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By Liam Quinn")
NEED TO KNOW
- Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old boy with autism whose mother allegedly denied having a child when questioned by authorities
- The boy, Jacob Pritchett, was reported missing following a welfare check at his mother’s apartment in Brooklyn
- Authorities have subsequently been searching a landfill in upstate New York where garbage from New York City is taken
Authorities in upstate New York have joined the search for an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy with autism who hasn’t been seen in more than a week.
The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC.
The outlet reported that authorities had gone to the boy’s mother’s Brooklyn apartment on Sept. 25 to conduct a wellness check. Jacob, who is reportedly nonverbal, was not found.
While being questioned, the boy’s mother allegedly said she didn’t have a child, police said, according to WABC, News 12 and WHAM.
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WABC reported that investigators later found the boy’s birth certificate in the apartment listing the woman as Jacob’s mother.
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The mother was taken to the hospital for evaluation but has not presently been charged with a crime.
Authorities subsequently searched a landfill in Perinton, N.Y., near Rochester, according to News 10.
The outlet reported that the landfill is where New York City garbage is taken and that there is reportedly a dumpster behind the apartment in Brooklyn.
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