EMANUEL and ADONIAH FREEMAN - 8 and 9 yo (8/14) - Exposition Park/Los Angeles, CA

Amber Alert: 2 children still missing after their mother briefly reappears …

August 9, 2014

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File: An Amber Alert road sign. Jim Wilkes/Toronto Star via Getty Images

An Amber Alert issued for two children illegally taken by their mother remained in effect Friday after the woman briefly returned to the scene of the alleged abduction — her mother’s home in Exposition Park — without the children and allegedly seeming disoriented.

Ameenah Rasheedah Freeman, 37, took her 8-year-old son, Emanuel, and 9- year-old daughter, Adoniah, from their grandmother’s home on West 35th Place about 3 p.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. For reasons that have not been publicly explained, Freeman did not have custody of the kids.

The children, both of whom suffer from asthma and require an inhaler, were allegedly snatched Monday afternoon and reported missing by their grandmother Tuesday morning. They were spotted about six hours later in Northridge, LAPD Officer Jane Kim said.

Police said Freeman may be driving a maroon 2011 Ford Edge with paper license plates from Airport Marina Ford.

Freeman returned to her mother’s house Wednesday night without the children, appearing “disoriented” and “unmedicated,” police said. Someone called 911, but Freeman left before officers arrived.

Adoniah is black, 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 97 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink dress with white flowers.

Emanuel is black, 4 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 94 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black “Mario Brothers” T- shirt, black shorts with white stripes and black sandals.

Police initially believed Ameenah Freeman may have been attempting to drive the children to Phoenix, Arizona, where their biological father lives.

Anyone with information on the trio’s whereabouts is urged to call detectives at the LAPD’s Southwest Station at (213) 485- 6571.



http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/08/08/45866/amber-alert-2-children-still-missing-after-their-m/

Children Returned Safe, Mother Arrested in Amber Alert Scare

By Andrew Lopez




Sunday, Aug 10, 2014 • Updated at 3:51 PM PDT

Los Angeles Police Department
From left: Adoniah Freeman, 9; Emanuel Freeman, 8; Ameenah Freeman, 36


Two children who police said was abducted by their biological mother earlier this week were found safe in the Lynwood area of Los Angeles Saturday.

Police said they found 8-year-old Emanuel Freeman and 9-year-old Adoniah Freeman in the 3000 block of East Imperial Highway. Their mother Ameenah Freeman was arrested on suspicion of child abduction.

An Amber Alert was issued for the children Thursday after Freeman didn’t return her kids to their grandmother’s home. They were last seen in Northridge before authorities got involved.

Officials said the mother came back to the grandmother’s home on Thursday and appeared to be disoriented. The children were not with her, police said.

The mother then left the area and authorities were worried that she was heading to Phoenix, Arizona, where the kid’s biological father lives.
Police said the mother was being held in jail on $80,000 bail.


http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Children-Returned-Safe-Mother-Arrested-in-Amber-Alert-Scare-270670971.html