DETROIT – Police in Livonia confirmed Tuesday they have arrested four people in connection with the abduction of a set of 14-day-old twins.
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The case will be submitted to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
The twin’s paternal grandmother, Yvette McDonald, said the family doesn’t know the identity of those arrested.
“Me and my son and the mom are very curious, and we want to get to the bottom of this,” McDonald told Local 4 Tuesday evening.
McDonald believes the people offering help on social media are behind the abduction.
“This page is stealing people’s babies, and they stole my two grandkids,” McDonald said. “Thank God they gave them back to somebody who returned them.”
Initially, police handcuffed and detained two people Monday, but they were cleared and released after police questioned them.
Security cameras from inside the Quality Inn in Livonia captured the two women hiding their faces Sunday night. They are accused of talking their way into a couple’s hotel room where they knew the twin boys were and taking the twins when the mother left the room briefly to grab a drink from a vending machine.
The family said the incident started when people had reached out to the mother on Facebook and offered to help with gift cards and diaper wipes.
The abduction prompted an Amber Alert to be issued.
Roughly 12 hours later, police said the twins were dropped off Monday morning at the front desk of the 9th Precinct of the Detroit Police Department. The twins were taken to a hospital to be checked out and reunited with their parents.
The motive is unknown and the incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Livonia Police Department at 734-466-2470.
