UPDATE: Missing three-year-old found in Georgetown with parents
UPDATE: (04/29/19 7:00 P.M.)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFTS/WTVQ)— A Missing Child Alert has been canceled for a three-year-old boy after he was found safe, along with both of his parents in Georgetown.
He is being medically treated. Charges of child neglect are pending for the parents, according to our sister station WFTS in Tampa.
According to the sheriff’s office, the parents of Joshua Mcadams failed to bring him to a medically necessary hospital procedure on April 22. Detectives also say his parents refused to follow up with lifesaving medical care that the child needs, according to a release.
The Hillsborough County Child Protective Investigations Division has a court-authorized “take into custody” order for the child.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WTVQ) – Authorities in Florida say a three-year-old boy who is believed to be missing and endangered could be in Kentucky.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says on its Facebook page the parents of Joshua Mcadams failed to bring him to a medically necessary hospital procedure on April 22.
The sheriff also says the parents, Joshua Mcadams and Taylor Bland-Ball, refused to follow up with lifesaving medical care that the child needs.
The parents have possible criminal child neglect charges pending.
Authorities also say Joshua Mcadams is potentially armed and dangerous and is urging people to use caution.
Detectives believe the parents could be taking the child to Kentucky, against court orders, in a silver 2016 Mazda CX-5. It has Florida Tag: DER X82.
Detectives are asking anyone traveling the I-75/I-95 corridor to look out for the child.
Anyone with information on the location of the boy is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200.
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