San Francisco police announced this afternoon that the two toddlers believed to be missing in the Tenderloin have been found safe. Apparently a woman, known only to the mother as "Jacquita," brought the two children into St. Francis Hospital. The two children appear to be in good health.

This is an incredibly happy ending to what could have been a tragic tale. San Francisco police had been searching for the two ever since their mother reported them missing on Monday, only later to be arrested herself for child endangerment. According to police, the two-year-old and one-year-old had last been seen at the Carl’s Junior restaurant near Hallidie Plaza on March 21 just shy of 2:30 a.m. According to an SFPD press release, as of 3 p.m. today the search was still continuing with "twelve members of the SFPD Honda Unit (on/off road motorcycles) [...] assisting Tenderloin Officers in searching the downtown area."

According to SFPD's Facebook page, this all started on March 21 when the children's mother, 26-year-old Shanyce Jones of Oakland, left her kids in the care of her acquaintance Jacquita. According to Jones, she told Jacquita she would be back in three hours, but returned much later to find the kinds and Jacquita gone. Jones apparently made new plans to meet the woman and her children at a spot in Hallidie Plaza on March 22, but when she arrived neither the kids nor Jacquita were anywhere to be found.

"During interviews, Jones made inconsistent statements to investigators who developed probable cause to arrest Jones," noted the police. "She was later booked on child endangerment and possession of controlled substance charges. Jones remains in custody."

Police released surveillance video of the woman they believed to be in possession of the children, but cautioned to add that they were "not considering this to be an abduction case at this time."

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