Officers find toddler who vanished with blue-haired woman

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert on Tuesday morning. (FDLE)

MIAMI – Officers were searching for a black 2016 Nissan Versa after a toddler vanished on Halloween from Pasco County with a blue-haired woman.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert early Tuesday morning and within a few hours reported finding the boy identified as one-year-old Giovanni “Gio” Oquendo. The woman was identified as Kaylee Maurer, 20.

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Giovanni was las seen wearing a white T-shirt, dark shorts, and Paw Patrol sneakers that light up. Officers described Maurer as a tattoo-clad woman who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs about 175 pounds.


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