Featured Image Credit: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Topics: Crime, Parenting, Netflix, Documentaries
Mia Williams
Topics: Crime, Parenting, Netflix, Documentaries
Abdul Aziz Khan has been found seven years following on from his disappearance, after featuring in Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries series.
Police have finally found a 14-year-old who disappeared 2017, after appearing on an episode of Netflix's true crime docuseries - Unsolved Mysteries.
The child was found in the back seat of a car, after authorities were called to a house burglary in Colorado.
The boy was taken from his home in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 27, 2017, and law enforcement believed that his mother, Rabia Khalid, was the one who kidnapped the seven-year-old.
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She abandoned their family home and fled with her husband, Elliot Blake Bourgeois.
On the same day, she failed to show at her custody hearing in Atlanta, which prompted police to issue a warrant for her arrest.
Neither Khalid nor Bourgeois were seen publicly until Abdul was found on February 23, 2025.
A homeowner in Colorado had spotted suspicious activity on their security cameras, and called the police.
Upon their arrival, they noticed two children sitting in the car which was parked on the driveway, as the two burglary suspects fled the property.
After questioning the duo for a total of four hours, there appeared to be holes and discrepancies within both accounts of the story.
They were finally identified as Khalid, 40, and Bourgeois, 42.
And as a result, one of the children was identified as now 14-year-old Abdul, but the identity of the other child has not been released.
Speaking to KDVR, Douglas County Sheriff Darren Week said: "Their ability to recognise the discrepancies in the suspects’ story and to follow the leads, even when the situation seemed unclear, ultimately led to the safe recovery of a child who had been missing for seven long years."
He added: "I couldn’t be prouder of the work done by our team; this case highlights the commitment of our officers to seek justice and protect the most vulnerable.
"It’s a reminder of the incredible difference our work makes in the lives of those we serve."
They were each charged with second-degree kidnapping, forgery, identity theft, providing false information to authorities, and trespassing.
However, as Khalid is Abdul's biological mother, she cannot kidnap her own child, as per the US law.
Instead, she is being charged with conspiracy to kidnap.
The preliminary hearing will commence on 27 March.