Police are investigating after a 5-month-old boy was taken from the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side to Indiana by his father Saturday night.
Police are investigating after a 5-month-old boy was taken from the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side to Indiana by his father Saturday night.
At 9:15 p.m. Saturday, the child was with his maternal grandfather at the man’s residence in the 7300 block of North Honore Street, where the baby’s father dropped him off, according to Rogers Park District police Capt. Robert Whalen, who was citing preliminary information.
The biological father returned and told the older man he wanted to take the baby back.
“A scuffle ensued and the father took the baby,’’ Whalen said.
The baby’s 18-year-old mother is in a correctional facility and the father lives in Indiana, which is where authorities believe he took the baby, according to the captain.
As of 6 a.m. Monday, the child remained missing, but Whalen said there was nothing to indicate the child was in danger.
An Amber alert was not issued, likely meaning the child was not at risk of being harmed, said Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Anthony Hoop. He said the baby’s father lives in Washington, Ind., and the baby is described as being a male black weighing 17 pounds.
The Belmont Area Special Victims Unit is investigating.
No pic, no clear description, no amber alert. Not much help, but hopefully someone knows something.
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