Palm Beach County boy found safe; AMBER Alert canceled

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JUPITER, Fla. A missing 4-year-old Palm Beach County boy was found safe and has been reunited with his mother, the Jupiter Police Department said.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement canceled the AMBER Alert it issued overnight for Dominic Caprio.

Dominic’s mother reported him missing Thursday. She said he was last seen with his nanny, a woman named Blanca Castro, around 1:30 p.m., CBS Miami reports. Castro was arrested in Miami-Dade for her role in Dominic’s disappearance.

Dominic was still missing at the time of Castro’s arrest and was thought to be with his grandparents, 60-year-old Elizabeth Castro and 64-year-old Luis Castro, WPEC-TV reports.

It’s not immediately clear where Dominic was found or who he was with.

The FDLE description for the boy said he had a red or pink birthmark on the back of his neck, brown hair, brown eyes, is 3 feet tall and weighs 44 pounds. He was last seen in the area of the 100 block of Regions Way in Jupiter before he went missing.

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