Toronto police say they have found the vehicle associated with a child abduction investigation after a mother took her three children during a semi-supervised visit on Friday.
On Friday morning, police responded to a parental abduction call in the area of Midland Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough.
Officers say that 22-year-old mother Somerda Miclescu was visiting her three children, 4-month-old Anastasia, 3-year-old Irina, and 6-year-old Daniel, at a relative’s home when she took them and fled.
Miclescu does not have legal custody of the children, police say. She is wanted for parental abduction.
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On Saturday, police said she was believed to be driving a 2017 white Ford Expedition.
In a news release Monday, police said they had located the vehicle at an unspecified location. Officers say the vehicle’s owner, Ionut Stroe, 25, of Toronto, is considered a person of interest in the investigation.
Stroe is also wanted by police on separate charges of failing to comply with a release order.
Police described Miclescu as five-foot-seven and weighing 180 pounds, with long dark hair. She was last seen wearing a long black shirt and a dark-coloured top.
Stroe is described as five-foot-11, weighing about 235 pounds, with a tattoo on his right forearm.
Anyone with information about the location of the missing children is asked to contact police.
