According to Los Angeles police, John Jose took his son Jaden from a home in Arleta's 9500 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard around 3:30 p.m. Thursday without consent from the boy's biological mother.
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Jose allegedly threatened to take the boy out of state. "John also threatened to kill himself," the LAPD said in a statement.
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Authorities issued an Amber Alert shortly before 11:30 p.m.
The child was found unharmed about 1:15 a.m. in Chula Vista with his father and other family members, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said, adding that information from a relative led authorities to the location.
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Jose was neither detained nor arrested.
Shortly after 3 a.m., the LAPD announced that Jaden had been reunited with his mother.