Will County, IL – A toddler abducted from Wesley Township on Sunday morning was safely located hours later following a coordinated multi-agency search, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched around 10:25 a.m. to the 19500 block of West Goodwin Road for a report of domestic battery and child abduction. According to investigators, 32-year-old Carl E. Ellis allegedly assaulted the child’s mother before leaving with their toddler.
Deputies learned Ellis was under court-ordered electronic monitoring but had removed his ankle monitor, which was later recovered in a nearby field. Authorities requested an AMBER Alert, but state officials denied the request…