Toronto Teen That Was Abducted On The Way To School Was Found Safe And Is Now Reunited With His Parents
A 14-year-old boy was abducted on the way to school on Wednesday in a Toronto suburb.
Fortunately the child was reportedly found “disheveled” but safe on Thursday night.
Reports say that the abduction could have been connected to a drug “rip” involving his stepbrother in the summer of 2019 involving roughly 100 kilos of cocaine.
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Police say that the boy had no connections to drugs and crime and was an innocent victim.
They are still looking for those responsible for the abduction.
The saga began around 08:30 (13:30 GMT) on Wednesday in Toronto, when police received reports of a disturbance.
Witnesses reported seeing someone being pushed into a Jeep Wrangler with oversized tyres, shouting “help me”.
The boy’s school failed to immediately report his absence to his parents, who only grew concerned when he failed to return home that afternoon and went to police.
The jeep was later found burned out about 60km (37 miles) north of the city.
Police sent out an amber alert for the boy shortly after midnight.
“We believe that the motive for his abduction was because of his brother, his older brother’s involvement in a drug rip-off at a value of over $4m (£3.1m),” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told journalists on Friday morning.
He later added: “It’s obvious the suspects couldn’t locate the older brother – neither can we at this point in time – and so obviously the younger brother would have been the target they chose, which is very unfortunate”.
Mr Saunders said that the teenager’s step-brother had “limited” contact with police during the search.
Late on Thursday night, the boy was found by police in the city of Brampton and brought for a medical check-up.
We are so happy to hear that the teen was found safe and reunited with his family.
Let us hope that they will find the individuals in charge of this abduction.
And now you’re officially in the KNOW!
