{"id":174376,"date":"2019-06-23T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T22:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=174376"},"modified":"2019-06-26T08:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T13:03:16","slug":"search-for-missing-7-month-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=174376","title":{"rendered":"Search for missing girl, over, she’s located ok"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BISMARCK\u00a0 (KFYR<\/a>)\u00a0–<\/strong><\/span> UPDATE: Bismarck Police Department says 7-month-old LeahMae Dawn Morsette was dropped off at Sanford Health Tuesday afternoon and is safe. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: The state recommended a cash bond of $5,000 for Dawn Morsette, Judge Grinsteiner set a $2,500 bond and a no contact order with the 7-month-old child.<\/p>\n

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\"\"ORIGINAL STORY: The mother of missing 7-month-old, LeahMae Dawn Morsette, has been charged with child neglect and preventing arrest.<\/p>\n

Court documents say Bismarck Police officer’s responded to the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue around six Monday evening for a welfare check on a 7 month old infant.<\/p>\n

Police say when they arrived they met with Dawn Morsette who was in her apartment with two men she had just met.<\/p>\n

Morsette told police she didn’t know where her baby was but did say her baby was with a man named Cole. Morsette also said she didn’t know Cole’s last name, where he lived and told officers Cole didn’t have a phone.<\/p>\n

In documents police say Dawn Morsette appeared to be coming down from methamphetamine. Police say she also had a track mark on her arm.<\/p>\n

Morsette was taken to the police station for further questioning. While being taken inside the police station for questioning Morsette is accused of resisting and had to be tased.<\/p>\n

She was later taken to the Burleigh Morton County Detention Center.<\/p>\n

Morsette is expected to make her initial appearance at 3:30 Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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EARLIER TUESDAY…<\/p>\n

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Bismarck\u00a0An AMBER Alert is being issued at the request of Bismarck Poliece Department. On JUNE 24th 2019 at 1:00 AM, LEAHMAE DAWN MORSETTE was last seen at the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue Bismarck ND. LEAHMAE is described as a 7 month old NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE. She has BLACK hair and BROWN eyes. LEAHMAE was wearing a tan onesie with shorts over the top or a magenta top with pink shorts. She may also be in a stroller with a blue and white unicorn diaper bag.
\nLEAHMAE may be with COLE LEE PFAFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>COLE LEE PFAFF is described as a 31 year old WHITE MALE, SIX FEET ONE INCH tall weighs 240 pounds. He has BROWN hair and BROWN eyes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact Bismarck Police Department at 701-223-1212.<\/p>\n

The above AMBER Alert information is available to the public by calling 511 and at www.ndresponse.gov\/alert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR<\/a>) –<\/strong><\/span> The Bismarck Police Department is asking for help locating a missing seven-month-old.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, LeahMae Dawn Morsette was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday morning in the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue. She was reported missing by police around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

BPD officials say they arrested her mother, Dawn Morsette,\u00a0 Monday evening. Jail records show the 27-year-old from Bismarck was arrested for child neglect and preventing arrest on a felony charge.<\/p>\n

Police say Dawn couldn\u2019t tell officers where LeahMae was or who she was with.<\/p>\n

Morsette is Native American with curly black hair and brown eyes. Police say she could be wearing a tan onesie with shorts or a magenta shirt with pink shorts.<\/p>\n

If you have any information on her location, you are asked to contact police at 701-223-1212.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BISMARCK\u00a0 (KFYR)\u00a0– UPDATE: Bismarck Police Department says 7-month-old LeahMae Dawn Morsette was dropped off at Sanford Health Tuesday afternoon and is safe. The investigation is ongoing. UPDATE: The state recommended a cash bond of $5,000 for Dawn Morsette, Judge Grinsteiner set a $2,500 bond and a no contact order with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":174377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=174376"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174460,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174376\/revisions\/174460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/174377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=174376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=174376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=174376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}