Majesty Williams.Photo:Smyrna Police Department
Smyrna Police Department
More than two years after she was allegedly abducted and taken to Mexico, Majesty Williams, now 6, was reunited with her father in Atlanta this weekend.
“We wish Majesty and her father the best as they move forward together,” Lieutenant Meredith Holt, Public Information Officer at Smyrna Police Department said in the statement.
It’s impossible to know how many children go missing in the United States each year because many children are never reported missing, according to NCMEC. Of those who are, the record keeping system is faulty.
According to Angeline Hartmann, Director of Communications at NCMEC, these types of cases can be particularly difficult to raise awareness about.
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Investigators credited a March episode of the REELZ television showOn Patrol: Live, which featured Majesty, for shedding new light on her case.
A break in the case finally came Saturday when McCord and her boyfriend, Custodio Guerra, were located in San Luis Potosi, an eastern and central Mexican state, where they were living with Majesty. The couple was arrested on warrants for Interstate Interference with Child Custody and have been extradited to the United States to face charges.
It was not immediately clear if either has retained a lawyer.
The next day, Majesty and her father embraced at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. In a statement through NCMEC, Williams said his daughter was doing well.
“Words cannot express how happy I am to have my daughter back home,” he said.
source: people.com
