PATTERSON, Calif. -- The mother of a missing Northern California boy whose kidnapping prompted a statewide Amber Alert says she doesn't think the suspected abductor would hurt the child.
Tabitha Cardenas spoke at a candle light vigil on Wednesday, a day after 4-year-old Juliani Cardenas was allegedly kidnapped by his mother's ex-boyfriend.
Authorities say Cardenas was snatched a from his grandmother's arms by 27-year-old Jose Esteban Rodriguez at a home in Patterson.
Stanislaus County sheriff's divers have begun searching a section of the Delta-Mendota canal near Patterson where a witness reported seeing a vehicle go in. The vehicle fits the description of the car used in the kidnapping.
Sheriff's spokesman Royjindar Singh says the search will resume around 10 a.m. Thursday.
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