Durham toddler found safe in Maryland, father in custody
An Amber Alert was canceled Thursday hours after a toddler was abducted by his father following a domestic incident at the South Point Apartments on Myra Street in Durham.
Posted — UpdatedJeremy Rivas-Munoz, 2, was found safe before noon with his father, 22-year-old Emerson Ezequile Rivas-Melendez, in Prince George County, Maryland. The boy is okay and his father is in custody, officials said.
Rivas-Melendez was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, attempted first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Police say he stabbed the child's mother and then left with their son, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday.
An Amber Alert was issued for the toddler, and the boy's 24-year-old mother was transported to Duke University Hospital.
A neighbor said the stress of the coronavirus stay-at-home order makes additional upsetting news even harder to handle.
Durham Police say they aren't sure when Rivas-Melendez will be brought back to North Carolina.
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