"NYPD cops, fearing the worst, have released a sketch and a computer-generated image of Jacob Pritchett, as well as a photo of the mother, Jacqueline Pritchett, all in the hopes a member of the public will help them find the boy, dead or alive. As the search continues, his 50-year-old mother, described by authorities as mentally ill, remains at Rikers Island, locked up since early October on a Brooklyn Family Court civil warrant charging her with contempt."
"The mother's court-appointed lawyer, Daniela Mancini, asked for reporters to be barred from a Nov. 24 hearing in Brooklyn Family Court. A News reporter testified that the case is one of great public interest that has already been made public by police. Judge Dawn Orsatti ruled that while Family Court proceedings are presumed open to the public she has the discretion, given the age of Jacob and other factors, to close the courtroom to reporters and the public, and did so for that proceeding."
An 11-year-old autistic boy named Jacob Pritchett remains missing more than two months after police sought him. The NYPD released a sketch, a computer-generated image of Jacob, and a photo of his mother, Jacqueline Pritchett, to solicit public assistance. Jacqueline Pritchett, 50, has been detained at Rikers Island since early October on a Brooklyn Family Court civil warrant charging her with contempt for refusing to reveal Jacob’s whereabouts. Judge Dawn Orsatti exercised discretion to close a Nov. 24 Family Court hearing to reporters and the public. The Administration for Children’s Services first learned of Jacob on Sept. 25 via a state hotline; ACS investigators and police found no sign of a child in the Brownsville apartment.
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