WSP locates 3 children taken by woman in Mattawa, cancels Endangered Missing Persons Alert
MATTAWA, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol (WSP) says they located three children who were previously reported as missing and endangered. Authorities say the children were taken by a woman in Mattawa, Washington Friday morning.
According to the WSP, the suspect, 30-year-old Griselda Bautista Martinez, took the children after getting in an argument with her brother – who has legal custody of the kids.
The suspect was described as being 5’2", weighing 145 pounds with black hair.
The WSP believed they might have been followed by a yellow pick-up truck, and possibly driving to California.