Update: 2 p.m.
Police have arrested the parents of the 10-month-old child whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert before he was found unhurt in a vehicle in Arkansas Thursday night, authorities said.
Jeremy Dean Laymance, 27, and Morgan Lynn Mosley, 24, were arrested around noon by the White County sheriff’s office, both on a felony charge of interference with child custody, officials said.
Laymance and Mosley were visiting their 10-month-old son around 4 p.m. Thursday at house in Anderson County, Texas, Chief Deputy Troy Black said in a news release. Neither Moseley nor Laymance are the legal guardian of the child, the release said.
At some point during the visit, Mosely grabbed her son, ran out of the home, got in a car with Laymance and they drove away, Black said in the release. Authorities issued an Amber Alert and tracked the pair to a home in Judsonia, Ark., where they were apprehended, Arkansas Online previously reported.
The child was found safe in a carseat in the back of the vehicle at the home, officials said.
Mosely and Laymance are both being held on $50,000 bails, records show. Laymance is on parole in Arkansas for weapons charges and assault charges, the release said.
The case is still under investigation, and additional charges are pending, the release said.
Earlier
An 10-month-old child whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert was found unhurt in the backseat of a vehicle Thursday night in Arkansas, authorities said.
The White County sheriff's office got word Thursday night about a child reported missing from Anderson County, Texas, according to a news release. The FBI pinged the phone of one of the two people who was believed to be with the child and told Arkansas authorities they were traveling north toward White County, said Chief Deputy Phillip Miller.
White County communications looked up the information for the vehicle the people were believed to be traveling in, and it returned to an address on Rhoden Road in Judsonia, the release said. Police officers arrived there around 11 p.m. and detained a man and two women.
The 10-month-old child was found in a carseat in the backseat of a vehicle at the home, Miller said. The baby was taken to an ambulance due to the cold weather and will be turned over to Child Protective Services, the release said.
After White County authorities spoke with the lead investigator from Anderson County, the three adults were released, pending further investigation. They currently do not face any charges, Miller said.
Authorities are not releasing their names at this time. Miller was unable to comment on their relation to the child.
The investigation is ongoing.
Authorities originally identified the child as an 11-month-old.