2 children found safe after Peel police launched parental abduction investigation

Peel Regional Police say two children reported missing have been found safe.

Police issued a statement at 1:20 a.m. on Monday saying a 28-year-old woman was last seen with her eight-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter at around 9 p.m. on Sunday in Toronto’s west end. The woman allegedly made comments she was going to harm herself.

Officers said the children do not live with their mother on a full-time basis and the complaint was filed by the father of the children.

In the statement, police said the three may have been travelling west toward the United States border in a rental vehicle.

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At 2 a.m., police issued an update to say the children and their mother were found safe at a U.S. border crossing.

Officers said an investigation into the incident is ongoing. As of early Monday, police didn’t say if charges would be laid.