A Louisiana woman wanted for failing to report a missing child was arrested Tuesday by Meridian Police Department after being spotted at Union Station.

Aaliyah Jack, 25, is wanted after the body of a 4-year-old boy was found Monday near Lake Charles, Louisiana, and his 1-year-old brother was found alive several miles away.

The 1-year-old was discovered by the driver of an 18-wheeler Tuesday morning on Interstate 10 eastbound nearly eight miles from the center.

Stitch Guillory — just nine days into his tenure as Calcasieu Parish sheriff — is calling the child “our miracle baby.”

“He was still alive and it’s unbelievable,” Guillory said while choking back tears. “This kid spent two days out in the weather on the side of the highway. Thank God that trucker seen him.”

Guillory says video from the trucker’s dashcam shows the boy crawling toward the highway before being rescued.

“We are so thankful for this trucker,” he said.

The body of the boy’s 4-year-old brother was recovered by the CPSO Marine Division late Monday afternoon. Guillory said in the process of identifying the boy, family members called his office to report Jack — who had two children with her — missing.

Guillory said detectives issued a BOLO (Be on the Lookout) to other law enforcement agencies, and later issued a warrant for Jack’s arrest, signed by Judge Tony Fazzio in the amount of $300,000, charging her with failure to report a missing child. Guillory said he was hopeful Jack would be found with the 1-year-old.

Jack was located without the toddler Tuesday by the Meridian Police Department and taken into custody.

Guillory said as his Marine Division prepared with heavy hearts to head back out to the Vinton Welcome Center in search of the 1-year-old’s body, the call was received from the trucker.

Guillory said he’s also thankful to the Meridian Police Department who “bent over backwards” to help his office.

“It was through their efforts we were able to arrest Aaliyah Jack,” he said. “We still have a lot of work to do but I can promise you this sheriff’s office is going to commit every resource we have to bring justice.”

Meridian Police Chief Deborah Naylor Young said it’s important to have good interagency relationships to be able to respond promptly when alerts from other agencies are received. In some cases, she said, a BOLO could save someone’s life.

“When a serious matter arises that could very well involve the safety of a life, getting that information out to other Law Enforcement agencies is very important,” Young said via email. “Once a description and other pertinent information as to the ongoing case is given across agencies in the BOLO the other agencies are able to assist the primary agency with any developments in the case such as sightings of the individual, vehicle, location, etc. These agencies are able to have that information in hand to assist in the capture or return of a suspect and/or victim hopefully with a safe outcome.”

Young said MPD officers and Calcasieu Parish deputies worked together well throughout the investigation and extradition process to send Jack back to Louisiana.

“Meridian Police Department patrol officers and investigators worked very well with the investigators of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. Both agencies kept one another updated as to the location of Aaliyah Jack as well as her children and assisted with placing Miss Jack in a safe place for the arrival of Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators,” she said via email. “Meridian Police investigators have worked tirelessly to get the necessary paperwork completed for extradition of Aaliyah Jack back to Louisiana.”

The 1-year-old, who is in good condition but covered in insect bites, is in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, Guillory said.

Calcasieu Parish District Attorney Stephen Dwight said it’s these types of cases that “tug on your heart.”

“We had the storm (remnants of Hurricane Beryl) come through and that baby had to crawl, not knowing where he was for two days,” Dwight said. “It truly is a miracle. When that call came in, we all took a deep breath and a sigh of relief because that is not what we were expecting at all.”

Dwight said once the autopsy is completed on the 4-year-old and more “questions are answered” his office will do their part to bring justice in this case.

Thomas Howard contributed to this report