The three-year-old boy has been found and is now back safely with his mother.
It happened on Monday, September 12 around 10:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Postal Way in Vista. The mother came home and discovered her son was missing. The babysitter was not aware the boy had been taken nor was there any sign someone had broken into the home.
Before the child went missing, the mother had a confrontation with her ex-boyfriend in the 600 block of Airport Road in Oceanside. Donta Law (DOB 11/28/1975) was not supposed to contact the mother because of a restraining order against him. Law then smashed the woman’s car windows and left the scene. The woman was not hurt from the incident.
Deputies with the Vista Sheriff’s Station immediately searched the area with assistance from a helicopter, Sheriff’s ASTREA, overhead. Deputies also searched areas where Law is known to frequent.
Law’s parents offered assistance in locating the child. The next day around 2:30 a.m., Law dropped off the boy with his mother at the Oceanside Transit Station in the 200 block of Tremont Street. Deputies reunited the child with his mother, but Law was not found in the area.
Donta Law is wanted on felony charges of vandalism and kidnapping. He is described as a 46-year-old man standing 5’6″ tall with a medium build, short black hair, mustache and a goatee.
Anyone with information on Law or his whereabouts is urged to call the Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. You could be eligible to receive a $1,000 reward for information that leads to a felony arrest.
