Just over 24 hours after Braxton Williams, 6, and his
sister, 5-year-old Bri’ya Williams vanished from their front yard in a
mobile home park off West Beaver Street, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike
Williams said searchers “have found nothing.”
According
to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the children were reported
missing by a family member about 1:30 p.m. Sunday after they were last
seen about 11:30 a.m. while playing in the front yard of at the Paradise
Village Mobile Home Park off Beaver just east of Chaffee Road. The
Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued the Amber Alert about 5:15
p.m.
Williams said the Sheriff’s Office was utilizing state and
regional partners and “every resource we can get” to find the children.
Despite all those resources and the parent’s cooperation with police, there is no indication of what happened to the children.
“Foul
play could be a factor at this point. We just don’t know,” Williams
said. “We’ve not no indication that anyone close to the children is
involved.”
Williams added investigators have been “in
heavy contact” with a couple of registered sex offenders who live in the
mobile home park and others within a few-mile radius.
Williams
asked members of the immediate area to be vigilant and search their
properties. He also asked people throughout the community to be familiar
with these children’s photos and report any sightings or anything that
could provide a clue to what happened to these children.
“We’ve
got a heavy focus in the trailer park today, and, obviously, it’s
extended into the wooded area,” Williams said. “At this point, we’ll
take anything we could get.”
Anyone who has seen the
children or who has information about their whereabouts is asked to call
the Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500.
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It's very important that everyone share, share and share. We need to bring both of these precious children home to their family. We are living in a time when you cannot take your eyes off your children not even for a second. It's not my place to speculate, but what I will say is im surprised no screams were heard or obvious struggle given that two children were taken. Was it someone they knew and trusted? I can only hope that whatever the case may be, that they're found safe and unharmed.
