His guardians had a feeling that he was with his birth mother, Aimee Hankins. Aimee lost custody of Devin partly because of her lengthy criminal record.

"We kind of knew where he was, not where he was but who he was with," said Devin Hankins guardian Sherri Harland. "That was a relief, knowing that she would probably take care of him but knowing that he wasn't here...everything was kind of put on hold a little bit."

"His mother and alleged abductor was arrested at the same scene without incident," said Mercer County Sheriff Thom Thompson, "she is currently being held in the Apache County Jail."

Aimee Lynn Hankins will have an extradition hearing this week in Arizona. She is expected to face child abduction charges in Illinois.