Federal charges have been filed in the case of the 2 year old boy who was left at a Southaven, Mississippi Goodwill earlier this week.
Fox News reports that two people are charged with kidnapping in connection with the child. The boy was found Monday with a change of clothes and a note reading “child abandoned…no phone number for mom.” Child welfare workers took him in after he was found.
According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday, the FBI accuses 34 year old Jeremy and his girlfriend, 29 year old Turliscea, of taking the boy from Memphis, Tennessee, to the Mississippi Goodwill and leaving him there. The complaint says the boy’s mother told agents that Jeremy took her son after a dispute in Nashville. She says she called Jeremy repeatedly to get her son back and he did not respond. When her sister called, the complaint says he answered and asked for money in exchange for the boy.
U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said the woman was aware that the man had demanded money in exchange for the child’s return, according to Fox News.
Fox News reports the woman was arrested Monday, and the man was arrested after crashing his car shortly after the boy was dropped off. Video shows him holding the child’s hand as they walked toward the store. The charges are allegations, and a court will decide the case. A response from the two suspects was not included in reports at the time.
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