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Missing Jacksonville boy found safe after alert

Posted at 4:12 AM, Dec 14, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-14 09:41:56-05

Thanks to a tip, a missing 2-year-old boy from Jacksonville was found safe Thursday, according to Jacksonville Police.

A Florida Missing Child Alert was issued overnight for Legend Jones just after midnight on Wednesday.

Police said that the child was picked up from daycare with permission by a family friend, Keith Allen Martin at 2 p.m. Wednesday and had not been seen since.

The missing child alert stated that the two may have been traveling in a 2007, green BMW 328i with Florida tag number 4258UW.

The child was located just before 9 a.m. Thursday. Police said they made contact with Keith Martin and are no longer looking for the vehicle.