Years after Abdul Aziz Khan was kidnapped by his non-custodial mom in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017, he was discovered by Douglas County Sheriffs in Colorado.
Lacking Baby, Abdul Aziz Khan, Discovered After 2022 ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Episode
A household has been reunited after seven years of looking out.
Abdul Aziz Khan, who was abducted by his mother Rabia Khalid, his non-custodial mother or father, in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2017, was discovered amid an attempted burglary in Colorado Feb. 23. The now-14-year-old had been taken by his mom and her new husband when he was simply 5 amid a years-long custody swimsuit along with his father, per Douglas County authorities.
Khalid, 40, and Elliot Blake Bourgeois, 42, had been arrested by Douglas County authorities following a name made to police concerning trespassing in a vacant Highlands Ranch residence by the householders, who had seen suspicious exercise of their safety cameras. Khalid and Bourgeois had instructed deputies they had been related to the realtor of the house however had been discovered to be Khan’s kidnappers after hours of questioning, per Douglas County.
Khan’s mom had an energetic warrant for kidnapping on the time of her arrest after failing to indicate up for a custody listening to in Atlanta in November 2017, which had been detailed in a 2022 episode of Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries.
Following her arrest final month, Khalid was booked along with Bourgeois for costs associated to second diploma kidnapping, forgery, id theft, offering false data to authorities, and trespassing, per the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace. Their bond has been set at $1 million every. (Whereas their plea has not been shared, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace reiterated they’re harmless till confirmed responsible.)
Together with Khan, one other youthful little one—whose id was not shared—was recovered in a automobile parked close by the vacant residence the place Khalid and Bourgeois had been found by authorities.
After Khan’s restoration, he, together with the opposite little one, had been taken into protecting custody.
Lacking Children
“We’re overwhelmed with pleasure that Aziz has lastly been discovered,” Khan’s household later stated in a press release to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace. “We wish to thank everybody for his or her assist over the past seven years. We particularly wish to acknowledge the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace for his or her distinctive work in fixing this case. Now, as we navigate the following steps, we ask for privateness in order that we will transfer ahead as a household and heal collectively.”
E! Information has reached out to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace for extra data however has not but heard again.
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