PEORIA, Ariz. - An AMBER Alert has been canceled after a 10-month-old baby who was kidnapped by his father was found safe.
Police say the boy's mother died while trying to stop the kidnapping.At around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, Peoria police responded to a domestic violence report near Deer Valley Road and 91st Avenue.
Police say they learned the mother with custodial rights was loading her baby into a minivan when the father got into the car and fled with the baby.The baby, Abel Maes, was found early Wednesday morning near Interstate 17 and Bell Road.
The suspect, identified by police as 30-year-old Eric Maes of Sun City, has been taken into custody, according to a statement made by Peoria Police on the afternoon of Feb 10.Eric and Abel Maes.