A 1-year-old child was found safe in Castaic Monday after being abducted by their mother in Sacramento.

Around 5:30  a.m. Monday, the Sacramento Police Department notified the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Bakersfield Communications Center (BCC), they were tracking, via cell phone ping, a parental child abduction suspect, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office.  

“The suspect and suspect vehicle information was broadcast to CHP Buttonwillow, Fort Tejon and Newhall units,” Greengard said.

Around 7:30 a.m., a CHP Newhall officer located the suspect vehicle on the southbound 5 Freeway at Templin Highway, according to Greengard.  

“Additional Newhall units responded to assist, and an enforcement stop was initiated,” Greengard said. “The suspect vehicle exited southbound I-5 at Lake Hughes and came to a stop on The Old Road.”  

SHANEKA Williams, 30, from Sacramento, was taken into custody, according to Greengard.

Her 1-year-old child was located in the vehicle.  

“The Los Angeles County Fire Department was requested as a precaution, although the child appeared unharmed and in good physical condition,” Greengard said.

Williams was transported to the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital for medical evaluation and booked at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail.  

Child Protective Services was notified and took custody of the child.

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