(Updated) Woman Arrested In Suspected Child Abduction Released Without Charges

Updated at 4:15 p.m. Oct. 7:

Howard County police have released without charges the woman arrested Thursday in a suspected child abduction case, according to the department.

Police have determined that Tiara Monique Williams, who was accused by the child's mother of abduction, had helped raise the child since birth.

Information that the two women shared regular parental responsibility for the child was not initially provided to police by the mother, police said.

Williams was taken into custody Thursday and interviewed by police. After further investigation based on her statements, and in consultation with the Howard County State's Attorney's Office, she was released without prosecution, police said.

The investigation continues to determine if anyone involved in the case will face criminal charges, police said.

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Police investigators have arrested a woman they say abducted a 16-month-old baby from her Columbia home Wednesday night.

Tiara Monique-Williams, 23, was arrested at a home in Suitland around 2 p.m. Thursday, according to police.

The child, Kayden King-Gayman, was found unharmed at the same home earlier Thursday afternoon.

Police said a woman took the child while watching her alone at the mother's home in the 9400 block of Ridge View Drive in Columbia.

The incident was reported to police around midnight, according to the statement.

Police said the baby was found at the home of a relative of Monique-Williams. The relative will not face charges, police said.

Charges had not been filed as of late Thursday, according to Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn.