Artavious Rashod North, 23, of Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States stands 5’10” and weighs 160 pounds. He and Asia Mitchell, 21, of Carrollton are the parents of J’Asiah Deon Mitchell, 2.
North reported to the DeKalb County Police Department that J’Asiah was kidnapped at gunpoint at an apartment complex on Flat Shoals Road at the Aspen Woods Apartments in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia at around 11:23 p.m. on August 16, 2023. According to North, he was stopped at a stop sign when J’Asiah was abducted.
However, no signs of an armed robbery or kidnapping were found. Just after 8:15 p.m. on August 17, 2023, the DeKalb County Police Department determined that it was a false report.
Shortly after, North was arrested, booked into the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur and charged with making false statements and falsely reporting a crime. At the time of his arrest, he was already in jail on an unrelated crime in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
J’Asiah, who was last seen wearing Buzz Lightyear pajamas at the Aspen Woods Apartments, is still missing. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, his disappearance did not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert.
The East Point Police Department in East Point, Fulton County, Georgia is now the lead investigating agency. On August 18, 2023, Asia and other family members watched the department work all afternoon to drain a large manmade lake at the Elite at Lakeview apartments in East Point.
Asia told 11Alive she just wanted to be reunited with J’Asiah. She said, “He’s a very sweet baby. He’s a good baby. He’s very smart.”
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