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Friday, October 4, 2013

Boy Abducted in 2000 Reunited with His Father

In 2000, an unnamed one-year-old boy was abducted in Florida and just last week was returned to his father in Missouri at the age of 14 (CNN).

"I think this is any parent's nightmare.  To have this ending, it's a good thing, no doubt about it," 
said Detective Menconi of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office.

13 years ago in Florida, Sandy Hatte abducted her grandson when the father asked her to babysit. When he returned home, he found that they were both gone. It took detectives and authorities 13 years to find them.

Hatte took her grandson to Chillicothe, Missouri, where they were homeless.  When she tried to register the boy in school, authorities became suspicious and contacted Detective Menconi. Just as he finally located the two, Hatte quickly moved to Iowa.

A few months later, Menconi located the two again.  According to Missouri state law, if a child is taken for more than 30 days without legal permission, it is considered child abduction. After a long drive from Alabama to Missouri, the father was reunited with his son last week.

Hatte is being charged with felony child abduction. Detective Menconi said the motive of the kidnapping is unknown.

-Jessie Ritz

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