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New developments in a 2016 kidnapping case that ended in Jacksonville

By Russell Colburn, Action News Jax
By Russell Colburn, Action News Jax

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Jason Lenard Hayling, 44, faces kidnapping and a capital sexual battery charge for the 2016 kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy from Madison found in a Jacksonville neighborhood, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Hayling is a long-haul truck driver from Jacksonville.  He has been in custody with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office since February.

LIVE: FDLE to hold briefing on 2016 kidnapping case

LATEST: Jason Hayling, 44, is charged with kidnapping and capital sexual battery in a 2016 Amber Alert case. Hayling was living in Jacksonville when he was arrested, and the child was found in Jacksonville: http://bit.ly/2EoOSoH

Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, April 6, 2018

Police said that the young boy walked up to a home in the Marrietta neighborhood, saying he had been taken from outside of his home while he was playing.

Madison is a roughly two-hour drive from the River City.

The child had been the focus of an Amber Alert, but Action News Jax is now choosing not to name him or show his face because FDLE said he is a victim of abuse.

DEVELOPMENT IN KIDNAPPING CASE

Today, we expect to learn a major development in a 2016 kidnapping case that ended in Jacksonville. This is video of an officer carrying that 7-year-old boy to a police cruiser after he was found safe. An Amber Alert went out for the boy when he was abducted from outside his Madison, Florida home. That's about two hours from the River City. I'm headed to Madison for the 11 a.m. news conference and will have updates throughout the day on Action News Jax.

Posted by Russell Colburn Action News Jax on Friday, April 6, 2018

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