Portugal Police Investigate French Woman After Two Children Found Abandoned
Details of the Investigation
Discovery of the Children
LISBON, May 21 (Reuters) - Portugal's judicial police (PJ) said on Thursday they were searching for a French woman suspected of abandoning her two young children, who were found earlier this week walking alone in the country's south.
Background and Search Efforts
French authorities had issued a Europe-wide request to help find the woman and children, aged 4 and 5, after their father reported them missing from their home in the town of Colmar, eastern France.
Location Where Children Were Found
The PJ said in a statement that the children were discovered on Tuesday along a road in the town of Alcacer do Sal, apparently lost after being abandoned by their mother, whom they did not identify.
Criminal Investigation
The woman is being investigated for the crimes of exposure to danger, and of abandonment, the PJ said.
Possible Travel Routes
After vanishing from their home, there were suspicions they could have travelled to Spain or Portugal, the PJ said.
(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
