BENTLEY COOPER COLLETTE - 1 yo - Hanover Township NJ

NJ Police Looking For 1-Year-Old Boy After Family Member Reports Him Missing
November 16, 2011 4:07 PM


Bentley Cooper Collette, Jessica Collette (credit: handout)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police in New Jersey are
investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a
1-year-old child, who was reported missing by a family member on
Wednesday afternoon.

The Hanover Township Police Department said it received a call reporting that Bentley Cooper Collette had gone missing.

According to authorities, the young boy’s mother, 29-year-old Jessica
Collette, drove a family member to a doctor’s appointment in Hanover
Township with the understanding that she would wait in the parking lot.

When that family member returned from the doctor’s office, she found the vehicle in the lot with a note indicating that Jessica was leaving with the child for Kentucky.

“Our primary concern is to make sure the child is safe,” Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said.

Jessica Collette and her son may be in a white vehicle, possibly a Chevy Impala, with Kentucky plates, according to authorities.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911, the Hanover Township
Police Department at (973) 428-2512 or the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at (973) 285-2900.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/nj-police-looking-for-1-year-old-boy-after-family-member-reports-him-missing/

Authorities in Kentucky are on the alert, looking for a woman and her
son possibly heading from New Jersey to the Bluegrass State.

Investigators in Hanover, N.J. say they are "concerned for the
safety" of 1-year-old Bentley Copper, after he disappeared with his
mother under what authorities call mysterious circumstances.

Officials say the child's mother, Jessica Collette, 29, drove a
family member to a doctor's appointment in Hanover Township, N.J.,
promising to wait in the parking lot. When the family member came out of
the doctor's office, the mother and child were gone. A note was left in
the car indicating Collette left with the child and was heading toward
Kentucky.

The Morris County prosecutor's office issued a "stop and hold" order
for the pair, but didn't indicate why, saying only that it is "in the
process of investigating the issues surrounding the departure of the
mother and her child."

"Our primary concern is to make sure the child is safe," Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said in a statement.

Officials say Collette and Cooper may be in a white Chevy Impala with a Kentucky license plate.
http://www.lex18.com/news/mother-missing-child-possibly-headed-to-kentucky

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20111117/NJNEWS/311170023/Mine-Hill-mother-child-found-safe-Kentucky-stop-hold-ordercanceled

Mine Hill mother and child found safe in Kentucky; 'stop and hold' order canceled

HANOVER — A mother and her child who were being sought by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office out of a concern for the child’s well-being have been found and the stop and hold order on them canceled.

“Both the mother and child have been located in Hyden City, Kentucky which is located in Leslie County,’’ the prosecutor’s office said in a statement mThursday.

“Both mom and child are safe” and the stop and hold order has been canceled.

Police in Hanover were contacted at noon Wednesday by a family member who reported a missing 1-year-old child identified as Bentley Cooper Collette. The child was believed to be with his mother, Jessica Collette, 29, of Mine Hill.

That information “required that we pursue the investigation to insure that the child was safe,’’ Paul said. “That has been accomplished.”

Paul declined to provide additional information on the case except to say that no charges have been filed.

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