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UPDATE: GRPD say 1-year-old found in Benton Harbor after babysitter did not return him

According to Grand Rapids Police 1-year-old Miquis Lamont Jenkins has been found safe in Benton Harbor

UPDATE: According to Grand Rapids Police the Amber Alert for 1-year-old Miquis Lamont Jenkins was cancelled after he was found safe in Benton Harbor. Police say his babysitter 19-year-old Iyesha Catherine Gibbs was with him at the time.

This is still a developing situation, we will have more information as it becomes available.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Grand Rapids Police are hoping for a happy ending to the case of a missing 1-year-old boy.

Police say Miquis Lamont Jenkins is with 19-year-old Iyesha Catherine Gibbs.

Gibbs often babysits Jenkins, which was the case on Wednesday, Aug. 1, when she was supposed to watch him for a few hours. She is said to have left an apartment in Grand Rapids around 1 p.m. with Jenkins and has not been seen since.

An Amber Alert was issued shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 2.

Relatives of Jenkins told 13 ON YOUR SIDE the mother was taken by police to an undisclosed location around 1 p.m. to meet up her child and Gibbs.

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19-year-old Iyesha Catherine Gibbs

Gibbs is described as a black woman standing 5'4'' tall and weighing 250 pounds, with short black hair. She was last seen driving a silver SUV with a broken passenger side window, covered in plastic and tape.

If you have seen either of these two, or have any information about where they are, please call Detective Kevin Snyder at 616-456-3422, Sergeant Keith Hefner at 616-456-3338 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.

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