LARGO, FL. (THECOUNT) — Jordan Belliveau, the 2-year-old boy reported missing in Florida, has been found deceased, according to FDLE.
Cherisse Stinson was arrested Tuesday evening and faces a first-degree murder charge in Jordan’s death.
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Stinson, 21, the boy’s mom, has been charged in his murder.
The body of Jordan Belliveau was found in a wooded area, five days after his mother said he was kidnapped by a stranger who gave them a lift as they were walking at night in the city of Largo, police said. source
FDLE via Twitter @fdlepio: “THE AMBER Alert for Jordan Belliveau has been canceled. Sadly, the child has been found deceased,” the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said in a tweet.
Authorities in Florida searched ponds and other bodies of water earlier Tuesday, a day after police issued an Amber Alert.
Stinson originally told police she was walking with Jordan at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday when they were offered a lift by a man in a white Toyota Camry.
The woman told police when she had an altercation with the man in the car, she was struck in the face, causing her to lose consciousness.