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SALT LAKE CITY — An Amber Alert issued Friday afternoon for an infant who police said was abducted in Salt Lake City was canceled less than an hour later after Salt Lake police officers located the baby and the woman suspected of taking him.
The infant boy, Sawyer Felts, was recovered safely, Salt Lake police said. "We want to thank the community for their help," officials said in a tweet.
The baby was located with the suspect in the abduction, Madison Felts, 28, according to Salt Lake police.
Police said Saturday that the Division of Child and Family Services was working to take custody of the boy due to his premature condition and concerns the mother couldn't provide for him. The Amber Alert was issued in order to locate the child after Felts stopped communicating with state officials, Salt Lake City Police Lt. Gordon Worsencroft said.
After the Amber Alert was issued and information on Felts' location came in, uniformed officers were assisted by undercover officers while they searched an area of The Gateway mall, police say. A Salt Lake City police officer noticed a woman who fit the description of the suspect. Police then took her into custody. The baby was recovered by undercover officers.
"I want to thank our patrol officers who dropped everything they were doing and started intensive search efforts," Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown said in a tweet. "Their dedicated response led to the best possible outcome. We will now let the investigation unfold as to the circumstances of this case."
After our uniform patrol officers located and detained the suspect in this case, Officer Griffin, who was working an unrelated assignment that required him to be in regular clothing, stepped in to care for the newborn baby until paramedics arrived. Our officers did a great job! pic.twitter.com/6ZJh6pPlQK
— SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) September 4, 2021
