Child abducted in Massachusetts two years ago found alive in Florida

Associated Press
7:49 AM, Oct 18, 2018
9:31 AM, Oct 18, 2018

Authorities have recovered a child in Florida they say was abducted by his mother in Massachusetts two years ago.

Christina Hale and Matthew Hale

Orange County Sheriff's Office, National Center for Missing Children

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have recovered a child in Florida they say was abducted by his mother in Massachusetts two years ago.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that 40-year-old Christina Hale was arrested Tuesday at an Orange County home.

Authorities say Hale fled Webster, Massachusetts, with her now-5-year-old son after a court in that state awarded full custody to the child's father in September 2016.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recently received a tip about Hale, and Webster police contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Florida deputies began watching a home and eventually spotted her.

The child reunited with his father, who lives in Massachusetts, and Hale was jailed as a fugitive for an out-of-state kidnapping charge.

Jail records didn't list a defense attorney.

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