A toddler from Pittsburgh's East End area, who was , has been located with his father in Syracuse, NY, Pittsburgh police said today.
Raymont Pope, 1, is safe and unharmed, Lt. Dan Herrmann said in a statement. Raymont's father, Radford Pope, is in a jail in Syracuse and will be extradited to Pittsburgh to face charges of kidnapping and interfering with custody, Herrmann said.
Police had been searching for Raymont since July 6, when relatives last saw him on Bennett Street in the city's Homewood area. Police said that they believed that the boy was with his father, who also uses the name Arthur Lee Pope Jr.
The elder Pope does not have custody of the boy and had taken him before, police said.
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