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Ethan Rodriguez, age 4, was found safe Wednesday after he was allegedly taken by his mother during a supervised visit in Willowbrook a day earlier. | Photos courtesy of the LA County Sheriff's Department
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A 4-year-old boy police said was taken by his mother during a supervised visit in Willowbrook was found safe Wednesday.
Ethan Rodriguez was allegedly taken by his mother Cristina Rodriguez, 27, on Tuesday afternoon in the area of East 124th Street and South Mona Boulevard, near Ralph J. Bunche Middle School, according to Deputy Veronica Fantom of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
The sheriff’s department later announced that deputies found Ethan and his mother walking in the 700 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Compton about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Fantom said.
Ethan was recovered and found not be harmed, while Rodriguez was arrested and booked for suspicion of child abduction. Her bail was set at $40,000.
Ethan was taken into the custody of Department of Children and Family Services, where he was reunited with his foster parents.
