A mother and her 6-year-old son from Santa Fe who had been reported missing have been located safe in Taos County, according to police.

The Taos County Sheriff's Office contacted Santa Fe police at 3:40 a.m. Friday to let them know Lindy Ziegler, 48, and Odin Ziegler, 6, had been found.

Taos sheriff's deputies and the state Children, Youth and Families Department "conducted an evaluation ... and determined it would be in the best interest of Odin’s wellbeing that he be placed in the custody of CYFD," Santa Fe police wrote in a news release.

A missing persons investigation was launched after CYFD reported Odin had not been in school since Oct. 31.

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