Minneapolis Police: Missing 5-Year-Old Girl Naila Amariana Pantoja-Perez Found Safe; Mother In Custody
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minneapolis Police say Naila Amariana Pantoja-Perez, 5, was found "safe and sound" Thursday evening
Police had been searching for Naila since Wednesday, when she was forcefully taken from the home of her custodial father.
Her mother, 28-year-old Serenity Joy Jones, forced entry into the apartment on the 3100 block of Cedar Avenue South on Wednesday. She then fled in a vehicle with an unknown male after grabbing the child. Jones does not have custody rights.
Police say Naila was located in south Minneapolis at about 8:30 p.m. Her mother is in police custody Thursday night.
