Abdul Aziz Khan, Who Disappeared from Georgia 7 Years Ago at Age 7, Found in Colorado — Why His Mother Now Faces Charges

A lad who was abducted from Georgia 7 years agone has been found.

Abdul Aziz Khan, present 14, was recovered successful Colorado connected Feb. 23, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday, March 5.

According to the sheriff's office, deputies were called to a location connected Kelliwood Way successful Highlands Ranch, Colo., to analyse a burglary successful advancement astir 3:37 p.m. connected Feb. 23.

“A homeowner monitoring their information cameras for a location that helium had for merchantability noticed immoderate suspicious enactment and instantly called the Sheriff's office,” Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly said during a news conference Wednesday.

Deputies soon arrived and encountered 2 children successful a conveyance successful the driveway.

Soon after, a pistillate and male, who were aboriginal identified arsenic Abdul’s mother, Rabia Khalid, and Elliot Blake Bourgeois, came retired of the location and claimed to beryllium “associated with a realtor,” per a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Weekly said deputies “began to uncover inconsistencies successful the suspect's story.”

Deputies, helium said, “worked tirelessly to verify the identities of everyone involved. They knew thing wasn't right. They were pursuing their gut, and they investigated further. They conscionable didn't instrumentality it connected look worth and instrumentality the casual mode retired and determination on. They dug and dug and dug for astir 5 hours until they could fig retired what was going on.”

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Deputies yet discovered that Khalid, 40, was wanted for kidnapping the boy, past 7, successful Atlanta connected Nov. 27, 2017.  Weekly said Khalid allegedly took Abdul "when it appeared the begetter was going to get afloat custody of the child."

Khalid is facing respective charges including conspiracy to kidnap, forgery, individuality theft, and trespassing. Bourgeois, 42, is facing 14 charges including kidnapping, forgery, individuality theft, providing mendacious accusation to authorities, and trespassing.

Both children were taken into protective custody.

Authorities would not remark connected the individuality of the 2nd child.

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“We’re overwhelmed with joyousness that Aziz has yet been found,” Abdul's household said successful a connection released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “We privation to convey everyone for their enactment implicit the past 7 years. Now, arsenic we navigate the adjacent steps, we inquire for privateness truthful that we tin determination guardant arsenic a household and heal together.”

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