DAKOTA MATEO - 13 yo (F) - Dickson/ Nashville TN - Cedar Rapids IA alerted

The Dickson County Sheriff’s Department has issued an endangered child alert for Dakota Mateo, a 13-year-old girl last seen at about 4 a.m. Tuesday on Lucas Road in Dickson.The
missing youth is 5-foot-4 and around 135 pounds, white, brown hair and
brown eyes. Police suspect Dakota may be with her non-custodial mother, Hazel Turner, possibly en route to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Turner, 37, is white, about 5-4 and 150 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes according to police.A
no contact order is in effect with the girl’s father and mother through
the Dickson County Juvenile Court. Police suspect possibly en route to
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Anyone with information should call 615-789-4130 or 615-446-8041

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110712/NEWS01/110712016/Endangered-Child-Alert-Dickson-County-13-year-old-missing

Dickson Co. teen still missing, mother found in Iowa



The Dickson County Sheriff’s Office has located Brandy Turner, the
mother of missing Dickson County teenager Dakota Mateo, in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, according to Detective John Patterson.Patterson
found Turner after contacting Verizon and getting a hit on her cell
phone. He is currently working with authorities in Cedar Rapids to
locate Mateo - who they believe is hiding with Turner.“We are sure that they are together,” Patterson said.Patterson
said he identified Turner and Mateo on surveillance footage at a truck
stop in Dickson County after she disappeared early Tuesday morning. A no
contact order between Turner and Mateo is in effect through the Dickson
County Juvenile Court.“The problem we have right now is that the
mother is only guilty of violation of court order, and we can’t
extradite on a misdemeanor,” Patterson said.The Sheriff’s Office
will continue to be in contact with authorities in Cedar Rapids and
Patterson said he thinks they will find Mateo soon.The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an endangered child alert for Mateo, 13, on Tuesday afternoon.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110715/DICKSON01/307150086/Dickson-Co-teen-still-missing-mother-found-Iowa

Dakota Mateo, 13, who has been missing since last Tuesday, was located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa earlier today.Dickson
County Sheriff’s Office Detective John Patterson said that Mateo was
brought to authorities in Cedar Rapids and will be transported back to
Dickson County by the end of the week.Authorities in Cedar Rapids
were able to convince Mateo’s grandmother that it was in the child’s
best interest to comply with detectives, according to Patterson.“Detectives out there really worked a good case for us,” Patterson said.Mateo’s grandmother brought her to authorities in Iowa at around 1 p.m.Patterson
said that charges would likely be filed against Mateo’s mother, Brandy
Taylor, and anyone else who assisted in harboring Mateo.“We are going to do an in-depth interview with Dakota when she gets back,” Patterson said.Patterson
located Mateo’s mother, Brandy Taylor, in Cedar Rapids earlier in the
week by contacting Verizon and getting a hit on her cell phone. On the
morning Mateo disappeared, she and Taylor appeared on surveillance video
at a truck stop in Dickson.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110720/DICKSON01/307220009/Missing-teen-found-Iowa

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