GUILTY CA - Israel Ledesma-Moreno for kidnap of 3yo boy, San Bernardino, 2009

[Tom'sGirl]

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"All of this has been a nightmare," Briant's father, Raul Rodriguez said in Spanish, while sitting with relatives on backyard patio of the home. "All this time we've been asking God, praying the rosary, to have him back here in our arms.

"The greatest fear of my life was to never be able to see my son again and lose him forever. It would have been the death of me. We're not going to be truly happy until he's back here in our arms."

That could be sometime tonight after Briant and his mother arrived back to the Inland area. First he'll be taken to a hospital for an examination, San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials said.

Raul Rodriguez said he had no details on the kidnapping or the boy's discovery in Mexico.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_webkidnap.2b5ef74.html

 

[Tom'sGirl]

That's the best picture I've seen in a long while TomsGirl!

welcome home little man!! WHOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO :woohoo:
I'm so happy for him & his mama

Thank you Tomsgirl! What a blessing to see his beautiful face It's a miracle truly a miracle.

I wish they would have posted the photo I saw at the Presser with his mom holding him. If they run it, and I'm still online I'll post it.

 

[Leila]

This is wonderful news! I'm so glad Briant was found alive! :clap:

 

[Kat]

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_12386089

05/16/2009 06:53:23 PM PDT

Investigators close to releasing identities of Briant Rodriguez's kidnappers

...Sheriff Rod Hoops said today that investigators are "pretty sure" they know the identities of the men accused of kidnapping 3-year-old Briant Rodriguez and that arrests could be imminent...

..."In the next 48 to 72 hours, we're going to provide all the information you're asking now," said sheriff's Lt. Rick Gonzales.

I hope there are plenty of awards and commendations to go around for the LE and FBI that worked so hard and eventually did bring Briant home safe and sound

And may justice be served swiftly for the men who did this.

 

[FifthEssence]

 

[Eric's_Iguana]

Well, this is the best news I've heard all day. OK, the best news I've heard all year. :woohoo:

As much I hate to say it, I didn't expect good news.

And that is a beautiful picture, too!

 

[A_Closer_Look]

Pure awesomeness! :woohoo:

This is such great news!!!!

 

[Debbie3223]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/16/california.missing.boy/index.html



-- A 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his California home nearly two weeks ago has been found, authorities said Saturday.


Briant Rodriguez, 3, was taken during a home invasion on May 3 in San Bernardino, California, police say.

1 of 2 Briant Rodriguez was found wandering the streets of Mexicali, Mexico, by a police officer late Thursday, said San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops

More @ link

I love good news!! :clap:

 

[KaylynnCouture]

That is fantastic news!!!

 

[Bobbisangel]

We are doing really good this week. This is the second child to be found safe and sound and heading home with mom. Two miracles in one week is a record for missing kids. Now if they could just find Haleigh Cummings I would be so thrilled.

Those guys that took this baby must have gotten scared and just turned him loose on the streets! Thank God a cop happened to see him and they finally put 2 + 2 together and came up with him being the abducted baby boy.

I notice that mom flew to Mexico with the detectives.....where is dad? Not much said about him throughout this whole ordeal.

I hope LE get to the bottom of this and we find out the reason they took this little guy in the first place.

 

[scandi]

Video & Story
Boy abducted from home found in Mexico
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=6816597

Oh, Thanks Momdetective for that article. Reading it I felt this thankfulness well up inside me to all who helped bring Briant back home. Ya Ya

To the beat cop who found him, the Mexican LE staff who discovered who he was, the SBPD and AA staff and to our bold and brave FBI man who made that mission, going to Mexacali alone with Briant's paperwork and not leaving till he had ahold of his hand, driving him up to the waiting arms of his mother.

It is just what we all here pray for in every case, right?

Now, in afterthought, seeing how the Mexican officials worked together with the FBI and evidently the SBPD, maybe this will send a signal to the bad guys out there and they will realize they have no safe haven in messing with families here in the States.

Now to find these perps and watch how they are dealt with by the Federalies, or whoever handles that. It will be 'velly intellesting' to watch.



A :blowkiss: for little Briant who really turned out to be a very BIG BOY, walking those dangerous streets by himself. I think he had a Guardian Angel watching over him and of course it helped that he most likely spoke Spanish. Hopefully this bad memory will be forever lost as he grows up into manhood. xox

 

[scandi]

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_12386089

05/16/2009 06:53:23 PM PDT

Investigators close to releasing identities of Briant Rodriguez's kidnappers




I hope there are plenty of awards and commendations to go around for the LE and FBI that worked so hard and eventually did bring Briant home safe and sound

And may justice be served swiftly for the men who did this.

Ya Ya Kat That would be around this time tomoz night. I am anxious to hear more. We we all right on it with our faith in the Investigators, having that good 'ole feeling they knew the who and why of this crime. There will be lesssons to be learned. I'm just so tickled pink he is alive and well, and what a handsome little manchild he is!

 

[Peekaboo10]

Most AWESOME news!!

:woohoo:

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Such great news!! I really hope Briant wasn't harmed too much during the whole ordeal, and that he'll be back to normal soon.

Wonderful wonderful wonderful news. Welcome home little guy. You're safe now

 

[TakeNote]

been gone all day.....check in....YIPEEEEEEE! :woohoo:

ok....im crying now.....but such happy tears of joy! :clap:
im so thankful they let him go!

Many, many thanks to all of the hard working LE and caring people that helped with this wonderful little boy and brought him home to the arms of his family! :blowkiss:

yessss.....i can get some sleep tonight

 

[sttct]

I am SOOOOOOO happy! This is a blessing! Now for the police to release the identies of those who took him so that they can be recognized and brought to justice.

 

[ziggy]

Whew! I'm glad that boy is home safe. And now maybe I can get onto the issue of why these people have an expensive flat screen TV and I don't!

 

[Kymistry35]

So glad that this little guy was found. It had me crying when I heard the news. Thank you God for keeping him safe. This could have so easily turned into a tragedy.

 

[athy]

:woohoo:i am sooooo glad this little boy was found alive. i love when we hear good news for a change!!!!

 

[elle1919]

I got up this morning and thought I was seeing things. God bless this family and thank you for these miracle's. This mother must be so thrilled and just....wow....thank god. Let's keep this family in our prayers because Briant has been through such a traumatic experience he will surely need it. I hope whoever took him treated him like a child should be treated. Any word on his captors?