Boy Found Wandering Union Station Reunited With Family

LOS ANGELES, CA — A young boy believed to be deaf and autistic has been reunited with family after he was found wandering Union Station by himself Wednesday night, and Los Angeles police are asking for help identifying his parents. Now his mother is being questioned by detectives who indicate she is likely to face child abandonment charges.

Through all the publicity that surrounded the child's discovery, a family member stepped forward to identify the boy, who was reunited with that relative, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.

Officer Christopher No didn't know if the person who came forward was a man or a woman, but said detectives were interviewing the family to find out what happened and to try and identify the woman who was with the boy at Union Station.

The little boy was found at the busy train station around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday by LAPD's Transit Services Division officers, said police Lt. Leonard Perez. Authorities are reviewing surveillance video for leads.

"He's cute. He's clean. He belongs to somebody," Perez said. "He obviously didn't get here by himself."

The child is deaf but unable communicate with a sign language interpreter, Perez said. He may be autistic. Authorities did not received any reports of missing children fitting his description. The boy accepted food and water from officers.

City News Service contributed to this report. Photo courtesy of the LAPD