Crime & Safety

Police Looking for Grandma Who Abducted 8-Year-Old Grandson

Police say they've made numerous attempts to locate the 52-year-old grandmother to no avail and now consider her to be at large with the O'Fallon boy in her custody.

O'Fallon Police are looking for a woman they say abducted her 8-year-old grandson in December 2012 and is now refusing to give the boy back to his mother. 

According to an O'Fallon release, Donna Marie Andres, 52, abducted the boy from his O'Fallon home on West Park Drive on Dec. 26, 2012. Since then, Andres has refused to to give the boy back to his mother, who has court-ordered legal guardianship.

Police say they've made numerous attempts to locate Andres to no avail and now consider her to be at large with the boy in her custody. 

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Andres is being charged with child abduction.

O'Fallon Patch will have more on this story as details become available. 

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