Police Searching For 'Missing And Endangered' Child
BOSTON (CBS) – State and local police are looking for a "missing and endangered" four-month-old boy.
Police say at 2:25 a.m. Monday, 15-year-old Shantel Van Voorhis took her four-month-old son Jacob Van Voorhis from DARE Family services in Newburyport where they were both living.
"Shantel left without Jacob's antibiotic for an ear infection, and he is on special soy formula," State Police said. "It is unknown if the child is in a baby seat and she left his diaper bag behind."
Shantel, who has ties to Holyoke and Springfield, may be with Jonathan Heredia. Heredia may be driving a 1998 Honda CRV with Mass. registration 4ZN892. The SUV was seen in Newburyport on Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Newburyport Police at 978-462-4411 or 911.