Two missing young brothers who left their foster parents’ Westlake District apartment and were believed to have been abducted by their biological mother were located Sunday.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced at about 2 p.m. Sunday that 2-year old Derek Rodriguez and 10-year-old Jaden Hernandez were no longer missing.
“The children have been located and will soon be reunited with their foster parents,” police said. “(The) children are in good health.”
NBC4, citing police, reported that they were located in Las Vegas.
The brothers were the subject of an Amber Alert issued by the California Highway Patrol mid-morning Thursday, after they were reported missing at 1:30 a.m. They were previously last seen in the area of West 52nd Street and Halldale Avenue in South Los Angeles, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the LAPD.
“It is believed their biological mother, Jackeline Hernandez-Torres, took them from Virgil Avenue to the area of the 1500 block of East 52nd Street,” the LAPD said last week.
No further information was immediately available.