Couple Wanted For Child Abuse May Have Been Spotted In Lowell
Plaistow, NH couple Jessica Linscott and Roland Dow may have been spotted in Lowell this morning.
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A Plaistow, NH couple charged with battering, burning and endangering a 3-year-old remain on the run from police and the search has moved into the Merrimack Valley.
Lowell Police have received reports of a couple matching the desciption of Jessica Linscott and Roland Dow in area of Rt. 495 and Woburn Street, according to reports published on Twitter by the Lowell Sun.
According to the reports, the woman was wearing a pink coat with her face covered.
Over the weekend, police received tips that Linscott, 23—the mother of the boy—and her boyfriend Dow, 27, were recently at gas stations and coffee shops in the North Shore part of Massachusetts.
A police report Sunday said they may be trying to make their way to Maine in blue Dodge minivan with a New Hampshire license plate numbered 2844129.
Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said Monday police are receiving more and more tips on their whereabouts.
MyFoxBoston.com reported Monday that Linscott may have dyed her hair black while on the run.
Dow is charged with first- and second-degree assault for allegedly hitting the child in the head and burning his fingers and wrist.
The boy, James, reportedly suffered a head injury that impaired his vision.
Police said they discovered the boy's injuries after he was treated at Exeter Hospital last week.
James is in now stable condition at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
Reams has demanded that Dow and Linscott turn themselves in.
"No matter where you go, (police) are going to find you," Reams said at a recent news conference. "Surrender yourselves."
Linscott is charged with child endangement.
Reams said the pair are likely traveling in a car and may have people helping them avoid capture. He said he has no reason to believe Dow is holding Linscott against her will.
The 3-year-old's grandmother is Helen Nicholson, of Melrose, Mass. She told WMUR.com that she's "frantic."
"They both need to pay for this and they need to pay big. This is not a small case," Nicholson told WMUR. "They tried to kill my grandson."
If you have any information on the couple's whereabouts or have spotted the couple, contact the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200 or the Tewksbury Police at 978-640-4381.
CM9
2:25 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
probably stayed at the caswell with the other dregs of society
mary t.
2:28 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
did anyone check the Caswell??????
Kathleen Brothers
2:42 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Does anyone else think she looks like Casey Anthony?
Dirk Anderson
3:10 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
2 people already beat me to the Caswell, so I'll say check Motel 6. And if you find them, please feel free to torture them for a few days before calling the police.
Kathy Salisburg
3:48 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Looks like Mary kate & Ashley Olsen
Kathy Salisburg
3:49 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
She looks like Mary kate & Ashley Olson. ( when they were younger)
Chris
4:11 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Great....spotted down the street from my kids daycare :/ I hope they catch these scumbags sooner rather than later!!
Russle
4:28 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
I was just talking to a couple the other day when I was staying at the motel 6 and im fairly sure it was them now I wish I called the cops
illegal alien
6:07 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Prison is to good for these scumbags.
j caswell
8:18 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Because we arent also on the lookout for these scumbags.
Childish adults...
Bobby
8:25 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
I swear I saw them at the Caswell yesterday which was my last day on vacation there I'm 95 percent sure it was them
Comment
8:30 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
You A$$holes realize this isn't a freaking joke, right? A 3 year old is fighting for his life - and some of us would like to see them caught. There's a time for jokes, but this isn't one of them.
TomH
9:40 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
495 and Woburn St is a residential area, no where near the Motel 6 or Caswell. Sounds more like they are getting help from friends in the area. There is a bus that goes from Lowell to the North Billerica train station that travels Woburn St. That might be significant
denise
10:00 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Who are the 'people" that are 'helping' them...they should be in jail too! They will be caught, they look stupid.
denise
10:00 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
...and God Bless that baby...
Bill Gilman
9:12 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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SD From T-Bury
9:22 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Bill, I see a couple more that should be removed. This is serious and a child's life is involved. It's nothing to joke or get sarcastic about. Enough with the Caswell and "she looks like" talk. I hope they get caught soon.
MKC
10:26 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The comments on the patch have been getting redicules lately
derek iraheta
5:52 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
people are assholes theres no other way to put it we live in a heartless selfish vane society that only looks up from there i phones when reality punches them in there idiotic faces ..........if i find those tools god help them as the father of a two year old thats un except able and tools that think this is funny should be smacked around a couple times to so they feel as helpless as that poor kid .....
Tim Sheehan
6:18 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Couldn't agree with you more Derek those scumbags should just turn themselves in because it they come across someone like me or you, good luck to them theyre dead