SLIDELL, La. — Authorities in St. Tammany Parish are searching for a 9-year-old child who was reportedly kidnapped by his mother on Thanksgiving Day.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the custodial parents of 9-year-old Taveion Samuels reported that he had been taken by his biological mother Coreion Molette. Molette was last seen leaving a residence in the Lakeshore Villages subdivision on Thursday in a silver Kia Soul, possibly with an unknown man.
Taveion Samuels is described as a black male. He was last seen wearing a red and black camouflage shirt and shorts with black sandals with socks.
A warrant was issued on Monday for Molette’s arrest on one count of aggravated kidnapping of a child.
Anyone with information about Molette or Samuel’s whereabouts is asked to call the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office at 985-898-2338.
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