Missing Six-Year-Old Boy Reunited With Mom in Miami
Jorge "Jojo" Morales, a child missing for two months, was reunited with his mother November 1, 2022.
A 6-year-old boy had a tearful reunion with his mother at the airport in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday evening, more than two months after police say his father and grandmother abducted him and fled to Canada.
Jorge "Jo-Jo" Morales ran into the arms of his mother, Yanet Concepcion, after being escorted home by law enforcement.
The boy's father, 45-year-old Jorge Morales, and paternal grandmother, 68-year-old Lilliam Morales, picked him up from Concepcion's home in Miami on Aug. 27 as part of a custody agreement but never returned him.
Yanet Concepcion reunited with her 6-year-old son on Tuesday after he was kidnapped in late August. (Miami-Dade Police Department)
The boy's father and paternal grandmother are accused of picking him up in a custody agreement and never returning him. (Miami-Dade Police Department)
Border Patrol discovered an abandoned vehicle with personal items belonging to the boy in northern Maine, leading investigators to believe that they could be in Canada.
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On Sunday, a tipster saw the boy at a Walmart in Moncton, Canada, about 175 miles east of Littleton, Maine.
Jorge Morales, 45, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals for felony custodial interference. (U.S. Marshals)
Lilliam Morales is accused of fleeing to Canada with her 6-year-old grandson. (U.S. Marshals)
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded and recovered the boy, then took his father and grandmother into custody without incident.
The U.S. Marshals were offering a $10,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of the boy's father and grandmother, who were wanted for felony custodial interference.
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