Teen allegedly kidnapped by mother 7 years ago is found safe in Colorado
A teenager whose mother is alleged to have abducted him in Atlanta seven years ago was found alive in Colorado after a woman later determined to be his mother was spotted breaking into a house south of Denver, authorities said Wednesday.
A teenager whose mother is alleged to have abducted him in Atlanta seven years ago was found alive in Colorado after a woman later determined to be his mother was spotted breaking into a house south of Denver, authorities said Wednesday.
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies found Abdul Aziz Khan, 14, in a car outside the home in alleged to have been abducted by on Feb. 23 after federal authorities spent five years unsuccessfully searching for him across 11 states, said Kirk Taylor, the U.S. marshal for Colorado.
The case, he told reporters Wednesday, “really had gone cold.”
Rabia Khalid, 40, and Elliot Bourgeois, 42, were arrested after the property owner saw them entering the house, which was vacant and listed for sale, through a security camera and reported a trespasser, Sheriff Darren Weekly told reporters.
Abdul Aziz Khan.Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeKhalid and Bourgeois told responding deputies that they were associated with a Realtor, but authorities eventually learned Khalid’s real identity, Weekly said, and they discovered a warrant for her arrest in Louisiana on a kidnapping charge.Khalid was charged with conspiracy to kidnap and several other crimes, 23rd Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler told reporters. Bourgeois was also charged with a dozen felony crimes, including kidnapping, Brauchler said. Both are being held on $1 million bond.
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