Parental abduction News

Whitefish - Robert Barnett, who allegedly kidnapped his son in Fernie, B.C. on Thursday, was arrested in Whitefish, Montana the next day. His three-year-old son Alvin has been returned to his family in British Columbia.

Fernie - The Amber Alert was issued after the boy disappeared while his father was exercising supervised access with him. Police believe the child is in imminent danger.

Little boys shouldn't have to pretend to be someone other than themselves but for Timothy Welsh of Amsterdam that was all he knew. Timothy was really Andrew Thompson, 6, a child who had been abducted by his mother.

An Ontario expert familiar with parental abduction cases speaks about how children are emotionally damaged by these incidents and relates two stories of children who were found in Toronto.

A little girl, last seen in Toronto, is being sought by Greater Manchester Police in England and the Toronto Police Service. Young Pearl Gavaghan Da Massa was apparently abducted by her mother Helen Gavaghan.

Alexander and Christopher Watkins are two little boys from Toronto. Their mother has taken them away from their father, who had custody. Her parental rights were terminated because of abuse. The boys' father is desperate to get his boys home.