Joplin Globe update:
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Eddie Salazar, 29, the father of a missing eight-month old Carthage boy of the same name, was arrested Friday night on charges of filing a false police report, Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan said today.
Authorities said a name that Salazar gave them as one of the suspects in the events leading up to what was originally reported as a kidnapping has been cleared. Dagnan declined to release that name.
Salazar alleged one or two masked men jumped him late Thursday night at his home, knocked him out and abducted the child.
Salazar is being held in the Carthage city jail on a
$100,000 bond.
The mother of the missing child, Yadira Aguilar, is not considered a suspect and continues to be cooperative, according to police.
Dagnan said the search for the child is continuing.
“I feel very strong pressure and a sense of urgency,” he said, noting that
cold weather and snow are expected to arrive tomorrow.
“If the child is out in the elements, it is gravely concerning.”
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