Toronto mom pleads for return of young son allegedly abducted by dad during Vietnam trip
CTV
For the last seven-and-half months, Toronto resident Heather McArthur has been living out what she describes as her 'worst nightmare.' On Feb. 7, her then three-year-old son Jacob along with his father Loc Phu 'Jay' Le departed for what was supposed to be a week-long visit to Vietnam to celebrate the Lunar New Year with family, McArthur says.
For the last seven-and-half months, Toronto resident Heather McArthur has been living out what she describes as her “worst nightmare.”
On Feb. 7, her then three-year-old son Jacob along with his father Loc Phu "Jay" Le departed for what was supposed to be a week-long visit to Vietnam to celebrate the Lunar New Year with family, McArthur says.
They were expected to return home on Feb. 15, however McArthur said she later received a message from Le informing her that Jacob had developed a rash and needed a prescription, which would delay their return to Canada until after a doctor’s appointment on Feb. 28.
Since then, McArthur said she’s made countless attempts to speak with Le, whom she shared custody with, but has been unable to reach him and has found that his cellphone number has been reassigned to someone else.
She said that she also hasn’t been able to reach one of his family members, whom had served as a court-appointed liaison.
“So obviously, when there's multiple parties that have cut off communication, you know, that intermediary party is a three-year-old child, you know, that's gets really concerning,” she said.
McArthur said that said she knew in her heart that something wasn’t right leading up to her now-four-year-old son’s trip abroad and did not want to hand him over to his dad as the details about their upcoming trip were unclear to her and communication with him was strained and practically non-existent.
