ST. GEORGE, Utah — Court documents are revealing more about the search and arrest of a 34-year-old mother in St. George on Monday night. Mersadee Ann Jacobs was arrested following an Endangered Missing Advisory issued by the Utah Department of Public Safety.
The alert was issued Tuesday afternoon for 34-year-old Mersadee Ann Jacobs and her 6-year-old son. The DPS said Jacobs left her home in St. George Monday night around 10:15 p.m.
The advisory was canceled early Tuesday evening after they were both found safe.
Officials said Jacobs has full custody of her son, but they believed she could be a danger to herself and her child.
According to court documents, Washington County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a call about Jacobs' vehicle being spotted in the parking lot of a Walmart in St. George.
When deputies arrived, they say Jacobs and her son were sitting in a car that wasn't running with the front doors open. The child was allegedly not wearing a shirt, sweating profusely, and appeared lethargic.
Deputies note that their vehicle thermostat had recorded the temperature as 104 degrees Fahrenheit. When first responders checked the child's body temperature, it measured at 99.5 degrees.
Investigators say Jacobs and her son had been driving in circles in the Walmart parking lot until the vehicle ran out of gas.
Mersadee Ann Jacobs was arrested on charges of abuse or neglect of a child with a disability.
