5-year-old Andrew 'AJ' Freund of Crystal Lake has been missing for 5 days. Here is what we know.
A court hearing will be held Tuesday about the younger brother's status, according to the mother's attorneys.
-- Jeannie Ridings, an attorney for Cunningham, said Sunday that the parents were separated during hourslong questioning Thursday at the Crystal Lake Police Department and have since not been "together as to any search, or strategy on what to do next." They did embraced at one point during a community vigil Saturday.
-- Attorney Elizabeth Vonau, another attorney representing Cunningham, said Cunningham has cooperated with police despite their statements otherwise. Cunningham was interviewed by police Thursday and "willingly submitted" to a complete body search Saturday, she said.
Missing Crystal Lake boy Andrew 'AJ' Freund: Father continues search, mother pleads for boy's, 5, return
Crystal Lake police said Monday that Cunningham is uncooperative with police. Her lawyer says she has shared everything she knows with authorities and he has advised her to keep quiet.
In a statement, her lawyer said: "Joann is particularly devastated by the Crystal Lake Police Department's press release that she refuses to cooperate and that as a result, she is a suspect. Ms. Cunningham was physically present with law enforcement beginning the moment CLPD responded to her 911 call Thursday morning, until after 5:00 p.m. Thursday evening. That day Ms. Cunningham spoke with numerous law enforcement officers, both local and federal, and answered every question she was posed to the best of her ability. While law enforcement was conducting a missing child investigation, Ms. Cunningham was eager to participate. When it became clear law enforcement was not conducting a missing child investigation, was not issuing an Amber Alert, had stopped searching for AJ, and considered her a suspect, we did advise her to stop all communications with law enforcement and she did so at our request. This is just us as her attorneys doing our job, not evidence of her wrongdoing, and is not itself suspicious in any way."