NEW YORK — A lacking 2-year-old boy is now feared lifeless after police say he might have been thrown within the Bronx River by his father.
Detectives have motive to imagine the 20-year-old father of little Montrell Williams threw him into the river, close to the Bruckner Expressway.
NYPD divers have been focusing their search below the expressway as investigators have surveillance video of the daddy together with his youngster alongside the river.
Detectives reportedly have surveillance video exhibiting Montrell’s father throwing a black bag into the river.
The kid’s household has been strolling up and down the river doing their very own search, clinging on to hope.
Montrell Williams vanished on Might 9 after a custodial go to together with his father. The subsequent day, on Might 10, the kid’s father and grandmother, with whom he was dwelling with, had a combat. Officers imagine the daddy left with the toddler and was by no means returned to the kid’s mom.
“Me and him had a battle. I am in my room. My cousin advised me that my son took the infant. I went downstairs to chase him. He was gone. From that day, I used to be attempting to seek for my grandson,” the grandmother stated.
Then, virtually a month in a while Sunday, June 8, the lacking kid’s 17-year-old mom says she noticed the daddy and confronted him.
He reportedly responded by pulling a knife. However the haunting phrases he used proved way more slicing.
The daddy allegedly claimed he threw his personal youngster into the river, prompting the teenage mom to name the police.
The police had been referred to as, and when he was pressed about his son’s whereabouts, police stated the daddy’s solutions despatched up main purple flags.
Montrell’s grandmother, the daddy’s mom, has been desperately trying to find Montrell for a month.
“I simply hope my son opens his mouth and speaks. I like him and produce my grand child again,” the grandmother stated.
Montrell’s grandmother says she went to the police the day after that argument in Might, a month in the past.
“I went to the precinct. They did not assist me,” she stated.
“We’re nonetheless unraveling precisely what occurred. Have been correct procedures adopted?” NYC Mayor Eric Adams stated on Tuesday when requested why it took so lengthy for police to file a lacking individuals report.
“We’re nonetheless investigating all actions. The actions of the dad, the actions of officers who responded. And as soon as we have now a full understanding based mostly on the detectives division, we’ll be capable to reply what occurred, however proper now our purpose is to seek out the kid,” Adams stated.
The daddy appeared in Bronx Household Court docket on Monday to reply a warrant for failing to return the boy to the mom, per their custody settlement.
Montrell’s father was put in jail by a choose after he didn’t disclose the kid’s whereabouts.
The 20-year-old father has not but been criminally charged. Authorities say he has refused to inform detectives and household courtroom what occurred to his toddler.
Police don’t imagine the mom, who’s 17, is aware of the place their son is.
Neighbors say they’re shocked he hasn’t been seen in almost a month.
“I can solely think about what his mother goes by means of proper now,” stated the boy’s neighbor, Tracey Pringle. “The one factor we will do is simply hope and pray that he is OK and that he is returned safely.”
The lacking toddler is described as having a medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair. He was final seen carrying a white shirt and a diaper.
Anybody with data concerning this incident is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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