Atlanta News 1:34 p.m. Monday, February 15, 2010

3 missing children found; oldest charged with kidnapping

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta police found three children who disappeared from their home for several hours Monday morning, including a 2-year-old who suffers from asthma and needed his medication.

A relative carries Xzavion Shepherd, 2, from a police car  after he was found with 14-year-old Jakovia Williams and 12-year-old Jasmine Norman.
Johnny Crawford, Jcrawford@ajc.com A relative carries Xzavion Shepherd, 2, from a police car after he was found with 14-year-old Jakovia Williams and 12-year-old Jasmine Norman.
 Xzavion Shepherd, 2, looks out the back of a police car.
Johnny Crawford, jcrawford@ajc.com Xzavion Shepherd, 2, looks out the back of a police car.

The children -- 14- and 12-year-old girls, and the 2-year-old boy -- were reported missing from a home at 358 Cairo Street. Police found them unharmed after "a very aggressive search," police spokesman Officer Otis Redmond said.

The 14-year-old was charged as a juvenile with reckless conduct and kidnapping.

When police returned to the home, a man who identified himself as their great uncle Clarence Williams told the oldest child that she could only go to school and come home from now on. The 2-year-old was carried into the home.

-- Staffer Johnny Crawford contributed to this report.

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