OTTAWA — A nearly 24-hour search for a six-year-old Quebec boy is over.

The Quebec Provincial Police says Louka Fredette is safe and his father is in custody.

The Ontario Provincial Police stopped Ugo Fredette in Griffith, about a half-hour southwest of Renfrew around 5 p.m., Friday.

Officers had been looking for the 41-year-old and his son since about 5:35 p.m. Thursday.

That’s when Louka’s mother, Veronique Barbe, was found dead in a Saint-Eustache, Quebec home.

Investigators then followed a trail which first took them to Lachute, near Montreal, where they found an abandoned Ford pick-up truck in Fredette’s name.

The father was seen in Maniwaki Friday morning between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and then Napanee, using an ATM machine near a Canadian Tire around 2:15 p.m. Friday.

The happy end to the search continues a successful streak of Amber Alerts dating back to 2003.