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An 8-month-old boy who turned up in Denver after being abducted from UCI Medical Center in Orange now is in the custody of social service agencies.

The infant, David Kennedy Jr. of Huntington Beach, had been in protective custody at the UCI Medical Center but vanished last Monday. Two days later, an unidentified woman, believed to be the baby’s great-grandmother, brought him to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Authorities suspected that the child had been abused, because doctors at UCI Medical Center discovered bruises on much of his body, a potentially fatal subdural hematoma--bleeding between the skull and the brain--and evidence of broken arms and legs that were healing.

Last Wednesday, Huntington Beach police said a criminal complaint charging felony child endangerment was filed against the boy’s father, David Kennedy, 30, of Huntington Beach, who is believed to be in Denver area with his wife, Kimberlynn, 24.

A University of Colorado hospital spokeswoman said the child was released to the Orange County Social Services Agency and the Denver County Social Services, but neither agency, citing confidentiality requirements, would confirm the information.

However, the infant’s grandfather, Paul Gosselin, said in a telephone interview that the baby’s condition is good.