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Missing 7-year-old from Union County found safe

UNION COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Union County Sheriff’s Office said the 7-year-old has been found safe.

ORIGINAL STORY: Dec. 11, 2020

Police are searching for a missing 7-year-old Georgia boy who they say could be in the metro Atlanta area.

Jace Presley Dodson, from Union County, is considered missing and endangered, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

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The child was last seen with his mother, 35-year-old Jessica Louise Dodson. Jessica Dodson has an active arrest warrant and failed to turn Jace over to his father per a court order, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies believe they could be in Fulton, Fayette or Lamar counties.

Jace Dodson is described as four feet tall, weighing 75 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the USCO Criminal Investigation Division at 706-439-6066.

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