TX JORDAN DAVIS & BRANDI DAVIS: Missing from Lufkin, TX - 9 Dec 2021 - Age 8 & 35 *Found Safe*

UPDATE: East Texas mother, child located after reported kidnapping, suspect still at-large in DFW area

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Officials searching for missing East Texas woman, child reportedly kidnapped by woman's 'armed and dangerous' boyfriend​

The Lufkin Police Department says they are preparing to request a statewide AMBER ALERT for a missing, endangered mother and son who were reportedly kidnapped by the mother’s boyfriend this morning.

According to the LPD, the kidnapping followed an incident in which the boyfriend, James Earl Cruse, 35, of Lufkin, critically injured the mother’s 17-year-old son.

The mother has been identified as Brandi Michelle Davis, 47, and the child is Jordan Davis, 8, both of Lufkin.

Cruse is believed to be in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, possibly south Dallas, in a 2017 black Buick Regal with the Texas license plate number: PGH-5154.

Lufkin Police to Request Amber Alert for Kidnapped Mother, Son

Lufkin Police are asking for the public's help in locating a mother and son who they believe was kidnapped by a Lufkin man.

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Lufkin Police to Request Amber Alert for Kidnapped Mother, Son​

The Lufkin Police Department has just let media outlets know that they are preparing to request a statewide AMBER ALERT for a missing, endangered mother and son allegedly kidnapped by the mother’s boyfriend this morning.

The kidnapping followed an alleged incident in which the boyfriend, James Earl Cruse, 35, of Lufkin, critically injured the mother’s 17-year-old son.

 

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Lufkin police believe Cruse is driving a black 2017 Buick Regal with Texas license plate PGH-5154. Lufkin police described Cruse as a Black man, about 5-foot-9, weighing about 190 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and neck tattoos. Anyone who sees the vehicle should call 911 immediately and they should not approach Cruse.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article256461811.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Lufkin police: Mother, child escaped safely, kidnapper still at large

The Lufkin Police Department is preparing to request a statewide AMBER ALERT for a missing, endangered mother and son kidnapped by the mother’s boyfriend this morning. T

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Lufkin police: Mother, child escaped safely, kidnapper still at large​

The mother and child at the center of the possible AMBER ALERT have been located. The suspect, James Earl Cruse, 35, of Dallas, is still at large in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

The mother, Brandi Michelle Davis, 47, arrived at a DFW-area police department along with her 8-year-old son, Jordan Davis at 3 p.m. They are both safe and unharmed.

In a phone conversation, she told Lufkin Police detectives that she was able to drive to safety after Cruse, who had been driving, stopped to get gas in the Dallas area.

 

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Mother and child safe, suspect at large, woman’s son in critical condition after early morning incident

Authorities have located a mother and son who are believed to have been abducted from their Lufkin home early Thursday, according to Jessica Pebsworth, communications director for the city of

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The incident started around 6 a.m. when Lufkin police were called to the 400 block of Cousart Street for a report of shots fired with a possible gunshot victim bleeding from the head, according to Pebsworth. Officers arrived to find the victim and suspect were no longer on the scene.

The victim — Davis’ 17-year-old son Caleb Blake — was injured by Cruse during a disturbance, Pebsworth said. Afterward, Blake borrowed a neighbor’s truck and drove to a friend’s home. The friend then took him to a local hospital.

Cruse left with Davis and her son in a Buick Regal, according to witnesses.

A short time later, officers were notified that an assault victim identified as Blake had arrived at a local hospital saying he had been struck by a pistol used as a blunt weapon, according to Pebsworth. He did not have a gunshot wound and appeared stable and ambulatory.

Several hours after the assault, Blake’s status changed to critical, Pebsworth said. He has since been flown to an out-of-town hospital where he remains in critical condition.



Cruse has a lengthy criminal history, with charges including injury to a child, arson, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest. He was sentenced to four years in prison on the injury to a child charged in 2017. That sentence expired in April of this year.

 

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So glad they were able to get away. I hope Caleb recovers fully and quickly.
4 years in prison for injury to a child. Gets out and injures another child. Lock him up for good.