Crime & Safety

Police: Mother of Missing Boy, 5, Faces Felony Charge

Mother and child headed to West coast, father tells WTOP.

The TV station reports that police have issued a warrant for the mother, Becky Love who also goes by Rebecca Serafin, on federal parental abduction charges.

The . The father is Joe Serafin of Vienna. The boy also goes by the name Cameron Love.

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Becky Love, according to NBC4, abandoned her car at an Arlington shopping center and took $6,100 out of a bank account and closed it before leaving the state with her son.

WTOP is reporting that Love and her son flew from BWI to Birmingham, Ala. The father told WTOP that he believes they are now headed to the West coast.

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For anyone with information can email Crime Solvers. Police say people with information may text "TIP187" plus their message to CRIMES/274637 or call police at 703-691-2131.


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