Travis County Texas, Simon Colby Weyman 6

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Police: Kidnapped 6-year-old in danger

Believe he is in grave or immediate danger

Updated: Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 9:19 AM CDT Published : Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 8:16 AM CDT Jackie Vega

LIVE OAK, Texas (KXAN) - Police are looking for kidnapped 6-year-old Simon Colby Weyman, who they believe is in serious or immediate danger.

Officials issued the Amber Alert for the child from Live Oak early Friday morning.

The Amber Alert website asks people to contact the Live Oak Police Department at 210-653-0033 if they know anything about the kidnapping.

Police believe two unknown suspects are involved in the child's disappearance, and they are driving either a black, four-door compact Toyota or Mazda with a green-and-white bumper sticker on the back of the car.

One of the suspects was last heard from in Live Oak, Texas, which is about 20 miles northeast of San Antonio.

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Selma boy kidnapped

Posted on 06/22/2012

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 6-year-old boy who was kidnapped overnight from his Selma home, WOAI Radio is reporting.

Simon Colby Weyman was living with his grandmother in a trailer off FM 1518 when two men burst in, grabbed him and drove away, the station says.

The boy last was seen in the company of a white man and a black man, who were driving a black, four-door compact Toyota, Mazda or Mercedes with either a green or white bumper sticker on the rear, WOAI says.

It’s unclear what the relationship is between the two men and the boy, and the status of the boy’s parents, the station says.

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Plate number CG5-G973 in kidnap case

Believe boy, 6, in grave or immediate danger

Updated: Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 1:46 PM CDT Published : Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 8:16 AM CD

LIVE OAK, Texas (KXAN) - Police on Friday were looking for kidnapped 6-year-old Simon Colby Weyman, who they believe is in serious or immediate danger.

He was taken away in a 1990 red Toyota Celica GT, Texas license plate No. CG5-G973

Officials issued the Amber Alert for the child from Live Oak.

The Amber Alert website asks people to contact the Live Oak Police Department at 210-653-0033 if they know anything about the kidnapping.

Police believe two unknown suspects are involved in the child's disappearance, and they are driving either a black, four-door compact Toyota or Mazda with a green-and-white bumper sticker on the back of the car.

One of the suspects was last heard from in Live Oak, Texas, which is about 20 miles northeast of San Antonio.

Simon's description

Blond hair and brown eyes
4 feet tall
Weighs 90 pounds
He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with black cars, brown khaki shorts and no shoes.

Meanwhile, there is very little descriptive information about the suspects involved.

www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/police-kidnapped-6-year-old-in-danger

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4 men take 6-year-old in S.A. suburb

Updated 01:38 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2012

Amber Alert was issued this morning for a 6-year-old who was believed kidnapped.

According to the Amber Alert, Simon Weyman was last seen in Selma. He's described as Anglo, about 3-feet 4-inches tall, with blond hair and brown eyes.

Police are looking for four men who may be driving a dark-colored, four-door sedan — possibly a Toyota, Mazda or similar import model — with a green and white bumper sticker on the back bumper.

Selma City Manager Ken Roberts —whose police department is handling the investigation — described the kidnapping as a well-orchestrated effort, involving four masked men who entered the mobile home of Simon's grandmother, Mary Gilson, 69, just before 8 p.m. Thursday.

He said two men came through an unlocked front door and told Gilson they were with the “district attorney” and told her, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

They took the cordless phone that was next to her, pulled out the battery and tossed it to the other side of the room.

Robert said Gilson tried to stand up, but was pushed to the ground by one of the two kidnappers who came in through the front.

Meanwhile, the second man went to the back door to let in the other two kidnappers.

Two of the kidnappers went through the house and took two small items: an ivory carving and a small figurine that was perched near the couch where the boy had been sleeping next to his grandmother.

The four men then left with the boy.

Roberts said the grandmother was too rattled by the experience to provide a more complete description of the suspects or of the getaway car.

A newly released Amber Alert changed the location that the boy was last seen at from Live Oak to Selma. This story will be updated throughout the day as more details become available.

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Abducted Selma boy found in S.A. apartment complex

Updated 08:38 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2012

After a manhunt that lasted much of Friday, a tip led authorities to a 6-year-old boy kidnapped from his grandmother's home in Selma.

Simon Weyman was found unharmed with his mother, Melissa “Muffy” Weyman, 43, at an apartment complex in San Antonio, said Selma City Manager Ken Roberts, citing Selma police officials.

Melissa Weyman had been named as a suspect in the abduction. One of the men believed to be involved in the kidnapping also was arrested, Roberts said. It was unclear what charges they would face.

Multiple police agencies had joined the search for Simon, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“It's just beginning to settle in ... what could happen to my grandson,” Mary Gilson, 69, Simon's paternal grandmother and guardian, said earlier Friday.

The boy and his father had been living with her since October 2010. The father moved has since moved out and in May 2011, she obtained a court order to keep his mother away, citing the volatile relationship between his parents.

Roberts described the kidnapping as well-orchestrated. Police believe it involved four masked intruders — three men and a woman — who entered Gilson's mobile home just before 8 p.m. Thursday.

Roberts said two of them entered through an unlocked front door, told Gilson they were with the “district attorney” and then said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

They took the cordless phone that was next to her, pulled out the battery and tossed it to the other side of the room, he said.

Roberts said Gilson tried to stand up, but one of the kidnappers pushed her to the floor as the second man went to the back door to let in two others.

“They knew where my back door was. They knew my house,” Gilson said.

Two of them searched the house and took a few small items, including an ivory carving and a small figurine that was perched near the couch where the boy had been sleeping next to his grandmother, Roberts said.

The four then left with the boy. The police account of what happened that night differsed slightly from Gilson's recounting a day later — she said five people invaded her home, not four. She said she recognized the voice of one of the men, who badgered her with questions and insults.

“He had been calling me on the telephone and leaving me nastygrams like, ‘You're rude, you're crude, you're the devil, God's going to get you and we'll see who's laughing in court, we'll see who will be laughing then'” she said. According to Gilson, the relationship between her son and Simon's mother, Melissa Weyman, was tumultuous —buffeted by bad tempers, drugs, and booze and partying. And all too often, she said, the needs of their young son would fall by the wayside, as they focused on their habits and the drama of their relationship.

His parents couldn't even be bothered to take him to kindergarten, meaning that when Simon finally started school, he was a year behind. Gilson said.

She received custody of her grandson and Weyman was ordered to attend a drug treatment program and pay child support, Gilson said.

Her son has only seen Simon twice in the past 10 months, she said, and Simon's mother has not attempted to set up a supervised visit with Simon since November.

The look of exhaustion on Gilson's face Friday spoke to an anguish and sadness rooted in something besides the kidnapping trauma she had endured. Her grandson was recently diagnosed with learning difficulties, she said.

“I was thinking, it was just the fighting and the separation, all that emotional trauma ... and with counseling, we're going to fix it. But the school year kept going on and on and he didn't get better,” she said.

Gilson had arranged for Simon to get into a special education class during the summer. He started just this week.

“Whether Simon will ever catch up, I don't know,” she said.

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