Peel police have called off an Amber Alert issued after the 5-year-old Mississauga boy, who was the subject of it, was found, safe and in good health, Peel police say.

Police say they located Ethan Montes with his mother, Juliet Mohammed, 47, in Chatham-Kent, as a direct result of the alert.

Family and friends had not heard from Mohammed since Wednesday and Montes was last seen at his school in the area of Cawthra Rd. and Atwater Ave. Wednesday afternoon.

Police said they were working to confirm his mother picked him up from school between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The boy lives with his mother and father in the area of The Collegeway and Glen Erin Dr.

His father reported them missing.

“She (Mohammed) has a pre-existing medical condition, and without the medication she usually takes, it would cause her to act out of character,” said Peel police spokesperson Const. Akhil Mooken.

He said it is out of character for Mohammed to be out of contact with her family.

Police were called by the boy’s father around 10 a.m. Thursday, April 25, about their disappearance. He reported them both missing.

This is the second Amber Alert Peel police have issued this year, and the third one in the province.

With files from Ilya Banares

Pam Douglas is the crime reporter with the Brampton Guardian and Mississauga News. Email: pdouglas@thebramptonguardian.com

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