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TOOELE — The Tooele Police Department is asking for help locating a missing and endangered child.
Noah Gardner is 5 years old and was taken by his mother, Gina Elizabeth Cross, 41, on August 3 knowing she was going to lose custody of him.
Cross had legal custody of her son until Thursday, when she didn't show up for a custody hearing and legal guardianship was awarded to an aunt and uncle.
Police say they don't believe the boy is in imminent danger, but they say Cross was deemed unfit to care for a child. They say recently Cross made suspicious comments about her son's well being.
Lt. Paul Wimmer of the Tooele Police Department said, "There was a statement made to a family member by the mother that if she couldn't have the child, no one could."
Cross is described as white female with brown eyes, brown hair, 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 91 pounds. According to the advisory she is mentally ill.
She is possibly in Salt Lake City or Davis County.
Anyone with information on Noah's whereabouts is asked to call Tooele Police at 435-882-5600.
