An 8-year-old Salem boy alerted police to a kidnapping after reporting his mother was missing and possibly in danger Sunday evening.

Police responded to the boy’s northeast Salem home around 5:30 p.m. for a welfare check and began an investigation, according to a Monday evening police statement. They located her at Salem Hospital.

Investigators concluded Caiden N. Rose, 31, of Portland, had held the mother against her will, assaulting and strangling her, the police statement said.

“Rose had driven the victim and her daughter around for an extended period of time, refusing to stop or let them exit the vehicle. During that time, Rose reportedly assaulted the victim in front of her daughter, causing significant injury before returning to his apartment and then leaving her there,” the state

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