An Amber Alert was issued Monday afternoon after the child, Celestine Stoot III, was taken, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Celestine was last seen sometime Sunday in Lake Elsinore.
The Amber Alert was deactivated by early Tuesday evening.
“This AMBER Alert has been deactivated,” the CHP tweeted. “The child was safely located and the suspect was taken into custody.”
The suspect was found with his son in Las Vegas around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday and was taken into custody without incident, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The boy was unharmed and will be reunited with other family members. The suspect is expected to be extradited to Riverside County.
A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the suspect, 42-year-old Celestine Stoot Jr., has been identified as the suspect in the homicide of 43-year-old Natasha Denise Barlow, the mother of the missing boy.
Authorities discovered Barlow’s body inside a home in Lake Elsinore around 4 p.m. Monday. Stoot Jr. is believed to be Barlow’s boyfriend.
Details were not released on the cause of Barlow’s death, and there was no mention of a possible motive.
The Amber Alert was issued in Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial counties.
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