Police say a report of a kidnapping near Boston University on Thursday was a misunderstanding.
A report of a possible kidnapping of a boy on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay was a misunderstanding, Boston police said Thursday afternoon.
Police said the incident that set off the investigation took place near the Boston University East T Stop, according to police. Sources told the NBC10 Investigators that students by a BU dormitory saw what they thought was suspicious behavior: a woman getting out of a van, grabbing a boy and putting him in the van. The woman being sought is 5-foot-8 with blonde, frizzy hair and wearing blue cargo pants.
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The van and the child have been located and the situation was determined to be a misunderstanding.
More details were not immediately available.
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The vehicle drove toward Kenmore Square and downtown Boston, according to police.
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