Police comb through landfill in search for missing 11-year-old autistic Brooklyn boy

"The NYPD and New York State Police are digging through a landfill in upstate New York as part of the search for a missing 11-year-old autistic boy from Brooklyn, law enforcement sources have confirmed. It is unclear what led investigators to the High Acres Landfill in Parinton, about 14 miles east of Rochester, though it is one of many dumping sites for refuse hauled out of New York City."

"The city's Administration for Child Services began investigating Jacob's case after a tipster reached out through a state hotline with concern for the child's welfare, police sources told the Daily News. ACS investigators visited the Brownsville apartment belonging to the child's mother on Howard Ave. near East New York Ave. on Sept. 25, but were unable to gain access and called for police assistance."

"When officers with the NYPD arrived at the mother's home, she allowed them entry to her apartment, only to deny being the child's mother. Last week, ACS agents returned to Pritchett's apartment with police and investigators to search the building as well as nearby dumpsters - even recruiting NYPD K-9 police dogs to help in the hunt. Officers took the child's mother to the 73rd Precinct stationhouse, before she was sent with medics to Brookdale University Hospital for an evaluation."

The NYPD and New York State Police are searching the High Acres Landfill in Parinton during the probe into missing 11-year-old Jacob Pritchett from Brooklyn. Jacob may have been missing since mid-August after his mother reportedly told police she had no child. A tip through a state hotline prompted the Administration for Child Services to investigate. ACS investigators and police visited the Brownsville apartment, gained entry after initially being denied, and later returned with K-9 units to search the building and nearby dumpsters. Officers transported the mother to the 73rd Precinct and then to Brookdale University Hospital for evaluation. Neighbors reported not seeing Jacob for six to eight weeks.

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