A four-year-old boy was rescued after being kidnapped in front of his home in the Dominican Republic

A child stands with his back to the camera in the middle of an urban street lit by streetlights at night. (Infobae Illustrative Image)A four-year-old boy was found alive hours after his family reported that he had been taken from the door of his home in the Los Tres Brazos sector, in Santo Domingo Este. The National Police reported that the child was found safe and sound on Thursday night, while an investigation remains open to establish what happened. The case received widespread attention after footage from a security camera installed in the area circulated. The images show a woman running with the child on her back, a scene that prompted the relatives' report and the activation of search operations. In a video shared on social media, the child's mother expressed her gratitude for the police deployment through which the boy was located. The National Police found Sammy Ciprián Gabriel, kidnapped in Santo Domingo, safe and sound. The Police identified the child as Sammy Ciprián Gabriel, four years old. According to the official report, he was found in the vicinity of 42nd Street, in the Capotillo sector, National District. The authorities did not specify at what point he was found or how he was identified. The authorities only stated that he was safe and sound. After the discovery, the child was taken along with his mother, Chantal Gabriel Bonhomme, 31, to the Police Headquarters. The woman thanked everyone for the support received during the hours her son remained missing. The boy had been reported missing on Wednesday night. His relatives said he was in front of his home, in Los Tres Brazos, when a person took him. The sequence was recorded by a surveillance camera in the sector. The video, shared on social media, showed a woman running while carrying the child on her back. The images were incorporated into the investigators' proceedings. The case was initially treated as a suspected abduction. The Police have not yet publicly established whether the person appearing in the recording is the same one who may have been linked to the child being found in Capotillo. A police officer guards the entrance to the Santo Domingo Este Palace of Justice during the early morning hours. (Infobae Illustrative Image)The institution reported that a minor remains in custody in connection with the case. Multiple questions have arisen around this case because the authorities have not provided details about the investigation, the possible whereabouts of the perpetrator, or whether more people are involved in the case. The investigation is being handled by several divisions of the National Police, including the Department of Investigation of Crimes and High-Tech Offenses (Dicat), the Human Trafficking unit, and the Missing Persons Investigation department. Officers conducted interviews with relatives and neighbors in the sector, in addition to collecting footage from security cameras near the child's home. These proceedings aim to reconstruct the child's route from the moment he was last seen in Los Tres Brazos to his location in Capotillo.