North Carolina boy and girl abducted by their mother now in NYC

Two children who police say were abducted by their mother in North Carolina may now be in the New York City area and police are asking for the public’s help in locating them.

Four-month-old Antoin Marsh and one-year-old Destiny Marsh were abducted in Fayetteville on Saturday, police said. 

They say their mother, 20-year-old Catrina Lucas, who does not have custody, took them from their grandmother’s home, where the children were placed by social services. 

Catrina Lucas, 20, who did not have custody of her children, took them from their grandmother’s house according to cops 

Investigators say they have made contact with the mother, but that so far, she has refused to return them.

Tanya Hunt, Lucas’ grandmother told ABC11 that she feels like her granddaughter planned the abduction.

‘Who has clothes for those children? Who got milk for that baby. Who bought pampers? Wipes? Anything?’ Hunt said. 

‘Because when she took them, my grandson had on a tank top t-shirt and sweatpants. No jacket. My granddaughter had on a t-shirt and sweatpants. No jacket. No car seats. So do I feel like it was planned? Yes.’

Hunt also says that although the police say they don’t believe the children are in immediate danger, the young mother was not thinking of the consequences when she took them in the first place.

She says she is afraid of what Lucas will do now that authorities are looking for her and the children.

The Fayetteville Police Department has warrants out on Lucas charging her with two counts of abduction of children.

It is unclear why the young mother lost custody in the first place.  

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective J. Arnold with the Fayetteville Police Department at (910) 824-9539 or Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).   

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Antoin and Destiny Marsh and their mother