Surveillance video shows Jorge “Jo Jo” Morales with his father at a Walmart in Maine days after he went missing. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for a Miami-Dade child who has been missing since August as a private investigator released surveillance video that may be a critical clue in the search.
Jorge "Jo Jo" Morales, 6, has been missing since Aug. 27 after his dad picked him up from his mother's house in the 23700 block of SW 184th Avenue.
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Authorities believe the child may be in Maine or eastern Canada.
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Morales' mother, Yanet Concepcion, told NBC 6 back in August that the child's father didn't return the child back home to her.
When Concepcion went to her ex-husband's house to get her son, she said his apartment was empty and that everyone was gone.
Morales, who has autism, 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.
The father, 45-year-old Jorge Gabriel Morales, is also wanted for the interference of custody and concealing a minor contrary to a court order in connection with the disappearance.
Private investigator Joe Carillo said the father and child were spotted at a Walgreens in Maine days after he was reported missing.
The two are seen in surveillance footage entering the store and then leaving.
Carillo said they haven't been seen since then, and dogs used to help in the search indicate that the father went to Canada.
"Sixty says in is really bad," Carillo said. "It's really bad, not only because of who Jojo is with, but because it's cold up there, they're in a terrain they do not know and nobody has seen them."
Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI's Miami Field Office at 754-703-2000, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. Tipsters may also contact their local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
