MD-Colin Jackson, 6, missing 8/27/07 from Anne Arundel County

[Rle7]

Authorities are looking for the father of a missing 6-year-old Anne Arundel County boy.

According to police, Colin Jackson's mother said that her son visited his father, David Jackson, on Aug. 27. She said that when she went to pick him up the next day that David Jackson had left his Crofton home.

She hasn't been able to contact him since, authorities said.

Police said they believe the two may be heading to Tennessee in David Jackson's 1992 red Chevrolet Blazer with the license plate No. A184479.

Anyone with information on the boy's whereabouts is asked to call police

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/14042862/detail.html

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.abduct26sep26,0,1029317.story

September 26, 2007

A 6-year-old Crofton boy who police said was abducted by his father last month was found in a tiny western North Carolina town and reunited with his mother yesterday. Swain County sheriff's deputies located Colin Jackson and arrested his father, 46-year-old David Jackson, after being tipped off by a librarian who had seen a flier of the pair e-mailed by the boy's mother, said Sheriff Curtis Cochran.

much more at link

[opme]

"Officials said Cheryl Jackson played an integral role in spreading the word about her son's disappearance. She set up a Web site and e-mailed a poster to all of the schools, libraries and community centers in several states - efforts that apparently paid off. "Mrs. Jackson was very proactive, and she deserves much of the credit," said Del. James King of Gambrills, who helped organize Monday's media event to seek help from the public"

Kudos to this mother and to the librarian who nopticed the boy and reported it to the police. Without each of them doing their part its likely the boy wouldn't have been found.. especially since he was being home schooled.

[CaliKid]

Good for the mother. That sounds like a huge undertaking- can you imagine getting information on every elementary school in several states so you can e-mail posters? Wow! My hat's off to her.