Crime & Safety
Update: Missing Gibsonton Boy Found Unharmed
Jefferson Jean Pierre, 10, had been missing since 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced that the missing Gibsonton boy has been found unharmed and is being returned to his parents.
The sheriff's office spent the evening conducting a search for a missing 10-year-old Gibsonton boy.
According to the sheriff's office, Jefferson Jean Pierre of 6312 Cherry Blossom Trail, Gibsonton, was last seen at 7:30 a.m. when his mother dropped him off at the school bus stop.
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When his father arrived at Corr Elementary School at about 4:30 p.m., he was told his son had not been in school on Thursday.
Deputies conducted a neighborhood search, door-to-door surveys, reverse 911, and K9 and a helicopter searches.
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