Two children are missing after police believe their birth mother abducted them outside their foster home in Los Angeles.

The brothers, identified as 2-year-old Derek Alejandro Rodriguez and 10-year-old Jaden Hernandez, are believed to have snuck out of their foster home on South Virgil Avenue early Thursday and been kidnapped by their mother, identified by police as Jackline Hernandez-Torres, KTLA reported .

The boys’ foster parents said they heard the brothers opening the door around 1:30 a.m. — but by the time they ran outside, they were gone, the outlet reported.

Derek, 2, and Jaden, 10, were possibly abducted by their birth mother after leaving their foster parents’ home. California Highway Patrol

The foster parents told police they were concerned that the boys had gone searchin

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