UPDATE: Endangered/Missing Child Alert cancelled for Jasper County 9-year-old

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) - Our sister station, WDAM, reported Thursday that the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department cancelled a missing child alert for Josh Braiden Smith, 9, of Bay Springs. The agency said the child has been found, is safe and at home with family. The suspects have also turned themselves in.

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(Original story posted below:)

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for Josh Braiden Smith, age 9, of Bay Springs, Miss.

Smith is a White male, 4′ 3″ tall, 100 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. Law enforcement said Josh may be with his mother. He was last seen Thursday, Aug. 4, at about 2 p.m. in the 900 block of County Road 17 in Jasper County.

MBI Tuesday released an image of Josh’s mother, Kristina Smith, 38. She’s White, 5′ 1″, 174 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

The vehicle being used is a 2005 gray Nissan Armada with Mississippi license plate, JAB6759.

If anyone has information about the location of Josh Braiden Smith, his mother, or the vehicle, contact the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department at 601-764-2588.

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