Crime & Safety
Armed Men Take Toddler; Police Find Him Tuesday: Update
Teen-aged mom and dad were believed to be on the run with 15-month-old boy, taken from an Indiana foster family by masked men, police said.
UPDATE, 9:15 p.m.
Gary Police said the child was found in a statement issued late Tuesday: "Details are still forthcoming and will be forwarded as they become available. Our thanks to all who assisted in his safe recovery."
Police suspected the boy was with his mom and dad — who are just 15 and 17 years of age — and feared for his well being. Police said the child, clad in a diaper and t-shirt, was taken just before midnight on Monday by two men wearing black hoods.
Rosalinda Texaxco, who is 15 and a ward of the state, and father, Timothy Jackson Sr., 17, were reported as runaways. Police said the mother was being cared for as a foster child herself in the same home as the baby. She ran away on Friday.
photos via Gary PD
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