For a number of hours, police have been draining a public artifical lake close to an East Level house advanced after a 2-year-old boy’s father reported that he had been kidnapped in DeKalb County earlier this week.
The kid’s father, 23-year-old Artravious North, has since been arrested.
North reported that his son, J’Asiah Deon Mitchell, was kidnapped at gunpoint at an house advanced on Flat Shoals Highway in DeKalb County round 11:23 p.m. Wednesday. North informed police that the kid was taken whereas he was stopped at a cease signal.
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Simply after 8:15 p.m. Thursday, DeKalb police mentioned they discovered no indicators of an armed theft or kidnapping and decided that it was a false report.
Channel 2′s Audrey Washington was on the Lakeview Place flats in East Level Friday, the place crews labored all afternoon to empty the big artifical lake whereas members of the family of the toddler seemed on.
“It’s actually crucial. It is a 2-year-old boy,” Ischa Njoku with the East Level Police Division mentioned. “We’ve got to seek out this boy.”
Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin was dwell on the lake throughout WSB Tonight the place hours later, police say they’re planning to work into the evening to proceed draining the lake and trying to find the toddler.
Investigators say they’re specializing in the outer edges of the lake throughout their search.
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North was arrested by DeKalb County police and charged with false statements and false reviews of a criminal offense. He was already in jail on an unrelated crime on the time of his arrest.
Channel 2 Motion Information obtained North’s reserving picture from a earlier arrest in Gwinnett County unrelated to his son’s disappearance.
Authorities added that the final place J’Asiah Mitchell was seen was in the identical house advanced in East Level the place crews are draining the pond. DeKalb County police mentioned East Level police have taken over the search.
“Proper now, now we have detectives on the market wanting via video and placing out flyers and talking with the neighborhood,” Njoku mentioned.
Njoku mentioned police usually are not taking a look at anybody else as a suspect within the baby’s disappearance.
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Anybody with data relating to his whereabouts is requested to name 911 or 770-724-7850. The investigation stays ongoing.
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