Missing minor Dakota Cook located in Montana

A missing 14-year-old from Council Bluffs has been safely located in Anaconda, Montana.

Dakota Cook was reported missing Tuesday afternoon after his mother Carolyn Cook of Prescott failed to return him to Children’s Square, U.S.A. — a state placement organization in Council Bluffs. Law enforcement have been searching for Dakota since Tuesday and believed his mother and possibly her boyfriend Jim Strohman — also from Prescott — had him in the Union and Adams County area.

Law enforcement found Dakota and his sister in Montana Friday. Dakota and his sister have been temporarily placed with Montana Department of Family Services.

Council Bluffs Sergeant Chad Meyers said Carolyn Cook has been arrested by authorities in Montana on two outstanding warrants stemming from this incident.

Meyers thanked Adams and Union County Sheriff’s offices and Creston Police Department for their assistance in their search for Dakota.

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