Overview

• The NYPD and ACS are investigating the disappearance of an autistic 11-year-old last reported from Brownsville, with sources saying he has been missing for about three weeks.
• A welfare check at 614 Howard Ave. found the child absent, and investigators sealed the apartment as a potential crime scene.
• A police cadaver dog alerted to human blood on the refrigerator inside the unit, according to officials.
• ACS recovered a birth certificate naming the woman as the mother after she initially denied having a child, officials said.
• Detectives are seeking a search warrant as the mother undergoes hospital evaluation without charges, and police have withheld the boy’s identity while requesting tips from the public.