Police are searching for a 6-year-old boy with autism who was last seen Saturday in Miami-Dade. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports
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.
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The child never returned home, violating court orders, police said.
Yanet Concepcion is wishing police can do more to help find her son.
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"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.
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"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.
