Mother undertakes desperate search for missing son in Vietnam
A Toronto mom is looking for her three-year-old son in Vietnam after his father allegedly kidnapped him.
Heather McArthur final noticed her son, Jacob, on February seventh – the day 41-year-old Loc Phu “Jay” Le took him to Vietnam. It was a visit she by no means wished him to take.
“My son’s father obtained a court order that if I didn’t give my child over to the father for them to depart for the Lunar New Year, that the Toronto Police Service or the RCMP were authorized to take my child and deliver him to his father,” she tells CityNews.
“Since that time I haven’t had any communication from the father or my child.”
Jacob was set to return on February fifteenth. However, when Le emailed McArthur telling her he wouldn’t be bringing her son again to Canada because of a medical motive, McArthur’s best worry got here true – she believed this was an abduction. Since early April she’s been in Ho Chi Mihn City looking for her son in a metropolis of 9 million individuals.
Toronto police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for Le for parental abduction, telling CityNews in an announcement “At this time, we’re hoping someone in Canada or internationally will see this picture, reach out to the father and add that pressure to return the child to his mother in Canada.”
“It’s also been identified that they travelled to Vietnam with another man. And so I’m urging police to release the identity of that person,” she stated.
McArthur says she gained’t depart Vietnam with out her son, including she’s capable of proceed her search due to the assist she’s obtained from her gofundme marketing campaign which has to date raised greater than $23,000. McArthur says she’s been capable of retain authorized counsel in Vietnam and is at present pursuing all authorized avenues to make sure Jacob’s protected return.
“It’s been almost a hundred days and my son, I know, is missing me and I wanna be able to bring him home.”
McArthur has additionally known as on the federal authorities for assist in partaking Vietnamese authorities within the seek for Jacob. Global Affairs Canada tells CityNews it’s conscious a Canadian baby has been kidnapped to Vietnam.
“International parental child abductions can be complicated to resolve, even when there is a clear Canadian court order in existence. This is because many countries do not recognize foreign family court orders,” the company stated in an announcement.
