Authorities search for 5-year old abducted at gunpoint

Lake Ozark (KSDK) -- Authorities issued an endangered person advisory, after a Missouri boy, 5,  was taken from his father at gunpoint Saturday. It happened at his home in Lake Ozark.

Authorities believe the people responsible are the child's own mother, Elizabeth Denman, a convicted felon, and her new boyfriend, Mark Cochran, a registered sex offender.
Devon Denman was last seen wearing a black and blue shirt and camouflage sweatpants.
His aunt, Jennifer Wilson says, "He's four. Actually five, today is his birthday. And he's running around with convicted felons on his birthday and not with his dad where he should be."
The child's father was just awarded custody last week. Elizabeth Denman's family thinks this was the trigger.
Wilson says, "I think she's not happy with the fact that paul got full custody and she wants him. And she's going to take whatever she wants whether it's good for the baby or not."
Elizabeth Denman was known as Liz Lehmann when she was growing up in the Hazelwood/Florissant area. Her family is speaking out because they had thought she might bring her son here. They say she has a history of substance abuse, and might be unable to properly care for him.
Her brother, Matt Lehmann says, "I don't think she would do anything to him intentionally to hurt him, but I don't think she would create a situation or an environment where something's not going to happen."
Authorities say the suspects ditched the Cavalier they were driving and are now in a black 1997 Lincoln, four-door, with the Missouri license plate KEO R9P.
Lehmann says, "There's a rumor that they might be going to Texas because Mark Cochran has family."
In fact, the family tells us late Sunday, someone broke into Cochran's stepfather's house in Oklahoma taking guns and money. They're unsure where the couple will end up. And while Devon is in his mother's hands, they say they fear for his safety.
Wilson says, "He doesn't know how to call anybody for help, he just doesn't. He needs somebody else to speak for him. And he is more important than her right now."
Anyone with information should call the Miller County Sheriff's Department at 573-369-2341 or they can call 911. 




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