Missing child from Lyon County recovered in Georgia

A missing Lyon County child was reunited with his mother this week after the U.S. Marshals Service solved a parental abduction investigation.

Davon Townsell was arrested an outstanding Contempt of Court warrant issued by the Lyon County, Third Judicial District Court.

On Jan. 16, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) began a parental abduction investigation against Townsell.

Investigation by LCSO detectives and the USMS in Reno, revealed that Townsell had taken his child to the Atlanta area.

With the assistance of the USMS in Atlanta, the missing child was recovered without incident.

 “Missing child cases are utmost important to the U.S. Marshals Service as well as to our local law enforcement partners. Here is another example of local and federal agencies working together to achieve the safe recovery of a missing child,” said District of Nevada U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield.

Nevada USMS Fugitive Task Force in Northern Nevada brings together the resources and expertise of state, local, and federal agencies in a coordinated effort to arrest dangerous and violent fugitives. The USMS Fugitive Task Force in the Northern Nevada area is comprised of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, Washoe County District Attorney’s Office, Division of Investigations, Nevada Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General (NDOC IG), Nevada DMV Compliance and Enforcement Division, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, a press release said.

The Lyon County District Attorney’s Office will be prosecuting the case.