Missing local boy found in Simpsonville (SC)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

I had posted the Amber Alert here earlier; but it was moved to GD...
Fortunately, the child has been found, unharmed:

The Associated Press
Published March 9, 2007

An 11-year-old boy believed abducted from school by his father was found Friday night at a church some 33 miles from where the two were last seen. The boy was not harmed, and the father was still on the loose, said Spartanburg County Sheriff's Maj. Dan Johnson.

Anthony Robin Christen, 38, had taken his son from school at about 9 a.m., according to the school principal.

The boy was found at a church in Simpsonville about nine hours later, officials said. The abduction took place the morning after Christen held his estranged wife at knifepoint in her home, authorities said.

State police had issued an Amber Alert for the boy, Nathaniel Christen.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070309/NEWS/70309007...

[AlCzervik]

1. Good news!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. I had only seen the Amber Alert earlier.

It didn't have any details about the abduction. It must have been terrifying for the boy, not to mention his mom!

[AlCzervik]

3. i can't even imagine, i'm so glad he was found.

[SoCalDem]

4. When will parents realize that they do not OWN their children?

and they are NOT "pawns" to punish a left-behind or tossed-aside spouse/co-habitor/co-parent?

I cannot even imagine the trauma these things cause to those poor kids..

Once you have a child, PLEASE GROW UP and start thinking of what's best for your child..not for YOU!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. kick

I don't get why this isn't LBN, but whatever.