Crime & Safety
Update: Kidnapped Baby Found Safe, Father Arrested
The father of the baby was arrested at a checkpoint in Mexico.
The father of the two-week old infant abducted from his home in Sunnyvale this morning has been found unharmed, and his 22-year-old father has been arrested at a checkpoint in Mexico, according to a report by NBC Bay Area. The arrest comes less than 24 hours after an Amber Alert was issued.
Capt. Dave Pitts of the Sunnyvale Police Dept. said at a news conference Wednesday morning that the manhunt for the father, Mesuit Guler of Sunnyvale, began at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
"He told the mother he was going to run errands," Pitts said. "And then he left with the child, sending her a text that he would cause harm to himself and the child if police were involved."
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Pitts said the abduction appears to have stemmed from an ongoing dispute between Guler and his girlfriend over his desire to move out of state.
"She did not want to, and then that led to him taking the child," Pitts said. He said Guler had wanted to move "back to New York."
The baby's mother said Guler has friends in Mexico and might be headed in that direction, according to Pitts.
After reports that Guler’s vehicle had been spotted in San Diego, authorities in Sunnyvale were contacted Wednesday by the United States Border Patrol and told Gulder had been arrested by Mexican authorities.
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According to the NBC Bay Area report, Guler was reportedly stopped at a checkpoint in Mexico and questioned by Mexican authorities, who in turn contacted U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Arizona who discovered the warrant for Guler’s arrest.
Guler was arrested on a $1 million warrant that Sunnyvale investigators had obtained during the course of the investigation.
U. S. Border Patrol is coordinating with Mexican Authorities on the transfer of Guler and his son to U.S.
---------------------------Original story: Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
A child abduction is said to have occurred at 4:14 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 in Sunnyvale, according to CHP authorities who issued an Amber Alert Wednesday morning.
The 1-month-old child's name is Henry Guler-Romero and he's believed to have been kidnapped from his residence in the 900 block of Helen Avenue in Sunnyvale, according to the alert.
His alleged abductor is identified as a Turkish male, Mesut Guler, 22, with brown hair, brown eyes, standing 6-foot, weighing 120 pounds, possibly driving a 2004 tan GMC Envoy with license plate number 6HIL892, with a large American eagle on its rear window, the alert said.
The baby's ethnicity is described as Hispanic with brown eyes and black hair.
The incident was reported to police at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Capt. Dave Pitts said the abduction appears to have stemmed from an ongoing dispute between Guler and his girlfriend over his desire to move out of state.
"She did not want to, and then that led to him taking the child," Pitts said. He said Guler had wanted to move "back to New York."
The baby's mother said Guler has friends in Mexico and might be headed in that direction, according to Pitts.
"We did have some pings on his phone down in the San Diego area early this morning," Pitts said.
He said, however, that authorities don't think Guler has left the country.
"We don't believe he's crossed the border ... We don't have any reason to believe that at this time," Pitts said.
Guler has previously threatened to harm himself and the baby, police said.
Police are working with the FBI and the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office on the investigation, he said.
The public is asked to report sightings to the Sunnyvale Police Department at 408-730-7110, or call 911.
—Bay City News Service contributed to this report
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