Woman Says Boy Found in Metro Station Is Hers

Sheriff’s investigators were interviewing a woman Monday who came forward as the mother of a 4-year-old child found wandering alone near the Metro Red Line station at Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.

The boy, whose picture was beamed on local television stations as authorities searched for a guardian, was placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services after being found Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The mother told authorities she thought her son had left with another relative after a family party, said Deputy Alba Yates.