Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

The grandmother of the eight year old girl contacted the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station and reported that the girl had been returned by her biological mother.

Lundon Brown, is an 8-year-old girl and is described as a black female, 4’0″, 44 pounds, with braids in her hair. She was returned wearing the same pink pajamas, brown boots and a brown jacket that she went missing in.

Her mother, Marian Demus, was named as a suspect in the case. Marian is described to be a black female, age 35, 5’01”,130 lbs.

Lundon was taken from her legal guardian’s, or grandmother’s, residence in Canyon Country by her biological mother, Marian Demus at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28.

Demus has a history of drug use and she was accompanied by a white male in his 40s with gray hair.

The two were last seen in a black BMW heading in an unknown destination. Demus has ties to both the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys.

If you know where the child is located, or if you have any information, please contact the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station at (661) 255-1121. LOr if you wish to remain anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), or text the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637,) or by using the website.