RONALD FLANIGAN - 5 months - Cookeville, TN

ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT



Ronald Collins, Jr. and Amanda M. Collins, father and mother of
missing Cookeville baby Ronald Flanigan. TBI believes baby Ronald is
with them. 5/7/13




Authorities are asking the public's help in finding 5-month-old Ronald Flanigan who has been missing from Cookeville since Monday.

Ronald is thought to be with his non-custodial parents, Ronald Collins, Jr. and Amanda Collins. The TBI says Ronald Collins, Jr. may be armed and dangerous. They are thought to be headed to the Memphis area in a gold 4-door 1999 Buick Park Ave. The vehicle may have a tag of H2283Y.

TBI says the missing child, Ronald Flanigan is biracial with black hair and brown eyes. He is 2'02" tall and weighs 20 lbs. He is 5-months-old.

TBI says Flanigan's father, 28-year-old Ronald Collins, Jr., is a black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5'10" tall and weighs 160 lbs.

TBI says Flanigan's mother, 25-year-old Amanda M. Collins, is a white female with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 5'06" tall and weighs 210 lbs.

The TBI says there are bond conditions in place prohibiting Ronald Collins, Jr. from any contact with Amanda Collins and baby Ronald Flanigan.

There is also a court order on file for the removal of baby Ronald Flanigan from the custody of his parents.

If you know anything about where baby Robert Flanigan is, please call the Cookeville Police Department at 931-526-2126 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.


http://www.wbir.com/news/article/273230/2/ENDANGERED-CHILD-ALERT-issued-for-Cookeville-baby?odyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large

Cookeville baby found safe; child alert cancelled




7:27 PM, May 7, 2013


Five-month-old Ronald Flanigan was safely recovered in Memphis Tuesday, according to state officials.

He had previously been the subject of an Endangered Child Alert by the Cookeville Police Department.

Officials did not release any more information, including the status
of his non-custodial parents, who were sought in connection with
Ronald's disappearance.


http://www.wbir.com/news/article/273230/2/ENDANGERED-CHILD-ALERT-issued-for-Cookeville-baby?odyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large

No Charges Against Parents of Endangered Child

Posted on: 4:36 pm, May 8, 2013, by Candace McCowan


(Memphis) Cookeville Police said there will likely not be any charges against two parents of a child that was at the center of an Endangered Child Alert Tuesday.

Five month old Ronald Flanigan was reported missing on Monday, May 6.

Cookeville Police Major David Dukes said this all began with a fight between the baby’s parents Sunday, “The allegation is that she had been cut in the vicinity of her eye with a kitchen knife.”

Flanigan’s parents Ronald and Amanda Collins were found along with the baby in Memphis Tuesday.

According to Major Duke, the family left Cookeville headed towards Memphis.

What they did not know, is the Tennessee Department of Children Services had a court order to take Flanigan from this parents.

“When we accompanied DCS to serve those papers and remove the hold while they conducted an investigation, we found no one there at that residence in the motel,” said Major Dukes.

Dukes said that is when the Endangered Child Alert was issued.

Once Amanda Collins heard the report on the news, she called police.

“She became aware that an endangered child alert had been issued for her son, she was calling to find out why the alert had been issued,” said Major Dukes.

According to Dukes, DCS has custody of Flanigan, who was found unharmed, until the complete their investigation.

The only charges Ronald or Amanda Collins face will stem from the domestic incident in Cookeville Sunday.

http://wreg.com/2013/05/08/no-charges-against-parents-of-endangered-child/