HOUSTON (AP) DNA test results disclosed Wednesday confirmed a Houston man is the father of a boy found in East Texas last week after he and his wife said they reported him missing eight years ago when he was an infant. <\/p>\n
Fernando Morin and Auboni Champion-Morin are seeking to regain custody of the child, Miguel, who's been in foster care since last week. The wife's results were not yet complete, child welfare officials said. <\/p>\n
A woman described by officials as the child's godmother and former neighbor is jailed in San Augustine in East Texas. Krystle Tanner faces a kidnapping charge related to the child's disappearance in late 2004, when he was 8 months old. <\/p>\n
State District Judge Mike Schneider, who ordered the DNA testing at an emergency custody hearing last week, is set to hold another hearing in the case next week. <\/p>\n
Child welfare officials last week said Morin and Champion-Morin, both 29, were uncooperative with investigators when the boy initially was reported missing. The parents deny the allegations. <\/p>\n
Another couple told Houston television station KHOU on Tuesday that they've been caring for the four other Morin children, who are between the ages of 7 and 14. They said Champion-Morin gave the children to them years ago and that they are the legal guardians. <\/p>\n
Champion-Morin, emerging from a courtroom Wednesday, wouldn't discuss the TV station report. <\/p>\n
\"Right now, everything's a private matter,\" she said. \"I'm not going there right now with any of the news.\" <\/p>\n
Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said the situation involving the other children is part of the child welfare agency's investigation into the outcome of Miguel's custody. <\/p>\n
\"In regard to the other children, there's no current concern about their safety and well-being,\" Carter said. \"But in the normal course of investigating, we talk to siblings to find out what may be going on.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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