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9-year-old missing, kidnapped by mother in St. Tammany Parish

Taveion Samuels was last seen wearing a red and black camouflage shirt and shorts with black sandals with socks.
Credit: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the custodial parents of 9-year-old Taveion Samuels (right) reported that he had been taken by his biological mother Coreion Molette. (Left)

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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