{"id":123561,"date":"2025-02-02T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=123561"},"modified":"2025-02-02T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T15:37:35","slug":"amber-alert-issued-for-missing-3-year-old-boy-in-asheville-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/amber-alert-issued-for-missing-3-year-old-boy-in-asheville-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Alert Issued for Missing 3-Year-Old Boy in Asheville, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Taj Malik Massey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ashevillepolice\/posts\/pfbid05fUN9TEg7WtHqLr9KAt6WiTKCSqXo9uL28NpbtxorfaRseVTmvdPe4BWpfGVXka6l\">Amber Alert<\/a> has been issued for<strong> Taj Malik Massey<\/strong>, a 3-year-old boy last seen on <strong>January 27<\/strong> on <strong>Dawson Place<\/strong> in <strong>Asheville, North Carolina<\/strong>. Authorities believe the child may be in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Police Investigating Possible Family Custody Situation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Initially, Massey was thought to be with an unidentified person, but on Sunday, the Asheville Police Department provided an <a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/\">update<\/a> stating he may be in the custody of family members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fashevillepolice%2Fposts%2Fpfbid05fUN9TEg7WtHqLr9KAt6WiTKCSqXo9uL28NpbtxorfaRseVTmvdPe4BWpfGVXka6l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"717\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Law enforcement continues to investigate and urges the public to provide any information that may help locate the child.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Description of Taj Malik Massey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Age:<\/strong> 3 years old<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Height:<\/strong> Approximately <strong>2 feet 6 inches<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Weight:<\/strong> <strong>35 pounds<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Hair:<\/strong> Black<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Eyes:<\/strong> Brown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Last Seen Wearing:<\/strong> A <strong>blue and black jacket<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Anyone with information on <\/span><strong>Taj Malik Massey&#8217;s <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">whereabouts is urged to contact the Asheville Police Department at (828) 252-1110 or call 911 immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taj Malik Massey An Amber Alert has been issued for Taj Malik Massey, a 3-year-old boy last seen on January 27 on Dawson Place in Asheville, North Carolina. Authorities believe the child may be in danger. Police Investigating Possible Family Custody Situation Initially, Massey was thought to be with an unidentified person, but on Sunday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[986,4856,4142,38,4857,4858],"class_list":["post-123561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-amber-alert","tag-asheville-nc-news","tag-missing-child","tag-north-carolina","tag-taj-malik-massey","tag-taj-malik-masseys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}