Police are looking for a 4-month-old boy who has been missing, possibly with his birth mother, for more than a month.
Nihmar Smith was last seen on Feb. 28 and is the subject of a child protection warrant that was issued March 1, according to an alert from Chicago police. He is missing from Austin on the West Side.
Investigators think he may be with his mother, 38-year-old Crystal Smith, who does not have custody of him, police said.
Nihmar is described as a 17-inch black boy with brown eyes, black hair and a medium complexion, weighing about 11 or 12 pounds, police said. Crystal Smith is described as a 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5 woman between 135 and 150 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services spokesman Jimmie Whitelow said the department has also been looking for Nihmar since the Cook County warrant was issued.
“DCFS has an ongoing investigation in this case,” Whitelow said. “We’re looking and working with law enforcement to bring this child into the care and protection of DCFS.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Area North Special Victims Unit at 312-744-8266.
