{"id":6207,"date":"2026-06-20T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/boy-4-abducted-from-park-as-police-hunt-suspect\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:24:59","slug":"boy-4-abducted-from-park-as-police-hunt-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/boy-4-abducted-from-park-as-police-hunt-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 4, abducted from park as police hunt suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1cf165\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The youngster is thought to have been abducted while his mother was briefly tending to a baby<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37324750\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37324750.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Police-officers-being-vetted.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37324750.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Police-officers-being-vetted.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37324750.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Police-officers-being-vetted.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37324750.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Police-officers-being-vetted.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\"><cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A four-year-old boy who was abducted from a park in Dudley has been found safely and returned to his mother, police report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident occurred at around 3pm on Thursday (June 18), and saw the child go missing near the fish pond in Haden Hill Park off Halesowen Road in Cradley Heath near Dudley, while his mother was tending to a baby nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After a panicked search, police managed to locate him several minutes later in a nearby patch of woodland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police are currently looking for a suspect believed to have been involved with his disappearance, and have appealed to the public for footage and information. They have been described as being black and in their late teens, short of height and with curly hair. The suspect was described as being clean shaven and wearing black clothing at the time of the abduction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe believe this is an isolated incident but we understand how concerning it is and understand the impact it will have in the area and to the local community,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe are currently studying CCTV as we investigate. We are also appealing for witnesses to come forward and we\u2019re particularly keen to hear from people who may have been in the park at the time and may have any mobile footage to please contact us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Additional officers remained in the area on Friday to offer reassurance to the local community, the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">BBC<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cradley Heath is a Black Country town located in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands, located around eight miles away from Birmingham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/boy-four-abducted-park-dudley-37324757\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The youngster is thought to have been abducted while his mother was briefly tending to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Police-officers-being-vetted.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}