Photo: Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office
Five-year-old Aspen Jeter has been found.
On Friday, the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Officeannouncedthat the North Carolina toddler was found in Danville, Va., around 12:40 p.m. in a hospital parking lot with her father, Antar Jeter, 47.
Aspen was reported missing after police were called to doa welfare checkat a home in Orangeburg, South Carolinaon Thanksgivingand found the deceased body of Aspen’s mother, Crystal Jumper.
It is not clear whether Antar engaged legal representation to comment on his behalf.
Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office
While Ravenell stressed that the investigation is still ongoing, he advised that a patrol team is currently assigned to Aspen until she can be reunited with members of Aspen and Crystal’s family to place her in their legal custody.
During the conference, Jumper’s family attorney Justin Bamberg thanked officials and members of the public for their ongoing search for Aspen and stressed that the family is focusing on carrying for her after the ordeal.
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“Aspen will not become a ward of the state. We’re going to make sure that she’s with family,” he stated.
source: people.com
