Vancouver Police, with the assistance of United States law enforcement, have located nine-year-old Emerson Cusworth safe near Phoenix, Arizona.
His mother, Shawana Puja Chaudhary, has been taken into custody and is expected to be extradited to Canada to face charges.
Chaudhary shares custody of Emerson with his father and they have a court-ordered parenting schedule. Emerson’s father went to pick him up after school on Friday, March 9, per the schedule, but Emerson wasn’t there.
Police were called and detectives from the VPD’s Special Investigations Section took over the investigation.
Detectives were able to track Chaudhary, Emerson, and his younger sister to the Phoenix area. With the assistance of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the three were located safe on March 27.
The boy's father went to pick him up from school on March 9, as scheduled, but he wasn't there and police were contacted.
Police say Chaudhary, the boy and his younger sister were found safe on Tuesday with assistance from investigators at the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Chaudhary is in custody and police say she is expected to be extradited to Canada in the coming days to face a charge, which has been approved by Crown counsel related to the alleged abduction.
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) March 28, 2018
