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UPDATE: Infant found safe in Miami FL

UPDATE:  Infant found safe in Miami FL

Drake Boyd


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UPDATE: 5:55 p.m.:

According to Sheriff Burns, "We have recovered a child from a residence in Miami Fl. Miami Dade PD has the child and we are waiting for confirmation from the FBI that this is Drake Boyd."

According to Amber Alert officials, "The boy has been located and recovered safely."

UPDATE: 5:26 p.m.:

By Nate Morabito

Drake Boyd's mother made a plea for the public's help Monday afternoon. Anne Boyd, still recovering from the attack with a busted nose and scratched cornea, said she is worried Jackson will take their son and go into hiding.

"I don't know these people that he's with and I know his father is a dangerous man," Boyd said. "If anyone could please help us...I'm just worried about getting my son back safe."

According to Boyd, she went to Jackson's home Sunday to pick up their son after she let him spend the night with his father.

"I didn't want to deny him a relationship with his son, but this is just too much," Boyd said. "I think he just has it in for me personally and is trying use the baby as a tool to get to me."

UPDATE: 3:10 p.m.:
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently updated the Amber Alert issued for seven-month-old Drake Boyd with new people of interest who may have helped Boyd's biological father take the baby from his mother in Greene County.

According to a recent press release, authorities are looking for Brooke Lashae Collins, Ashley Mclynda Laughlin and a third woman only known at this time by the nickname of "Bunny" - all three are wanted for questioning. According to Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns, Jackson could be holding one of those women against their will.

Boyd, his biological father, David Jackson, and possibly any one of the three women wanted for questioning may be driving a rental white Chrysler Sebring 4-door and may be headed to Georgia or Florida.

If you have any information, please contact the Green County Sheriff's Department at 423-798-1800 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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UPDATE: 10:29 a.m.:

Sheriff Steve Burns just told 11 Connects reporter Nate Morabito that the suspect, David Jackson, is Drake Boyd's biological father. Burns thinks that Sunday was only the second time Jackson has ever seen the baby.

The assault happened where Jackson was staying in Greene County at 8495 Asheville Highway (Highway 70 South). Burns says the mother whose name has not been released possibly lived in Kingsport.

The mother's car, a 1999 Dodge Intrepid, was taken after the assault, Burns said. The TBI confirmed that the car had been found in Newberry, South Carolina.

Burns said the mother of the baby was assaulted. He described her as "doing fine."

Sheriff Burns will have a news conference today at 1 p.m..

UPDATE: 10:23 a.m.:
The stolen vehicle police were looking for in relation to a missing child from Greene Co. has been found this morning in Newberry, SC.

The 1999 Dodge Intrepid was recovered, but the search is still on for 7-month-old Drake Boyd, who was taken from his mother on Sunday.

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Law enforcement officials all over the state continue to look for a baby, who is the subject of an Amber Alert out of Greene County.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Greene County Sheriff's Department need your help finding 7-month-old Drake Boyd. Investigators tell us the little boy was forcibly taken from his mother during a violent assault on Sunday.

TBI has named David Jackson as a suspect in the alleged abduction. Investigators believe three women also helped Jackson during the assault as well.
According to investigators, the suspects stole the mother's vehicle, a 1999 silver Dodge Intrepid with a Tennessee tag. They were also driving a white Chrysler Sebring with a possible Florida license plate.

TBI says David Jackson has a lengthy violent criminal history and is probably headed to Georgia or Florida.

If you know anything about this case, or see any of the vehicles, you're urged to call TBI.

1-800-TBI-FIND.

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