Boy taken in Moncton found safe in U.S. - RCMP
Police reported Friday that Andres Fernando Barbosa Rincon, 7, had been taken from Moncton hotel by mother without consent; Mounties working with U.S. authorities
The RCMP reports that a boy declared as missing after his mother abducted him from a Moncton hotel without consent has been found safe.
The Codiac detachment of the RCMP issued a news release Friday afternoon stating Andres Fernando Barbosa Rincon, 7, was last seen Wednesday at a hotel on Main Street in Moncton.
“At approximately 2:15 p.m., he was taken from the hotel, without consent, by his mother 31-year-old Raquel Rincon Ruiz,” the release said.
“Police and Andres' family are concerned for his well-being.”
The Mounties said in that initial report that the mother’s stated intention was to travel to the United States with the missing boy.
However, in a followup release Sunday, the RCMP advised the boy had been found safe in the United States.
“The Codiac Regional RCMP continues to work with American authorities to further the ongoing investigation,” the Sunday release said.
The followup didn’t indicate if the boy’s mother had been found as well.
Raquel Rincon Ruiz is described as being about five feet (152 cm) tall, weighing about 120 pounds (54 kg), with black hair and brown eyes.
She speaks Spanish, the RCMP said.
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