Missing juvenile searched for at Maplewood Middle School, Maplewood NJ
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Missing PersonAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to Maplewood Library to meet the mother of a missing juvenile last seen at Maplewood Middle School. The child's tracker shows a signal near the school. A search is underway at both the library and the middle school to locate the child.
Audio|Heard on: Maplewood Police Department
Listen to dispatch call
03:43
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, 31. Can you head over to the Maplewood Library?
00:05
You're going to meet a (name withheld) there.
00:07
Her son, (name withheld),
00:09
has,
00:12
was last seen at the middle school.
00:13
He did not come home.
00:15
He did not come home or go to the aftercare program.
00:20
It's mixed race, white and Indian, approximately five foot tall, thin build.
00:25
dark hair and tan skin,
00:28
last seen with a gray jacket, a knit cap with a ball on it, and black stripe, and dark sweatpants.
00:36
She'll meet you at the main library in about four mics.
00:44
331, let's see.
00:46
He went to school in there, correct?
00:49
Yes, he has a tracker in his belongings, but it's still showing at the middle school.
00:56
We've dealt with him before.
01:02
Okay, so the tracker is showing that he's in the middle school?
01:08
Yeah, that's affirmative, but they haven't been able to find him.
01:12
Mom was looking in the town for him.
01:15
She's going to meet you, like I said, at the library.
01:17
So I'll have a current photo of him.
01:23
Prec.
01:24
I'm going to come from the union area of Valley.
01:30
I would do a check of the inner streets if the track is still showing in the area.
01:40
All right, 427, can you head that way? What's up?
01:48
427, received them now.
01:54
What's the name again?
01:58
Mother's name is (name withheld).
02:01
The boy's name is (name withheld).
02:05
427 to Central, I'm in the area.
02:09
Definitely.
02:16
Central, where do you are?
02:18
He ping left.
02:20
All right, the tracker is usually in his backpack was pinging at the Maplewood Middle School.
02:26
It's unknown if he has the backpack with him.
02:33
Do you mean contact with the caller? You said he'd run the library, correct?
02:39
Yeah, she said she'd make her way to the main library to meet you guys.
02:48
So what's the kid's last name? I got the principal on the phone.
02:53
(name withheld).
02:55
(name withheld). (name withheld).
03:01
427 you make contact with Ms.
03:07
(name withheld) that's affirmed
03:14
Central go Central
03:21
I try to add that with the mom right now.
03:23
They're going to walk through the Maplewood Library to see if they could locate him.
03:26
I know in the past the librarians were not operative with us trying to locate him.
03:32
So he's going to do that.
03:34
I'm going to go to the middle school.
03:35
They just let out in eighth grade Dan see if he's in there.
03:37
I'll walk through with security.
03:39
Let's see if we can figure this out.
03:40
All right, we're seated.
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Maplewood, NJ
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