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Mother who disappeared with 6 children arrested in Arizona

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say an Albuquerque mother who disappeared with her six children after being accused of beating one of her teenage sons has been arrested in Arizona. The woman was arrested by police for the White Mountain Apache Reservation and booked into the Navajo County jail in Holbrook, Arizona. Police say the children are doing well and awaiting their return to Albuquerque. The children range in age from 3 months to 14 years. Investigators say one of her 14-year-old sons, who wasn't among the missing children, showed up at a police station barefoot early Dec. 18. He told officers that his mother attacked him after accusing him of molesting one of his younger siblings. An arrest warrant was issued for the women.