BILOXI, Miss — Update: The child is reportedly safe, and the suspect has been booked into the Ascension Parish jail. He is facing charges including: Cruelty to Juveniles, Domestic Abuse Battery, Fugitive.
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The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for 7-year-old Shane Shelby Jr. of Biloxi, MS, Harrison County.
He is described as a white male, four feet tall, weighing 100 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Shelby was last seen Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at about 3:00 pm on Highway 33 South in Franklin County, wearing a red hoodie with black shorts.
Officials believe Shane Shelby Jr. may be accompanied by Shane Shelby Sr., who is described as a white male, six feet three inches tall, weighing 190. Shane Shelby Sr. was last seen wearing a red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.
Shane Shelby Jr. and Shane Shelby Sr. are believed to be in a 2008 blue Chrysler Town and Country bearing MS tag HAU9488, traveling in an unknown direction.
If anyone has information regarding the whereabouts of Shane Shelby Jr. and Shane Shelby Sr., contact Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 601-384-8022.
