Overview
- Law enforcement recovered the 11-day-old unharmed after tracking a suspect vehicle to the Winslow area, with Navajo County deputies locating the child on Aug. 1.
- Surprise police say the suspected abductor is the infant’s father who did not have custodial rights and took the child without the mother’s permission.
- As a precaution the newborn was taken to a medical facility for evaluation and is awaiting reunification with the mother.
- Authorities thanked the Arizona Department of Public Safety for assistance and said the investigation is ongoing with charging decisions not yet finalized.
- Attempt-to-Locate alerts and cross-jurisdiction cooperation are standard tools in Arizona for recovering missing children across long distances and were central to the safe outcome in this case.