Dying Mom's Last Words Launch Search for Missing Baby

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DELTA, Ohio -- A dying young mother’s last words asking about her son led investigators to launch a multi-state search for the abducted infant, who was later found safe, reports CBS affiliate WTOL.  Police responded to the home in Delta, Ohio around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning and found 23-year-old Amanda “Mandi” Mangas gravely wounded with gunshot wound to the chest, Delta Police Chief Nathan Hartsock told reporters. Police and family tell WTOL that Mangas asked a responding sergeant, “Where’s Winston?” referring to her 10-month-old son.  Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH She also gave police the name of the suspect in her shooting and the boy’s abduction — the child’s father, James ...

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'Where's Winston?':

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An Ohio woman's last words helped ensure her missing baby boy's return to safety, cops say.
Before she succumbed to a gunshot wound to the chest, 23-year-old Mandi Mangas said to responding Fulton County deputies, "Where's Winston?"
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The mother's words sparked an Amber Alert in and around Delta, Ohio, which eventually led to the boy and to the arrest of his father, James Ramey.
The drama unfolded early Tuesday when deputies arrived to Mangas' father's home at about 5 a.m. when they found the young mother in grave condition.
After reportedly also giving police the name of the suspect she said shot her, Mangas was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The Amber Alert and manhunt for Ramey lasted about five hours, at which point cops say they tracked the suspect to Indiana — 150 miles from the scene of the crime — with the help of cell phone pings and tips to police.
Ramey was arrested around 10 a.m. in Fulton County, Ind., about 150 miles away from the crime scene in Delta. They credit the Amber Alert for helping catch Ramey.
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"There were several calls that came in [from] people who had contact with Mr. Ramey, so we were able to track him," Delta Police Chief Nathan Hartsock told reporters Tuesday. "With the size of the community, we did have multiple officers, here in my department, working. But if it wasn't for assisting agencies, this would have been much slower process."

Ramey was booked in an Indiana jail on suspicion of murder. Authorities did not immediately set an extradition date.

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Reports: Child abducted by father found safe after Amber Alert, mother dead

cleveland.com Mon, Mar 13 10:00 PM PDT

FULTON COUNTY, Ohio -- The father of a child who was the subject of an Amber Alert Tuesday is in custody after the child's mother was found dead. The child, 10-month-old Winston Ramey, was found unharmed, according to reports from Fox 8.  WTOL in Toledo reported that Mandi Mangas, the child's mother, was found shot to death inside her father's home in Delta. WANE in Fort Wayne, Indiana reported that James Ramey was taken into custody by Indiana State Police in Fulton County, Indiana.  The child had been last seen in Delta. The father was considered armed and dangerous. ...

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