FL JORGE MORALES: Missing from Miami, FL - 27 Aug 2022 - Age 6 *Found Safe*

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Ambert Alert issued for missing 6-year-old believed to be with his dad

Jorge "Jojo" Morales was last seen in the 23700 block of SW 184 Avenue in Miami.
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Ambert Alert issued for missing 6-year-old believed to be with his dad​

On Friday, an Amber Alert was issued for a missing 6-year-old autistic boy who has been missing since Saturday morning.

The boy is believed to be with his dad and grandmother.

It took a series of steps within the investigation for authorities to deem this a kidnapping.

Once it reached that threshold, an Ambert Alert was issued in hopes of finding 6-year-old Jojo.

"I hope that my baby knows that I'm looking for him. That I'm here."

Yanet Leal Concepcion knew something was wrong when her ex-husband did not bring her son back to her home on Saturday.

She contacted the police immediately.

"We had somebody else open the apartment to the show police. They were gone. Everything was gone."

She says investigators began the search right away.


Mom became concerned about her son's safety well before he went missing. "Jojo," as he's affectionately called, told her something his dad said.

"'We are going to move somewhere where there are windmills. Can you come with me?' That's what he kept telling me."

What Jojo said, among other things, raised red flags. Now her worst nightmare has become a reality.

But investigators uncovered a disturbing fact. "They found that he's been planning this for a year," said Concepcion.

The mom also tells us Morales, Jojo's dad, wrote a letter to his father saying, "I'm sorry. I have to take my son and go."

By Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued for the father. By Friday, "it becomes a criminal matter of kidnapping," said Zabaleta.

The evolving investigation is why authorities explain it took nearly a week to issue an Amber Alert.

"We don't want it to be just 10,000 officers looking for this child," said the detective. "We want 2.7 million people looking for this child. It makes that much more difficult for the dad to move."


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MEDIA - JORGE MORALES: Missing from Miami, FL since 27 Aug 2022 - Age 6
 
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Amber Alert issued for missing Florida boy, 6, with ties to St. Thomas

ST. THOMAS – Local police announced that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for 6-year old Jorge “JoJo” Morales, who was last seen being picked
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Amber Alert issued for missing Florida boy, 6, with ties to St. Thomas​

Local police announced that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for 6-year old Jorge “JoJo” Morales, who was last seen being picked up by a relative from his Miami Dade home more than a week ago.

The Miami Dade Police Department meanwhile has issued an arrest warrant for the child’s father, 45-year-old Jorge Gabriel Morales, believed to be in the Virgin Islands, “for the interference of custody and concealing a minor contrary to a court order in connection with the disappearance,” the release stated.

A Wanted poster issued by Miami-Dade Police lists the father as a “person of interest” and his 58-year-old mother as a “subject” in the case.



According to the news segment, the woman said she last saw her son around 9:15 a.m. on Aug. 27, after he was picked up from her home “on Southwest 184th Avenue by his father, Jorge Morales, and paternal grandmother, Liliam Pena Morales.”

Concepcion told the station that she went to pick up her son from his father’s residence “only to find both of them gone and the apartment empty.”

Concepcion and Morlaes, according to the news report, have had an ongoing custody battle since their split three years ago. Morales is allowed to have his son a few days out of the week, but only during the day time, the mother told WPLG.

Concepcion told the television station that her son has autism and requires special care and attention due to his condition.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
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Amber Alert issued for missing Florida boy, 6, with ties to St. Thomas

ST. THOMAS – Local police announced that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for 6-year old Jorge “JoJo” Morales, who was last seen being picked
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Amber Alert issued for missing Florida boy, 6, with ties to St. Thomas​

Local police announced that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for 6-year old Jorge “JoJo” Morales, who was last seen being picked up by a relative from his Miami Dade home more than a week ago.

The Miami Dade Police Department meanwhile has issued an arrest warrant for the child’s father, 45-year-old Jorge Gabriel Morales, believed to be in the Virgin Islands, “for the interference of custody and concealing a minor contrary to a court order in connection with the disappearance,” the release stated.

A Wanted poster issued by Miami-Dade Police lists the father as a “person of interest” and his 58-year-old mother as a “subject” in the case.



According to the news segment, the woman said she last saw her son around 9:15 a.m. on Aug. 27, after he was picked up from her home “on Southwest 184th Avenue by his father, Jorge Morales, and paternal grandmother, Liliam Pena Morales.”

Concepcion told the station that she went to pick up her son from his father’s residence “only to find both of them gone and the apartment empty.”

Concepcion and Morlaes, according to the news report, have had an ongoing custody battle since their split three years ago. Morales is allowed to have his son a few days out of the week, but only during the day time, the mother told WPLG.

Concepcion told the television station that her son has autism and requires special care and attention due to his condition.
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People need to take this and get it on tourist boards and Virgin Island sites, not just authorities but people who know people in the islands, on FB, etc.

Shouldn't be too much trouble getting him back to the US from the Virgin Islands I wouldn't think.

If the authorities know he has been planning this for a year, then they likely know a lot more about that plan? Name/identity changes planned? A home planned or paid for? Airline tickets?

I do wonder if it is a bluff as with the time to plan for a year, why would they do such a poor job that LE has it figured out already? Maybe it is a red herring?

He is one would hope most likely safe, I mean even grandma is with. They didn't take him to kill him I'm sure. Or wouldn't think. That is some comfort.

The moved so fast on this I would suspect there is some clear evidence, we know they can't just immediately access bank records on just suspicion and such with no proof something is really wrong... I almost wonder that he was allowed to see his son at all if there were hints of such but who knows... They aren't talking as if grandma is a criminal or facing charges but she should be as I doubt she is unaware of what is going on and what she is doing...
 
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Car abandoned in Maine had objects belonging to Miami-Dade boy who vanished in August

An abandoned vehicle that turned up in Maine may provide a clue to the whereabouts of six-year-old Jorge “Jojo” Morales, who is the subject of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement Amber Alert after he vanished on Aug. 27, in Miami-Dade County.
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Abandoned car in Maine may be clue in case of Miami-Dade boy who vanished in August​

An abandoned vehicle that turned up in Maine may provide a clue to the whereabouts of 6-year-old Jorge “Jojo” Morales, who is the subject of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement Amber Alert.

The FDLE reported Jorge, who is on the autism spectrum, vanished on Aug. 27, in Miami-Dade County. Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, said early Saturday morning that they were “aware” of the vehicle in Maine.

According to police, Border Patrol located the suspected vehicle on Foxcroft Rd. in Littleton, Maine.

“Investigators are trying to determine if the vehicle has any involvement in the case,” Zabaleta wrote in an e-mail.

According to a private investigator, some of the belongings of the abducted child were found inside the vehicle found in Maine

Investigators believe they may be in Maine or in Canada.


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Vehicle Used in AMBER alert out of Miami Found in Houlton ; Child Still Missing

6-year-old Jorge (GEORGE) Morales, known as “JoJo” was last seen at his mother’s residence in Miami, Florida on August 27th
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Vehicle Used in AMBER alert out of Miami Found in Houlton ; Child Still Missing​

"Some of the belongings of the abducted child was found inside the vehicle, and some of the cat stuff was also found inside the vehicle... we have credible information that their last known wherabouts was in the Houlton area, right with the border of Canada, we believe they may be here or may be in Canada, but we are asking for the public’s assistance to try to see if anybody has seen them or anybody has any credible information to lead us to the wherabouts of the Child”
 
Red herring. The Virgin Islands and the way there was such an easy trail seemed too obvious for people who had time to plan. Gave a lead in one direction but went in the other...
 
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Reward of up to $10K offered as search continues for missing Miami boy

Authorities are offering a substantial reward as the search continues for a missing South Florida boy.
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David Dwork, Digital Journalist
Amanda Batchelor, Digital Executive Producer
Published: September 27, 2022 at 10:42 PM
Updated: September 28, 2022 at 6:07 AM

MIAMI – Authorities are offering a substantial reward as the search continues for a missing South Florida boy.

U.S. Marshals are now offering up to $10,000 for information leading to arrests in the case of 6-year-old Jorge “JoJo” Morales.

Tuesday marked one month since the boy disappeared.

Police say he was kidnapped by his father Jorge Morales, 45, and paternal grandmother, Lilliam Pena Morales, 68. Both are wanted on a felony charge of custodial interference.

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The reward for information is divided in half -- $5,000 for information on Jorge Morales’ whereabouts, and $5,000 for information on Pena Morales.
 
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Autistic Miami boy who vanished warned mom before disappearance

Jorge 'Jojo' Morales has been missing for a month as of Tuesday, with police on the hunt for his father, Jorge and Jorge's mother, who kidnapped the 6-year-old to keep him away from mother Yanet Concepcion.
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By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:10 EDT, 27 September 2022 | UPDATED: 08:18 EDT, 28 September 2022

Autistic Miami boy, 6, 'kidnapped by his father' a month ago warned mom that 'bad people are trying to take me away': Car linked to his disappearance turns up 1,800 miles away in MAINE​

  • Jorge 'Jojo' Morales has been missing for a month as of Tuesday, with police on the hunt for his father, Jorge and Jorge's mother
  • Police believe they kidnapped the 6-year-old to keep him away from mother Yanet Concepcion, who is in a custody battle with Morales
  • Private investigator Joe Carillo and Concepcion pleaded for them to bring the boy home Tuesday
  • Concepcion added, 'Please bring my child! You know, bring him back to us'
  • Detectives think the 45-year-old Morales had been planning this for a year. Concepcion says her ex-husband was looking into how to live 'off the grid'
 
Summer_Breeze said:
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Reward of up to $10K offered as search continues for missing Miami boy

Authorities are offering a substantial reward as the search continues for a missing South Florida boy.
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David Dwork, Digital Journalist
Amanda Batchelor, Digital Executive Producer
Published: September 27, 2022 at 10:42 PM
Updated: September 28, 2022 at 6:07 AM

MIAMI – Authorities are offering a substantial reward as the search continues for a missing South Florida boy.

U.S. Marshals are now offering up to $10,000 for information leading to arrests in the case of 6-year-old Jorge “JoJo” Morales.

Tuesday marked one month since the boy disappeared.

Police say he was kidnapped by his father Jorge Morales, 45, and paternal grandmother, Lilliam Pena Morales, 68. Both are wanted on a felony charge of custodial interference.

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The reward for information is divided in half -- $5,000 for information on Jorge Morales’ whereabouts, and $5,000 for information on Pena Morales.
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Or do the right thing for nothing for a little boy.
 
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FBI announces $10,000 reward for information leading to recovery of missing 6-year-old boy

MIAMI (WSVN) - The Miami Division of the FBI is seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 6-year-old boy. Jorge “Jojo” Morales was last...
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FBI announces $10,000 reward for information leading to recovery of missing 6-year-old boy​

The Miami Division of the FBI is seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 6-year-old boy.

Jorge “Jojo” Morales was last seen at his residence in the 23700 Block of Southwest 184th Avenue, Saturday morning, Aug. 27.

Jojo may be in Maine or eastern Canada.

The FBI is working in conjunction with the Miami-Dade Police Department and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They are offering a $10,000 reward for any information that will lead to his recovery.

Last month, The U.S. Marshals offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of Jojo’s father and grandmother.

If you have any information on Jojo’s whereabouts, you are 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. You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.

 
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NCMEC: Surveillance video shows missing 6-year-old in Maine

HOULTON (WGME) -- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says new surviellance a 6-year-old boy who has been missing for two month
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NCMEC: Surveillance video shows missing 6-year-old in Maine
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says new surveillance video from Houlton shows a 6-year-old boy who has been missing for two months.

The NCMEC says the video shows Jo-Jo Morales, his father and paternal grandmother at a Walgreens store in Houlton, more than 1,800 miles away from home.

 
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FBI Offers Reward for Information on Missing 6-Year-Old Boy

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward as it asks for the public’s help finding a 6-year-old boy living with autism from Miami, Florida whom investigators believe is in Maine or Eastern Canada. Jorge “Jo-Jo” Morales has been missing since August 27. Police allege that Jo-Jo’s father, 44-year-old...
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By Dustin Wlodkowski • Published 21 mins ago​


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The video follows the discovery of a GMC Yukon believed to be connected to the case near the Canadian border in Maine, along with police searches in the Maine woods, other police investigations in New Brunswick, Canada and a hunter in Maine discovering personal items that police believe are related to the case as well.

"I think they’re in that area somewhere," said Joe Carrillo, a Florida-based private investigator working with Jo-Jo’s mother, Yanet Concepcion to find her son, adding that both he and Jennifer Dorman, a Maine-based private investigator who is also working with Concepcion and Carrillo, are concerned about the impacts of colder weather on Jo-Jo.

Both Dorman and Carrillo say that searches they conducted with dogs suggest the family has crossed the border into Canada.
 
Well if they are on video with the child, I'd say dad and grandma's guilt is pretty much established. And likely crossing of state lines and even country borders making it clearly a federal case too I would imagine. A few grandparents in cases lately that aren't having their finest hour.

There is no excuse for this. It is kidnapping whether family or not.

And why is there no warrant issued for the grandma? I see one was issued for dad. Pretty hard to believe she doesn't know it is against the law since this sounded all planned out. Maybe they should issue one on her, maybe it would bother grandma where it apparently doesn't bother dad.
 

BY DAVID J. NEAL
OCTOBER 30, 2022 5:00 PM

Jorge “JoJo” Morales, the 6-year-old South Miami-Dade boy missing since Aug. 27 — when his father absconded with him in violation of court orders — was found Sunday in Canada, authorities said. JoJo and his father, 45-year-old Jorge Morales, were spotted in Moncton, New Brunswick, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced via Twitter. As Jorge Morales was being arrested there, JoJo’s grandmother, 68-year-old Lilliam Peña Morales, was taken into custody in Saint-Paul, a town in Quebec province, about a nine-hour drive west of Moncton. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said a tipster saw JoJo and his father at a Walmart in Moncton.

“The boy was found in good health and unharmed,” Miami-Dade police said.
 
Summer_Breeze said:

BY DAVID J. NEAL
OCTOBER 30, 2022 5:00 PM

Jorge “JoJo” Morales, the 6-year-old South Miami-Dade boy missing since Aug. 27 — when his father absconded with him in violation of court orders — was found Sunday in Canada, authorities said. JoJo and his father, 45-year-old Jorge Morales, were spotted in Moncton, New Brunswick, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced via Twitter. As Jorge Morales was being arrested there, JoJo’s grandmother, 68-year-old Lilliam Peña Morales, was taken into custody in Saint-Paul, a town in Quebec province, about a nine-hour drive west of Moncton. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said a tipster saw JoJo and his father at a Walmart in Moncton.

“The boy was found in good health and unharmed,” Miami-Dade police said.
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Good. In a Walmart no less. I can't believe anyone thinks they can get away with something like this these days with simply leaving the country. Maybe if he'd built a shack in not so occupied Canada and lived on water out of a stream and shot venison. Maybe if he'd went to some old time way up north small gas station to get a few supplies. Walmart. Smh.

Interesting grandma was nine hours away or that they were nine hours away from her. Splitting up might make it harder to identify the group but that's a long ways, not even visiting distance really. Was she freaked a warrant was issued for him? Did they both have money to live separately? Or know someone there that helped? Odd.

Glad the child is safe. Dad likely won't be seeing his child any longer if put in prison. Hardly worth it was it...
 
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