WRAL Staff




LUMBERTON, N.C. — Officials are searching for a boy who escaped from juvenile court on Tuesday afternoon.

The 13-year-old, who was scheduled to appear in court for two counts of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon charges, escaped around noon, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office. He was in the custody of the NC Department of Public Safety Transport Team at the time.

"He's 13 years old and out here in the dark," said the teen's mother, Nikki Jacobs. "My baby's out here somewhere, nobody knows, and he is all alone and hopefully he is safe wherever he is at.

"I just wish that he would come back ... turn himself in and get the help that he needs."

He was last seen in the intersection of North Carolina Highway 72 and Country Club Road in Lumberton wearing a white T-shirt, beige pants and leg restraints without any shoes.

He is described as an Indian male with brown eyes and brown hair. He stands 5 feet tall and weighs approximately 110 pounds.

Helicopters from the Bladen County Sheriff's Office and the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office were involved in the search along with members of the US Marshals office in Wilmington and Fayetteville, Lumberton police officers and Robeson County Sheriff's Office deputies.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at (910) 671-3170 or (910) 671-3100.

The boy and a 19-year-old were charged in October when deputies found two men, Frank Thomas, 34, and Adam Thomas, 33, dead in a home they shared.