A strange and tragic missing-person case has emerged out of New York City, where Jacob Pritchette, 11, who is autistic and nonverbal, has vanished. Authorities say his own mother first denied he existed until birth records proved otherwise.
The case came to light after neighbors reported they hadn’t seen Jacob in weeks. Authorities say they went to the mother’s apartment on Howard Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn, after a welfare check request. When confronted, Jacob’s mother, 50, allegedly insisted she lived alone and denied ever having a child. But records recovered by the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) contradicted her claims: a birth certificate lists her as Jacob’s mother, according to New York news outlet WABC.
