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Mother of missing Charles City teen: “I feel like he may be safe”

Cody R Darrell
Cody R. Darrell, missing teen

CHARLES CITY – Family of a Charles City teen that has been missing since December 4th fears for his safety and is seeking any information on his whereabouts.

Cody Darrell, age 17, has been missing since December 4th, 2013. He drives a silver Ford F-150 pickup truck, which is also missing and he may be driving.

Family of the teen who live in Colorado contacted NIT this week in the hopes of alerting the public to his absence and generating clues that may help in bringing the young man home safely.

According to Brittany Darrell, Cody’s aunt, who lives in Sterling, Colorado, Cody had a “rough” home life, which may have lead to him running away. She told NIT that Cody’s home life and disagreements with his mother, Tiffany Mustard, had lead the teen to talk about running away for some time.

“He had spoken about running away,” Brittany said Thursday via phone. She said that Cody’s mother had relocated Cody from Colorado to South Dakota and then finally to Iowa, to be near a Fort Dodge reformatory school called the Anchor Character Training Center.

“She (Tiffany Mustard) had always thought of Cody as an out-of-control child,” Brittany said. “In reality, he is a great kid … he is so smart. She threatened to put him in that place.  We’re worried he might be there.”

A call to the Anchor Character Training Center was placed Thursday by NIT. A person who answered the phone there said “I’ve never heard of Cody Darrell.” The woman on the phone suggested a call to the Harvest Baptist Church in Fort Dodge, where the pastor there,  Marvin E. Smith, also administers the reformatory school.  A call to the church was answered by Pastor Smith, a very friendly individual. He told NIT that “I don’t know the boy, but if I hear anything, I will call you.”

Brittany said that the Charles City Police Department is investigating the Anchor Character Training Center at this time.  According to RealHelpforTeens.com, the Harvest Baptist Church serves the Anchor Character Training Center and “minister(s) to drug and alcohol addictions, gang members, runaways and rebellious teenagers.”

According to Brittany, Pastor Smith is acquainted with Pastor Tim Robbins, who runs the Calvary Baptist Church in Charles City, where Tiffany Mustard was a regular member and where Cody attends school.  He plays football for Charles City High School. Pastor Smith told NIT that Pastor Tim Robbins had graduated from his ministry some time ago.

Brittany said that Cody would come back to Colorado for many holidays, where he was initially raised by her parents, Tom and Val Darrell, until he was eight years-old.  They are Cody’s grandparents.

“We had temporary custody of Cody,” Tom Darrell told NIT Thursday, again via phone. “I have all the documentation to prove that. It was never permanent, which is how he ended up back with Tiffany.” Tiffany Mustard was with Tom and Val’s son Chad when Cody was born.

Cody’s grandmother, Val, told NIT that “We owe it to Cody to find out why he left.”

NIT also spoke with Cody’s mom, Tiffany Mustard, Thursday evening.

She said that the night Cody went missing, the family had watched TV until 11:30 PM before turning in for the evening.  “The next morning, he was gone.  I thought maybe he had gone to weightlifting, but there wasn’t any weightlifting that day at the school.”

Tiffany said that she became concerned and called police and had a missing persons report issued.

In the days that have followed Cody’s disappearance, authorities from Charles City to Sterling, Colorado have been put on notice to watch for Cody and his silver Ford F-150 pickup truck.  Tiffany told NIT that on one positive lead, “we did learn that his (Cody’s) truck was seen in Sterling.  Police there were contacted.

“I feel like he might be safe,” Tiffany continued, due to the leads that were coming in.  “He could be with family in Colorado.  We just want to know where he is.”

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Cody Darrell should call Charles City police at 641-228-3366.

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