16-month-old found safely after taken from legal guardian’s home

A 16-month-old child was found safely after she was taken from the home of their legal guardian in Bothell Thursday morning.

The child was allegedly taken at 1:30 a.m. May 1. A missing/endangered person alert was issued and shared on social media before she was found safely in a trailer.

“We just took the baby into custody a moment ago. She is safe,” Cam Johnson, the public information officer for the Bothell Police Department (BPD), said. “She’s being transported back to the police station right now. We’re taking her to the hospital just so we know she’s perfectly OK.”

Johnson also confirmed that they have a suspect—the baby’s non-custodial mother—in custody following the kidnapping.

“The charge is custodial interference,” Johnson said. “There may be more charges to follow.”

Detectives with the Bothell Police Department were concerned for the baby’s safety, making it an “all hands on deck” case for the department.

“Detectives who were working on other cases, one by one by one, I could see them saying, ‘Do you need another person? Do you need more help on this? Do you need another person out in the field?” Johnson shared. “And the answer was, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and they all, in their own way, came to help with the situation so that we could get the baby back to safety.”

This is a developing story, check back for updates

Contributing: Frank Lenzi, MyNorthwest

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