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Videos of interviews with JoJo's mom at both links. Also more pictures on the videos.
Miami-Dade police looking for 6-year-old boy with autism
A southwest Miami-Dade mother is pleading to have her son back home after his father took him and disappeared Saturday.
www.local10.com
A mother is pleading to have her son back home after his father took him and disappeared Saturday.
Miami-Dade police are looking for JoJo Morales, who was believed to have been taken by his father Jorge Gabriel Morales, who lives in southwest Miami-Dade. JoJo has autism.
“Every time I close my eyes I see him and I just want him running toward me and to hug me and I’m afraid, I’m terrified, I’m really broken,” Yanet Leal Concepcion, JoJo’s mother, said.
Concepcion left Morales three years ago and has been in a difficult custody battle since.
Morales does have some parental rights, but only during the day. JoJo’s grandmother helps with the pass-off.
But when Concepcion went to pick JoJo up Saturday evening, there was no sign of JoJo or Morales.
“We were all trying to call him, WhatsApp, everything from all sources, all phones, and they’re gone,” she said. “Their car was nowhere to be found either.”
On Monday, a judge granted an order saying Morales must return JoJo to his mother immediately and police are actively searching for him.
“I just wish that he would know that we’re looking for him, that we’re not resting,” Concepcion said. “I’m not eating, I’m not sleeping, I’m not doing anything until I have my baby back.”
JoJo’s father drives a grey 2006 Ford Expedition with the license plate “CSI U53.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
Miami-Dade Police Search for Missing 6-Year-Old Boy With Autism
Police are searching for a 6-year-old boy with autism who was last seen Saturday in Miami-Dade.
www.nbcmiami.com
Police are searching for a 6-year-old boy with autism who was last seen Saturday in Miami-Dade.
Jorge "Jo Jo" Morales was picked up at 9:15 a.m. from his mother's residence in the 23700 block of SW 184th Avenue by his father and his paternal grandmother, Miami-Dade Police said Monday.
The child never returned home, violating court orders, police said.
Yanet Concepcion is wishing police can do more to help find her son.
"Please put an Amber Alert," she said. "I know they’re working hard and doing what they can, and I know they have to follow protocols and procedures ... but please, please put an Amber Alert."
When the child didn't come home, Concepcion went to her ex-husband's place to pick him up. "Everything was gone. Everything was gone from his apartment," she said. "His phones were off. His mom's phone was off."
Police said since the father has partial custody of the child, they could only classify the case as a missing person and not a kidnapping.
"I would have never thought something like this would happen to me," Concepcion said. "It's like the biggest nightmare a mother can have."
Morales is 3 feet tall and 50 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, gray shorts and black shoes. Police added he may be in need of services.
His father, Jorge Morales, is 45 years old. The grandmother, Lilliam Morales, is 68.
The car they were in is a 2006 gray Ford Expedition XLT, with Florida tag CSIU53.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 305-715-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.