Family Organizes Thursday Vigil for Amir Jennings

1:00 PM, Feb 13, 2012   |    comments
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Relatives of a South Carolina boy missing since Thanksgiving are organizing a candlelight prayer service.

Jocelyn Jennings Nelson says a vigil and service are happening Thursday for her grandson, Amir Jennings. The service starts at 6 p.m. at Frances Burns United Methodist Church in Columbia.

Amir was 18 months old when Nelson reported him missing around Thanksgiving.

The boy's mother has been in jail since late December on a cruelty to children charge. Police say Zinah Jennings has lied about where her son is, and authorities are analyzing stains on blankets and clothes removed from Jennings' car after a Christmas Eve wreck to see if they are blood.

Her attorney says Jennings is pregnant and is on psychiatric medication.