(Putnam County Sheriff’s Office/Peg Broadcasting News)
The man charged with kidnapping his own son in an incident that resulted in a widely broadcasted Amber Alert during the early days of July has now also been charged with killing the boy’s mother. Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park, New Jersey is charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder in connection with the alleged abduction of 2-year-old Sebastian Rios and the death of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar.
On Saturday morning July 10th, 2021, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office received a call from authorities from the Union County, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office. Putnam County Sheriff Deputies, along with Monterey Police Officers, took Tyler Rios into custody without incident after gathering information and verifying that Rios had been staying in the Bethel Inn Hotel located near I-40 just off exit 301 in Monterey, Tennessee. The two-year-old, Sebastian Rios, was found unharmed in the hotel room.
Tyler Rios remained in custody in Putnam County until New Jersey authorities extradited him back to New Jersey. On July 20th 2021, Rios made his first appearance in New Jersey Court, virtually, to go through an initial reading of the charges before him.