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Sep 5, 2008 2:07 pm US/Eastern

Questions Haunt Missing Lynn Boy's Mother

Reporting
Karen Anderson

LYNN (WBZ) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Giovanni is pictured here with his father, Ernesto Gonzalez.
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It's been three weeks since Giovanni Gonzalez's mother dropped the 5 year old off with his father in Lynn, and there is no sign of the little boy.

Giovanni's mother, Daisy Colon, says she sleeps with his pillow, to try to keep him close, just hoping that he will come home.

"I think about him. Is he scared? Is he eating? Is he asking questions like always? Is he being taken care of? Is someone with him? Is he asking for mommy?" Colon said through tears.

"I feel he is close, but at the same time, where is he? Is he playing? Is he happy? Is he crying? All those questions are haunting me right now and not knowing is killing me," she added.

District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said police had a meeting Thursday, and they are again expanding their search. He said the State Police SERT team, based in Framingham, will be coming in to assist in areas they have already checked as well as new areas.

"We've explored every lead to date," Blodgett said. "We've had information he was located in Lawrence as recently as last Saturday, and our State police and Lawrence Police Department were up at midnight looking at an apartment. It proved not to be fruitful but that's the kind of effort we're going to continue to expend."

Giovanni's picture will also be up on a billboard in Lynn soon. It was the idea of a 16-year-old young man, Richard Yearwood, of Lynn. He said he wanted to do something to help, and got the idea for the billboard.

Yearwood said he called Clear Channel Communications, which owns the billboard, and they agreed to put up Giovanni and his father's picture to try to generate new leads for police. When Giovanni's mother learned what Yearwood did, it brought tears to her eyes.

"I think that's amazing," she said. "I'm speechless right now. Coming from a 16 year old -- I thought it was from the adults and owners. I know Giovanni is going appreciate that a lot. It's amazing that a 16 year old had that thought."

Investigators say Ernesto Gonzalez is still not cooperating with police. He remains locked up and is being held on $500,000, charged with child endangerment.