CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department said Friday that a boy reported missing from Clearlake last week has been found safe in Utah.
Nathan Ayers, 9, was located in good health at a truck stop on Interstate 80 in Lake Point, Utah, at 10 p.m. Thursday, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs.
Hobbs said the child was found with 52-year-old Clearlake resident, Tracy Barsolo, his former guardian and the suspect in his abduction.
The boy was reported missing to Clearlake Police last Friday by his foster mother after he didn't return home from school, as Lake County News has reported.
Since the child was reported missing, members of the Clearlake Police Department have worked continually on trying to locate him, Hobbs said.
On Thursday night, Clearlake Police were able to get a fairly accurate location on Barsolo by tracking a cell phone she had acquired on June 4, according to Hobbs.
He said the location provided by the cell phone carrier was near the Flying J Truck Stop on Interstate 80 in Lake Point, which is about 25 miles west of Salt Lake City.
After obtaining the location, Hobbs said police immediately contacted the Tooele County Sheriff’s Department in Utah and asked for assistance in attempting to locate Nathan and Barsolo.
A short time later several deputies arrived at the truck stop and began searching for the boy and the woman. Hobbs said that while one deputy was inside the hotel at the truck stop showing employees pictures of Nathan and Barsolo, a second deputy located both of them in the parking lot.
Barsolo was arrested for a felony no bail warrant out of Clearlake Police Department and later booked into the Tooele County Jail, to be extradited back to Lake County. Hobbs said Barsolo will face charges related to the abduction once she is extradited back to Lake County.
The child was taken into protective custody and turned over to the Utah Department of Child and Family Services until he can be returned to Lake County, Hobbs said.
Hobbs said the Clearlake Police Department thanked the Tooele County Sheriff’s Department for its valuable assistance in this case, adding their quick actions and willingness to help resulted in the speedy and safe recovery of the child.