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.
āEvery time I close my eyes I see him and I just want him running toward me and to hug me and Iām afraid, Iām terrified, Iām really broken,ā Yanet Leal Concepcion, JoJoās 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. JoJoās grandmother helps with the pass-off.
But when Concepcion went to pick JoJo up Saturday evening, there was no sign of JoJo or Morales.
āWe were all trying to call him, WhatsApp, everything from all sources, all phones, and theyāre gone,ā she said. āTheir 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.
āI just wish that he would know that weāre looking for him, that weāre not resting,ā Concepcion said. āIām not eating, Iām not sleeping, Iām not doing anything until I have my baby back.ā
JoJoās father drives a grey 2006 Ford Expedition with the license plate āCSI U53.ā
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.