WSP locates 3 children taken by woman in Mattawa, cancels Endangered Missing Persons Alert

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.

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