ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg Police continued to search for a 2-year-old boy who has been missing since his mother's body was found in an apartment Thursday afternoon.
Police said the body of Pashun Jeffery, 20, was found around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln Shores Apartments. St. Pete Police immediately began searching for her son, Taylen Mosley, 2.
An investigation revealed that Taylen's father was at Jeffery's apartment with cuts on his hands and arms around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway added during a presser on Friday. He then left and checked himself into a hospital, where Chief Holloway said he remains today.
"I can tell you it's a very violent homicide scene within the apartment, but we cannot find the 2-year-old, so right now, that is our main concern," said Police Chief Anthony Holloway.
Police said the father of Taylen Mosley is a person of interest but the department said he's not talking with them, and they know the child is not with him.
St. Pete Police said there will be dive teams searching areas of water on Friday. Police said during a Friday press conference that the search is more difficult because it's in a heavily populated area, and they're hopeful someone has Taylen and comes forward.
Police said Taylen could be in danger and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an Amber Alert Thursday.
St. Pete Police said Jeffery's family became concerned when they did not hear from her on Thursday. Her family told police they last saw her and her child alive around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
"They contacted maintenance and management here at the apartment complex to go and check on her, so when they went to her apartment, they did go inside and they found her body and she had been killed," said Yolanda Fernandez with the St. Petersburg Police Department.
The St. Pete Police Department said neighbors told police they heard a commotion around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Officers searched the mother's vehicle, which was located in the parking lot of the complex, and drones were deployed to search the waters around the complex.
Taylen is a 30-pound, 2-year-old boy with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen in the 11600 block of 4th Street North in St. Petersburg.
Police asked anyone with information about the whereabouts of the child to call 911 or St. Petersburg Police.
St. Petersburg Police said anyone who wants to help with the ground search for Taylen can join starting at 8 a.m. Saturday at the tent in the Winn Dixie parking lot at 11100 4th Street North.
Watch the full presser below.
