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UPDATED: Amber Alert baby found dead, father in custody

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.  -- Coral Springs police say they found a missing 1 month-old dead in the trunk of a car and his father is in custody.

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Lt. Joe McHugh says the body was found Friday afternoon, hours after an Amber Alert was issued for Josiah Saintil, who turns 2 months old next week.
   
McHugh says the child's father, 24-year-old Janus Saintil, is being held. Charges were not immediately filed and no further information has been released.
   
State officials said in the alert that Janus Saintil was considered armed and dangerous. He was traveling with the child in a 2008, black Kia Spectra.

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 1-month-old boy last seen in Port St. Lucie.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued the alert Friday morning for Josiah Saintil, who turns 2 months old next week.

He was last seen wearing a blue onesie with `mommy all-star' on the front. He also has a Winnie the Pooh blanket.

State officials say the child may be with 24-year-old Janus Saintil, who is considered armed and dangerous. They may be traveling in a 2008, black Kia Spectra.
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PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE PRESS RELEASE
Port St. Lucie – The Port St. Lucie Police Department along with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office are trying to locate a two-month-old baby kidnapped by his father Thursday night in Broward County.

The child, Josiah Saintil was last seen wearing a blue onesie with the words “Mommy’s All Star” on the front.  He has a light skin discoloration on his chin, earlobes and left temple.

Port St. Lucie and Broward County Sheriff’s Office Detectives are also looking for his father, 24-year-old Janus Saintil of Deerfield Beach, who was last seen driving a stolen black, four-door Kia Spectra with tinted windows with Florida tag K52-8LH.

At this time police suspect Janus Saintil was with two women, another man and the baby around 7 p.m. Thursday enroute to a North Lauderdale Walmart when he became angry, pulled out a gun and directed the driver to drive north. Also, one of the women inside the vehicle was the baby’s mother.

When Janus arrived in Port St. Lucie, he dropped the baby off at an unknown address before he and his victims went to a second house in Port St. Lucie then afterwards went to an ATM at a local gas station.  Once at the gas station, Saintil forced one victim to get cash all before the victims yelled for help and Saintil fled the gas station in Kia Spectra.

Janus Saintil should be considered armed and dangerous, has a very lengthy criminal history and an outstanding warrant for armed robbery out of Broward County.

If anyone knows the whereabouts of Janus Saintil or the baby you are asked to call 911.

UPDATED: Amber Alert baby found dead, father in custody

Saturday, June 2 2012, 12:16 AM EDT

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