The father of a boy who had been missing for four years was among those arrested Saturday night in Georgia. Police say the boy was being kept behind a wall in the home that was camouflaged with towels. VPC
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00:02 In jail tonight in the Clayton county jail we have
00:05 the father of this thirteen year old Gregory John. And a
00:09 woman is Samantha Davis they are charged with false imprisonment and
00:12 child cruelty. And they're also three other juveniles enough home arrested
00:17 person not releasing their names or pictures. We are not sure
00:20 of the relationship. Between John the woman and the other juvenile
00:25 in the home. We are told that they will be in
00:28 court tomorrow at 9 AM now police say they got a
00:32 call they came here to check it out a report. Of
00:35 a boy who hadn't been. You know estranged from his mom
00:39 for four years. They showed up went through the home got
00:42 permission to search and did not find this young man. So
00:45 they left well that's when they got a second call listen.
00:50 Subsequently they received a second phone call. Send it to shelves
00:54 in the house in this phone calls from the mother of
00:56 itself who was able to give a more. Detail location we'll
01:01 sell might be. Always returned. Again we'll granted access to the
01:06 home. Serves insert into the home located Java town had a
01:12 false wall. Which was. Scared of blood would howls I believe.
01:21 So police are saying at this point it appears that the
01:24 boy's father was intentionally hiding him. When police came looking for
01:28 him now that voice somehow managed to call his mother in
01:32 Florida and tell her this is where it was that. That's
01:35 what prompted all this what you're looking at. Is the reuniting.
01:38 Of them at police headquarters earlier today. We can tell you
01:42 everyone in tears in those two did not want to let
01:45 go of each other Keith. We're touching scene near death and
01:48 what about the neighbors did anybody see anything and all that
01:51 time he was there. Nothing looks suspicious of them in fact
01:57 a neighbor just came up to me and said. What happened
02:00 here you mean that young man we sadly yard all the
02:03 time. Ryan Kruger my co worker was after earlier today he
02:07 talked to neighbors here's what he found. Outfit that got his
02:11 shot that I do think you know somebody. Julie Pizarro had
02:14 no idea that a thirteen year old boy who were son
02:17 played with every day at this house was being held against
02:21 his will. Any just sacked all of us I honestly. They
02:24 were really nice people they they would open you know it
02:26 like hey you know come over anytime you want. According to
02:28 Clayton county police the thirteen year old was camps be kind
02:32 of bait ball inside this hold on to court in Jones
02:35 our neighbors tell me the family moved to this house about
02:37 six months ago they also say they saw the boys out
02:40 here all the time out in the art. They had no
02:43 idea he was being held captive. The mother. Told me he
02:47 was home schooled all I didn't question as far as why
02:49 he was I was home. A color no eco Deo lives
02:52 across the street he tells us he had his wife saw
02:55 the boy nearly every day. But now he's left wondering if
02:59 there were any warning signs that they missed. Gosh it is
03:02 right up my nose and we could have done something that
03:05 we had nobody was never in distress against him. Young man
03:08 in and Nike as an and a distressing things. I have
03:12 no actual thought we would just heard the neighbors say that
03:15 the boy didn't appear to be any in any distress when
03:18 they saw amount about in the yard. Do we know that
03:20 he was ever mistreated by the that the parents there. You
03:26 know police aren't going into many details but interestingly when these
03:29 two were together at the son and mother. We heard something
03:32 that the suns ever gonna like EU and the viewers listen
03:35 to it. Just take a listen. And he was saying that
03:51 perhaps one of the juveniles punched him between the time the
03:54 officers came the first time. And the second time. Police still
03:58 not leading releasing a lot of details here we're not sure
04:01 if this is some sort custody case. But whatever it is
04:04 it was enough for these two who live here to be
04:06 put in jail. Charged with very serious charges and that thirteen
04:10 year old clearly. Elated to see his mother.
The missing boy is reunited with his mother early Saturday.(Photo: Stephen Boissy/WXIA)
JONESBORO, Ga. — A boy reported missing about four years ago was found hidden behind a false wall in a home here, and the boy's father and four other people were arrested, police said Saturday.
Clayton County, Ga., police were first called to the home in Jonesboro, an Atlanta suburb, shortly before 11 p.m. Friday to perform a welfare check after receiving a call from the boy's biological mother.
The boy had used a smartphone to contact his sister online, and she relayed the message to their mother, Clayton County police Capt. Angelo Daniel told NBC News. The mother called police and tipped them off to where the boy might be, Daniel said.
Police Sgt. K.T. Hughes said the people inside the house denied knowing anything about a possible victim. Investigators searched the home, but didn't find anything.
The police department received another call and returned to the home a short time later.
As they searched the house the second time, the missing boy was able to call his mother, who told police her son was hidden behind a false wall, Hughes said.
"While at the location during the second call, the victim was able to establish phone contact with his mother and she in turn passed on additional information to the officers on the scene," Hughes said. "The victim was found behind a false wall within the residence."
Officers arrested the boy's father, 37-year-old Gregory Jean, and stepmother, 42-year-old Samantha Joy Davis, and three more suspects. All were charged with obstruction, false imprisonment and cruelty to children.
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It wasn't clear Saturday how the boy was reported missing, or to which agency.
WSB reported that authorities said the boy was visiting his father in 2010. He then refused to return the boy to his mother. There were many unanswered questions Saturday about who has custody of the boy, Clayton County police Deputy Chief Mike Register told WSB.
Hughes said the victim's mother, who lives in another state, traveled to Georgia and was reunited with her son Saturday.
Neighbors said the family moved into the house about six months ago. They told WXIA that they often saw the boy doing yard work. One neighbor said she was told the boy was homeschooled.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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