Investigators: Couple who left 3-year-old boy at NYC St. Patrick’s Cathedral wanted in Fla.

Police ID couple who ditched 3-year-old Fla. boy

NEW YORK — New York City investigators identified a couple believed to have ditched a toddler at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, days after he was reported missing in Florida.

Three-year-old Nathaniel Fons was not harmed. He was in the custody of the Administration for Children’s Services on Wednesday.

Police identified the couple, suspected of being involved in a counterfeiting operation in Florida, through surveillance footage. They have not been located.

A security guard found Nathaniel at the famed Manhattan cathedral around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. A note in his hand gave his mother’s name and the name and number of a Florida detective.

Nathaniel was reported missing Monday. His mother had been arrested on counterfeiting charges in Flagler County, about 25 miles north of Daytona Beach. The couple is believed to be friends of hers.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City investigators say a couple wanted on counterfeiting charges in Florida are believed to have abandoned a toddler from that state at St. Patrick’s Cathedral days after he was reported missing.

Three-year-old Nathaniel Fons was not harmed. He was in the custody of child welfare officials Wednesday.

Police identified 29-year-old Eleanor Black and 32-year-old William Scott through surveillance footage. They are still at large.

A security guard found Nathaniel at the famed Manhattan cathedral around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. A note in his hand gave his mother’s name and the name and number of a Florida detective.

Nathaniel was reported missing Monday. His mother had been arrested on counterfeiting charges in Florida. Black and Scott are believed to be friends of hers.

(This version CORRECTS couple are suspects in counterfeiting operation, instead of wanted on charges.)