Police in Columbus, Ohio, are searching for a 14-month-old Maryland boy who they say was abandoned by his mother on a stranger's front porch Friday.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, Cameron Beckford's mother brought him and his 6-year-old sister to Columbus from Frederick, Maryland on Dec. 15. She reportedly told his father that she couldn't care for the toddler and left him on a front porch in a housing development on Dec. 26.
The father lost contact with the woman and went to the Frederick Police Department on Sunday. The next day, a Frederick police officer called authorities in Columbus and requested a welfare check on the children.
Cameron's mother, who has not been identified, also called police in Columbus on Monday, claiming that her daughter was missing. But police later found the child with her.
The woman is in police custody. No charges have been filed.
The 6-year-old girl has been placed with Child Protective Services in Columbus.
Cameron was last seen was wearing a puffy black coat, gray pants, black and red boots and a gray elephant hat. Police say he's black with brown eyes and a Mohawk hairstyle.
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Anyone with information is asked to call police at 614-645-4624.
