Elijah, 5, missing for 6 months in the United States: his mother arrested

Little Elijah Lewis has not been seen for six months, yet his family has never reported his disappearance. Her mother was arrested, along with her boyfriend, in New York on Sunday. Danielle Denise Dauphinais, 35, and Joseph Strapf, 30, were arraigned three days after New Hampshire Child Protection Services alerted police to the child’s disappearance, Boston.com says . Following this report, the authorities announced that they were looking for the couple, as part of the investigation into Elijah’s disappearance.

The two were eventually found in the Bronx and charged with endangering the life of a child and manipulating witnesses. According to police, the defendants allegedly asked relatives to lie about Elijah, including where he lived, so that they could evade questions from child protection services.

Little information has been revealed by authorities and investigators continue to search for the little boy. A lake near the New Hampshire home where he was last seen has been surveyed. Without giving any result for the moment. Meanwhile, the police did not say whether they believe Elijah is still in that state, or elsewhere. They also did not indicate whether other people were involved in the case or whether further arrests would take place.

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