Despairing family's plea for help as search continues for missing man
The family of a 30-year-old man who has been missing for more than two weeks are pleading for help finding him.
Maurice Jackson has not been seen or heard from since the evening of Friday, Mar. 7, with his last known location the 25700 block of 141st Avenue North, close to a quarry and the Crow River just outside of Rogers, Minnesota.
Extensive search efforts have been conducted by authorities in the area, including aerial and drone searches, the deployment of the water patrol, foot searches, and the use of search and rescue K-9s, there is still no sign of Jackson.
A GoFundMe has been launched by Tammy Foley, one of Jackson's co-workers, on behalf of his mother, Benita, in the hope that the family can raise money to hire a private detective to assist in the search.
"Experiencing every parent's worst nightmare, she is utterly distraught and not able to work or do anything other than search for answers," Foley says of Jackson's mother.
As of Wednesday, the fundraising effort has raised more than $6,600.
Benita Jackson has shared her family's torment on Facebook, writing: "Words cannot describe the agony of not knowing where are son is.:"
"We will keep Hope alive and believe for the best. Please stand and believe with us, asking God to bring him home," she continued.
She also praised the Rogers Police Department for its quick response in searching for her son, and asked the public to "please refrain from drawing conclusions on what happened to him."
"My husband and I are determined to find our son and bring him home," she said.
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