A man in Washington said he was stunned when he discovered the little boy his sister had asked him to babysit had been violently abducted along with his mother.
Police had issued an Amber Alert for 2-year-old Ronnie Tran after he and his mother were kidnapped from their home in Des Moines, Washington, King 5 reported.
Ronnie's mother was hit with a stun gun, tied up, and stuffed in a cupboard in the garage, the station reported. She managed to escape, but couldn't reach her son.
The mother then called 911 and reported her son missing, prompting the Amber Alert.
The suspects in the kidnapping were identified as 65-year-old Vien Nguyen, the child's grandmother, and Alyssa M. Chang, 46, The Waterland Blog reported. Both are in police custody.
Ronnie was found safely Wednesday in a home in Renton, Washington, after Chang's brother, John Tuong, called authorities and told them he was babysitting the boy, KOMO.com reported.
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Tuong said his sister had stopped by and asked him and his wife to watch her boyfriend's son for the night while they went on a date.
He said he had never met the boy, but agreed.
However, Tuong told the station his sister never returned. He then was shocked to learn an Amber Alert had been issued for Ronnie.
"I'm eating my breakfast, I'm checking my Facebook, all of a sudden I see this Amber Alert for this child," Tuong told KOMO. "And it looks like this child in my bed, and I'm like, 'Oh my god! What's going on?'"
Tuong said he immediately called 911. He added that Ronnie didn't seem to be in distress and was a "great kid."
The whole situation has been unbelievable, Tuong said, adding that he didn't understand why his sister would allegedly be involved in the kidnapping.
"I feel like she was just helping her boyfriend out and just got into this horrible situation," he told KOMO. "We're family people — this is definitely not like us. Honestly, I'm at a loss for words right now. It's just crazy."