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EYES PEELED
Appeal for missing child abducted by his father in Portugal thought to have crossed into Spain
By Walter Finch
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A CHILD who was abducted by his biological father while on holiday in Portugal a year ago is thought to have crossed into Spain. Jayden Pearson, 14, is believed to have been moved into Andalucia, having lived further north.
The Doncaster-native is slim, 5ft tall, with bluegreen eyes and light brown hair.
He was last seen by his mother, who has legal custody, when she waved him off on a 10-day trip to the Algarve with his
ABDUCTED: Jayden’s dad Andrew has ‘brought him to Spain’ father Andrew Pearson, 33, in August last year. However, when the airport taxi did not pick Jayden up on his return flight and Andrew blocked her number, mother Re - becca Jones, 35, began to fear the worst. Police investigations in both Portugal and the UK initially pinpointed the pair in Alcobaca, between Lisbon and Porto, and lat -
Child Dies In Hot Car
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child died on Thursday after his mother accidently left him in a locked car. The youngster passed away after spending several hours in temperatures of around 25ºC in the Pontevedra province in the northeastern Galicia region.
The mother reportedly forgot to leave the child at the daycare centre where he was due to be looked after, and travelled instead directly to her place of work. The authorities were alerted to the child’s plight by a passer-by, who called the emer- gency services at around 5pm.
An ambulance crew could do nothing for the child however, apart from to certify his death.
The alarm was also raised when the boy’s father went to pick the boy up from the daycare centre, and found that he was missing. The local council of O Porriño, where the family lives, has declared three days of mourning.
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