CROWLEY, La. — The search is still on for 19-month-old Baby Liam; who has been missing since July 13th.
An Amber Alert was not issued to residents of Louisiana, because the child was abducted by his own mother.
Liam James was taken from his non-custodial mother, Savannah James during a custodial visit at the Department of Children and Family Services in Crowley.
Chief of Police Troy Hebert is confident that this was a planned abduction. With the escape vehicle waiting just outside.
Liam James is a 19-month-old white male with brown hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 2 feet tall and weighs approximately 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, plaid shorts, blue sandals, and a baby bib with a bandana.
Hebert says he is hopeful James will do the right thing and return him.
"We hoping that Savannah comes and turns herself and her child in, we are really concerned about the child," Hebert tells KATC.
According to Safe At Last, more then 90% of abductions are committed by a child's own parents.
"Most of the time they take them they realize you know the best thing to do is go turn them back in, says Hebert. "Most of the time they do. We do understand why they do it, they love their child just like everyone else would and their emotions get the best of them sometimes."
Chief of Police Troy Hebert is confident that this was a planned abduction. With the escape vehicle waiting just outside of the Department of Children and Family Services at time of Savannah James's custodial visit.
"We don't know what condition he's in, nobody knows if he's safe and we won't know until he's found so it's important to get this [information] out there," said one concerned citizen, Katie Landry.
"We desperately hope she turns herself into us," Hebert says.
Anyone having any information, as to the whereabouts of Liam James, should immediately contact the Crowley Police Department at 337-783-1234 or call 911.
