Autistic Brooklyn boy, 11, still missing: 'Where is he now?'

"Authorities were called to the Howard Avenue home on Oct. 1 to conduct a wellness check at the request of the Administration of Children's Services. The boy's mother, Jacqueline Pritchett, 50, was acting evasive and claiming she didn't have a son, police said. "She tells us that she is barren. She does not have a child named Jacob, although she has a Jacob tattoo on her arm," Kenny said."

"Police got a search warrant for the apartment, and NYPD cadaver dogs got a possible blood hit in the refrigerator and on a mattress that was in the dumpster behind the building, police said. Following that lead, cops searched 68 containers and millions of pounds of raw garbage at an upstate landfill but still didn't find the child. "The presence of blood in multiple locations in the apartment, you know, the cadaver dog hitting, it's most likely going to be a homicide,"

An 11-year-old autistic Brooklyn boy, Jacob Pritchett, was reported missing in October 2025 after a last confirmed sighting in April 2025 by a property manager. The mother’s sister reported seeing Jacob earlier in 2025. A wellness check at the Howard Avenue home on Oct. 1 found the mother claiming she did not have a son and saying she was barren despite a Jacob tattoo on her arm. Cadaver dogs detected possible blood in the apartment refrigerator and on a mattress found in a dumpster. Investigators searched dozens of containers and landfill sites without locating the child and say the evidence points to a likely homicide. The mother has invoked her Fifth Amendment right.

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