Mother Charged With Abduction of Baby Extradited to Fairfax County

The Falls Church mother accused of abducting her 6-week-old baby last month, prompting a statewide Amber Alert, has been extradited to Fairfax County to face charges of parental abduction.

Fairfax County police were called in to assist Child Protective Services on July 12. CPS authorities had been ordered to remove the baby from her mother, 31-year-old Flora Khatun of Falls Church, but had been unable to locate the mother or her child.

An Amber Alert was issued when authorities came to believe Khatun had abducted the baby and had fled with the child in her vehicle in order to avoid CPS.

The next day, a local reporter from TV station WUSA-9 contacted police after speaking with one of Khatun's neighbors, who believed she may know where Khatun had taken the child.

Police followed up on the tip and successfully located Khatun and the baby in Chillum, Maryland.

Fairfax County police said Khatun was extradited from Prince George's County in Maryland to Fairfax County on Monday, and had been served with a warrant and charged with parental abduction.