DURHAM, N.C. (WITN) – An Amber Alert for a missing boy from Durham has been canceled after police say the 9-year-old was found safe and his mother was taken into custody.
Friday, the Durham Police Department says Geon King-Parriett and his mother, 33-year-old Mariah King, were found in the 2200 block of South Roxboro Street.
The boy is safe and his mother is in police custody.
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An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing Durham boy.
Durham police say they’re looking for 9-year-old Geon King-Parriett who they believe is with 33-year-old Mariah King.
Police believe she took Geon around 202 South Benjamine Street and she left on foot.
Geon is a Black male, 4 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black hoodie and sweatpants.
Mariah is described as a Black female, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. Police say she has brown hair in a bun with a ponytail and brown eyes and was last seen wearing gray sweatpants and a black crop top.
Anyone with information can contact the Durham Police Department at 919-475-2511 or call 911.