Williams added investigators have been “in heavy contact” with a couple of registered sex offenders who live in the mobile home park and others within a few-mile radius.
“We’ve got a heavy focus in the trailer park today, and, obviously, it’s extended into the wooded area,” Williams said. “At this point, we’ll take anything we could get.”
Sheriff: ‘We have found nothing’ in search for 2 Florida children
Lloyd said the children’s parents, Brian Williams and Bianca Jackson, were home and were not doing well.
"Not good, No sleep. No eating. Worried. Scared. You know, devastated,” Lloyd said.
Before the children were reported missing, according to JSO records, police had responded to the home four times since January 2017. Records show those calls for service included an armed dispute in March 2019 and a domestic disturbance in May 2018. It’s unclear who was involved in either incident.
There are two of note: an armed dispute in March of this year. We don’t know who was involved. And a domestic disturbance in May 2018. Again—unknown who was involved.
Police said Braxton was last seen wearing blue jeans but the red sweater they thought he was wearing was found inside their home.
Since the boy and girl are so close in age, they’ve always had a close sibling bond, their grandmother said.
“Happy kids, you know. Just basic kids. They loved to play, you know,” she said.
People who live in the community said people are friendly, and while drugs and crime have been issues, bad things don’t happen to children there.
Paradise Village can be a lot of things but I’ve never seen kids go missing," resident Jacquelyn Roshay said. “This is a first. We’ve never had this happen.”
“It’s not uncommon for them to have officers research an area that was searched the night before because they are dealing with darkness and maybe a spot or pocket that officers may have missed. But they just wanna make sure that they go through with a fine-tooth comb.”
Sheriff: ‘We have found nothing’ in search for 2 children
