Suspect Arrested In Barrios Disappearance

Georgia police arrested a sex offender in connection to the disappearance of 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr., who has been missing for five days.

FOX affiliate WAWS reported that authorities Monday night searched the trailer of convicted sex offender George Edenfield, a 32-year-old man with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old. He lives in the same neighborhood as the Barrios family.

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After four days of searching, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Monday issued a Levi's Call for Christopher, who disappeared last Thursday from the trailer park in Glynn County.

Sue Rodriguez, the boy's grandmother, told FOX News on Tuesday that Edenfield lived across the street from Christopher's trailer in the mobile home park, and that he had tried to talk to the boy before.

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A reward of $31,500 has been offered for Christopher's safe return.

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He is described as Hispanic/black, about 3 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing about 60 to 70 pounds. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve blue or green shirt, black pants and white Reebok Velcro shoes with a blue stripe.

Anybody with information is asked to call the Glynn County Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 912-554-7802.

This case sounds eerily familiar to the Jessica Lunsford case. The suspect lives across the street in a trailer.

I am more sickened though, by the lack of action by the Glynn County Police Department. This child has been missing for five days, yet the alerts were only issued yesterday.

Four days after he disappeared.

Every time a child is abducted the police emphasize that time is key to the recovery of the child.

The police did not use their most valuable tool, the media, to get the word out in a timely manner. Sure, it's easy to look back and criticize the police.

Sure enough, hindsight is 20/20, but I could be blind and still recognize there was negligence in this case.