned she was gone. »
The SPVM also conducted a search at the home of the child's father on Wednesday. This is considered an important witness.
The child is now in the hands of the child protection director.
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