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Miami-Dade police looking for 6-year-old boy with autism

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ A mother is pleading to have her son back home after his father took him and disappeared Saturday.

Miami-Dade police are looking for JoJo Morales, who was believed to have been taken by his father Jorge Gabriel Morales, who lives in southwest Miami-Dade. JoJo has autism.

ā€œEvery time I close my eyes I see him and I just want him running toward me and to hug me and Iā€™m afraid, Iā€™m terrified, Iā€™m really broken,ā€ Yanet Leal Concepcion, JoJoā€™s mother, said.

Concepcion left Morales three years ago and has been in a difficult custody battle since.

Morales does have some parental rights, but only during the day. JoJoā€™s grandmother helps with the pass-off.

But when Concepcion went to pick JoJo up Saturday evening, there was no sign of JoJo or Morales.

ā€œWe were all trying to call him, WhatsApp, everything from all sources, all phones, and theyā€™re gone,ā€ she said. ā€œTheir car was nowhere to be found either.ā€

On Monday, a judge granted an order saying Morales must return JoJo to his mother immediately and police are actively searching for him.

ā€œI just wish that he would know that weā€™re looking for him, that weā€™re not resting,ā€ Concepcion said. ā€œIā€™m not eating, Iā€™m not sleeping, Iā€™m not doing anything until I have my baby back.ā€

JoJoā€™s father drives a grey 2006 Ford Expedition with the license plate ā€œCSI U53.ā€

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.


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