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Monday, August 5, 2013

2-year-old Zy'ion McCallum missing from Durham, NC since Aug 4th - unofficial AMBER alert!!

This is a developing story so forgive me in advance if this not 100% accurate as of initial posting. But I would rather at least get the word out with a few blemishes than not at all, considering that we are talking about a missing 2-year-old boy from my city (Durham, NC) going on day two AND which unfortunately doesn't meet the official AMBER alert criteria for now...

See the most recent stories here and here as of late 8/4/13). But in a nutshell, little 2-year-old Zy'ion D'youate McCallum was in the care of his mere 15-year-old aunt on 8/3/13. She was supposed to take him to a park but apparently has admitted she instead left him at a bus station with a 23-year-old named Jazmine Johnson or Jackson. The family doesn't know this person and as of almost 48 hours later have no idea where their little boy is.

The NC Center for Missing Persons is the agency which officially flips the switch on issuing AMBER Alerts in North Carolina. The criteria that must be met before that can happen (as spelled out in NC Gen. N.C. Gen. Stat. §143B-1021(b)) has not yet been met in this case.It's true that so far this doesn't sound like a typical "kidnapping" and the statute does stress the word "abduction" in many places. But a careful look at subsection (b)(3) says that the child must be believed to have been abducted or to be in danger of injury or death, which depending on what more information surfaces could end up being the case. 

If anything, I think baby Zy'ion and his photo should at least be listed in the missing persons section of the NC Center for Missing Persons website. However, as of the publishing of this post at 3:30 a.m. on 8/5/13, almost 48 hours after he went missing and over 12 hours since he was officially reported missing to the police, his cute little face is no where to be found on that website.

PLEASE HELP GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS ONE! CONSIDER SENDING A FACEBOOK POST, TWEET, TELEGRAPH, WHATEVER...AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION, CONTACT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ASAP!

1 comment :

  1. That is beyond pathetic the child is NOT on the AMBER alert! Keep in touch & I will help you as best as I can keeping the word out with you blog. ~Kathie

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