Florida Kidnapping Suspect Arrested Last Week in Our Area, Child Located

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KNOX COUNTY -- A Florida kidnapping suspect was arrested on Friday in Knox County.

Police arrested Andres Cantu, 26, from Mount, Florida.

Indiana State Police say Cantu is accused of kidnapping his four-year-old son from a Florida daycare in December of last year.

The US Marshal Fugitive Task Force received a tip that Cantu may be in Bicknell. Police started watching a home in the 700 block of  Maple Street in Bicknell, where they saw the missing child with a woman in the backyard.

The child was taken into protective custody.

Cantu wasn't at the home at the time. They were able to find him at another house on 3rd Street in Bicknell. He was arrested and taken to the Knox County Jail.