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April 28, 2006

3 young children put in protective custody

PROVIDENCE -- Three young children are in protective custody today with a family member after the police were alerted that the children were outside near the intersection of Hartford and Pettys avenues late last night, according to Stephanie Perry, assistant director of child protective services with the state Department of Children, Youth & Families.

The children’s father called the police frantically when he woke up and discovered the children were missing, Perry said. He called their mother, who came home from work. The father said he checked on the children before he went to sleep.

Perry stressed that as the weather warms up, this is not an infrequent occurrence.

“This can happen to anybody,” she said. “People don’t realize that kids this age are very capable of opening doors, and much more than we believe they’re capable of.”

The children were a 4-year-old boy, a 3-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy, Perry said.

The police and the DCYF are continuing the investigation, she said.

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