Children In Parental Abduction Out Of Riverside County Found Safe In Modesto; Suspect In Custody

MODESTO (CBS13) — Authorities accidental the children allegedly abducted by their begetter successful Riverside County person been recovered harmless successful Modesto.

An Amber Alert was issued precocious Friday nighttime for the 2 children, 9-year-old Gino Costello and 5-year-old Memphis Zeko. The alert besides listed a pistillate — Mariela Costello, 32 – arsenic a unfortunate and said each 3 victims were successful danger. Authorities did not accidental if the pistillate was the children’s mother.

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The begetter was identified arsenic Nicholas Zeko, 34.

All were past seen successful Riverside County astir 10 a.m. Thursday and were believed to beryllium adjacent Modesto.

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On Saturday, the Modesto Police Department announced that the 2 children and fishy Nicholas Zeko were recovered astatine a section edifice astir midnight. The children were unharmed.

The woman, Costello, has inactive not been located.

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Nicholas Zeko has been taken into custody.

CBS13 Staff