As police continue to search for a Georgia man who is supposed to be in prison for assaulting his weeks-old son, the fugitive’s mother is urging him to surrender.
Matthew Richard’s mother, Diane, of Isle La Motte, said she does not know where her 26-year-old son is, but that she heard he and his wife, Cristy, are staying in a tent in a wooded area.
The child, said Richard, appears to have survived the ordeal and is progressing normally.
Diane said Matthew’s father has heard from him since he failed to report to prison on April 26 for throwing his son down on a coffee table last year.