MERRIMACK, N.H. (CBS) – Elijah Lewis's mother and her boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the search for the missing 5-year-old boy from New Hampshire who hasn't been seen in six months . Danielle Dauphinais and Joseph Stapf were arrested Sunday in New York City on warrants for witness tampering and child endangerment, the N.H. Attorney General's Office announced Monday. They were picked up by Transit Police in the Bronx. The couple appeared in court in New York Monday afternoon, waived extradition and will be brought back to New Hampshire Tuesday. New Hampshire social workers reported Elijah missing last Thursday when they didn't find him at the home he shared with his mother and Stapf in Merrimack. Authorities then issued a bulletin looking for him, Dauphinais and Stapf and they revealed the boy had not been seen by family or friends fox six months. Prosecutors say Dauphinais and Stapf asked people to lie about where Elijah was living because they knew child protection service workers were looking for him. 5-year-old Elijah Lewis of Merrimack, NH (Image credit NH DOJ) "We're trying to find Elijah. We hope we're going to find him in good condition. But I would be less than… Read full this story
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