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Have you seen Jorge? Amber Alert sent out for 6-year-old boy from Miami-Dade County

Jorge “JoJo” Morales, 6,
Jorge “JoJo” Morales, 6,

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The abduction and return of 6-year-old JoJo Morales

A contentious divorce and custody fight between Yanet Leal Concepcion and Jorge Morales reached its nadir when Morales kept their 6-year-old son Jorge “JoJo” Morales III in violation of court orders. Father and son were taken into custody in Canada two months later.

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An Amber Alert was issued Friday for a 6-year-old boy from Miami-Dade County who has been missing for nearly a week.

Jorge “JoJo” Morales was last seen in the 23700 block of Southwest 184th Avenue, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He might be with his father Jorge Morales, 45.

Jorge “JoJo” Morales, 6, might be with his father Jorge Morales, 45.
Jorge “JoJo” Morales, 6, might be with his father Jorge Morales, 45. FDLE

No one has seen the boy since Saturday. He never returned to his Redland home after being picked up by his dad and grandmother around 9:15 a.m, as the Miami Herald has reported. Police say that would be a violation of custody court orders.

Jorge has brown hair and brown eyes, is three feet tall and weighs 50 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray shirt, gray shorts and black shoes. His father has brown hair and brown eyes, is six feet tall and weighs 185 pounds.

Anyone with information on where Jorge is should call law FDLE or Miami-Dade police at 305-471-8477 or 911.

Miami Herald staff writer David J. Neal contributed to this report.

This story was originally published September 2, 2022 at 11:52 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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The abduction and return of 6-year-old JoJo Morales

A contentious divorce and custody fight between Yanet Leal Concepcion and Jorge Morales reached its nadir when Morales kept their 6-year-old son Jorge “JoJo” Morales III in violation of court orders. Father and son were taken into custody in Canada two months later.