LARGO, Fla. (WSVN/AP) — Police have released the sketch of a man they’re looking for in the case of a missing Florida toddler.
The boy’s 21-year-old mother told investigators she and 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau were walking Saturday night when she accepted a ride from a stranger named “Antwan” in a white Toyota Camry. She told them he punched her in the face and knocked her unconscious. She said the boy and the man were gone when she woke up hours later in some nearby woods.
Attached is the composite of “Antwan” the person-of-interest in the Jordan Belliveau Missing Child case. Antwan was driving a white Toyota Camry. If you know who this is, call the Largo Police at 727-587-6730. pic.twitter.com/70KSWk6PFO
— Largo Police Department (@LargoPD) September 3, 2018
Largo Police Maj. Stephen Slaughter called her a “struggling single mom.” He confirmed Monday that child protectives services had investigated the family for domestic violence, and officers recovered bloody items from the home.
A neighbor recalls Florida Department of Children and Families visiting the mother’s home in August.
“There was something going on where she wasn’t coming out of the apartment, but it seemed to be resolved peacefully,” said neighbor Edward Jones.
An Amber Alert was issued over the weekend. Slaughter appealed for residents to check their security videos.
Divers were searching for the toddler in a pond, while neighbors conducted their own searches in nearby woods.
“I went to sleep at four in the morning holding my child,” said neighbor Amy Towel, “thinking how it would be as a mom or a dad without a child in your arms.”
Documents revealed what police called a long-standing history of domestic violence involving the mother and the toddler’s father.
On July 14, the father brought the toddler home and the mother said she didn’t want the child yet, so he allegedly punched her in the mouth.
“At this point, all factors are considered all factors are reviewed,” Slaughter said.
Anyone who sees them or have any information that could help investigators is urged to call 911 or Largo Police at 727-587-6730.
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