A year-old baby was found safe Tuesday morning after being snatched by his father from a Sun Valley residence, and the man was placed in custody.
The kidnapping occurred around 8 p.m. Monday, said police Sgt. Frank Alferez, watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division. It ended some six hours later in Panorama City, he said.
“The parent and the child were spotted and were taken into custody about 2 a.m.,” Alferez said. “The child was safe and unharmed and the parent was being questioned by detectives this morning.”
Early this morning, Alferez said the parent who carried out the kidnapping had not yet been booked and the investigation was still ongoing.
“Due to the age of the victim and the fact the investigation is still ongoing, I can’t go into details at this point about what happened,” he said.
But two news videographers reported from the scene that the parent in question was the year-old boy’s father, and the drama ended near the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue.
—City News Service